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Dear Ingrid We don't at the moment but we will be - honest. As you quite rightly say this is important metadata. On 5 Feb 02, at 13:32, Peckham, Ingrid wrote: > Do other SMRs record the survey date of the underlying OS map layer used to > plot individual monument or event polygons? > > It seems to me important to record this as part of the metadata for a map > object. In ten or more years time, the base maps will have changed and an > area may have been redeveloped; an SMR database user may be left wondering > how the shape of a polygon was derived. > > Also, some polygons may have been traced from raster layers of historic > maps, in which case the name/scale/date needs to be recorded. > > Ingrid Peckham > SMR Assistant > Southampton City Council > Tel: 023 8083 2850 > Fax: 023 8033 7593 > Email: [log in to unmask] Victoria Bryant Information and Records Officer Worcestershire Archaeological Service Woodbury Hall University College Worcester, WR2 6AJ Tel: 01905 855494 Fax 01905 855035