Hi Helen
Dan's post made it clear that the long/lat are derived from the OS grid
refs ("Grid references are converted to LatLon pair using this
script...") suggesting you'd be better using the OSGB data as that is
what was originally recorded.
Yours
Crispin
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Sent: 07 August 2013 09:31
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Subject: Re: PAS
Hi all,
Just to let you all know, the PAS website uses the lat/long to map the
finds, so I'm going to go with that rather than the eastings/northings.
The bit of Leicestershire I was looking at mapped things quite
differently depending on whether I used lat/long or eastings/northings,
so I'm not completely sure which to plump for. I should probably get on
with something else and stop worrying about it...!
Helen Wells
Historic Environment Record Officer
Leicestershire County Council
Planning, Historic & Natural Environment, Leicestershire County Council,
County Hall, Glenfield, Leics, LE3 8RA
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Sent: 06 August 2013 17:45
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Subject: Re: PAS
Hello Helen,
We use essentially the same process to export the PAS data, to create a
separate ArcView overlay for internal use in conjunction with our
existing HER and constraint layers. Due to the quantity of PAS records,
I prefer this than trying to integrate the data into our main HER
database (which is in-house developed and not wonderful at recording
finds data anyway!). Personally, I think it works better as a separate
layer for ease of analysis/comparison with the others we hold. However
I would like the time/resources to use the data to identify new areas of
archaeological potential or re-evaluate existing earthwork monuments as
I'm sure there is interesting research to be done!
Emily
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Surrey HER Officer
Heritage Conservation Team
Surrey County Council
Surrey History Centre
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Hi Helen,
Yes, we do almost exactly the same thing here in Devon, so we can see
the PAS data in our HER GIS for internal use. We do this as we also
don't have the resources to integrate the PAS records with our HER
records.
We take the 'Export for HER import' csv export for all the records in
the county, then add to ArcMap as XY data. I've used the
eastings/northings data, and this has worked ok in the past. In
addition I've added a field called 'URL' to our data, calculated to be
"http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/xxxxx" where xxxxx is
the field 'IDOfFind'. This allows us to go directly to the record from
the GIS. <http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/xxxxx>
It'd be nice if this URL field could be added to the 'Export for HER
import', as that would save some work. It'd be even better if this PAS
data could be made available in a Web Map Service (or Web Feature
Service), so that we don't have to keep updating our PAS layer. I asked
Dan about this about three years ago; but I think the PAS has other
priorities, and as you say, Dan is always very busy J.
Hope that helps.
Graham
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From: Helen Wells (Archaeology) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 06 August 2013 15:48
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Subject: [HERFORUM] PAS
Hi everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone else makes a PAS layer to display in
their HER. We don't have the resources to integrate the records
properly so I've been exporting a CSV file from the PAS website and
using it to create a Mapinfo TAB, just so we can see the data when
looking at planning apps etc. Was wondering how people did it, if
anyone else does the same sort of thing! I noticed last week that using
the eastings/northings creates a very different map to using the
lat/long. I asked Dan about this and I'm sure he'll get back to me at
some point, but he's always so busy. J
Thanks,
Helen Wells
Historic Environment Record Officer
Leicestershire County Council
Planning, Historic & Natural Environment, Leicestershire County Council,
County Hall, Glenfield, Leics, LE3 8RA
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