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Paige- yes. Our site forms have been fully electronic in a relational database since the mid-90s, actually. In this newest iteration of our system, users enter their information directly and also digitize site boundaries (or upload shapefiles) directly. I QC each record in two steps and then assign the site number at the end. As soon as approve…[Read more]

So Jolene, in that process the data they submit goes directly into your site info database (after review of course), is that correct? Ultimately that’s what we’d like to have, but it may be a while yet before our database is online. I’m looking at options to improve our submission process in the meantime. Currently, we simply have people submit…[Read more]

Virginia’s site form process is also fully online. I’m about to redo the user documentation in much more detail, but here’s the very quick user guide (PDF) from 2013 if it’s helpful for anyone.

Jamie, I’d be interested to hear more about your online site form submission process. We’re in the process of trying to streamline our site form submission/site number request process right now.

Although an unlikely source, Atlas Obscura pointed me to these two initiatives for rapid response to disasters. The Copernicus service is through the EU, but it looks like they do make US maps and they could be invaluable in the face of a major weather disaster. Overlaying historic resources to assist responding agencies would be…[Read more]

Our system is similar to that of South Carolina aparently, we have our first phase of online system up currently.  We have an online ArcGIS (OARRA) which is subscriber based. All of the sites and surveys in the GIS have links to (should be searchable) PDFs. We have an online site form/isolate form submission system that works, but has a few…[Read more]

Question for those of you digitizing things- how are you funding your projects?

Thanks to you both for contributing! One of the great things about this Commons group is the ability to set up websites and share documents within. This topic might be a really great candidate for expansion in one of those directions since we’re all continually doing research on the subject. I can’t wait to read more responses.

We are not online yet, though it’s one of the things we’ve been working toward the last few years. I’m really hoping to learn from other states what works (and what doesn’t) as we move forward with it. It’s looking like we’ll be somewhat limited to the structure the state govt already has in place, which is an Oracle DB and ArcGIS online. In th…[Read more]

Ours (SC SHPO/ Dept of Archives and History) is a work in progress. We’ve got an online GIS (http://www.scarchsite.org/Default.aspx) which shows archaeological sites for subscribers (the sites are blocked in public view), some of which link to PDFs of the site forms. Which is pretty useful! Although it doesn’t always work smoothly. The site files…[Read more]

Hi there! I’m Paige, I work with the site file at the Tennessee Division of Archaeology. We are in the process of refining and integrating our various databases to improve accessibility. Thanks for setting up this forum, I look forward to learning how other states have made/are making it work.