Comments on: Archaeogeek’s quick October roundup http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2007/10/25/archaeogeeks-quick-october-roundup/ Archaeology in a Digital World Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2007/10/25/archaeogeeks-quick-october-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-12169 admin Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:51:56 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2007/10/25/archaeogeeks-quick-october-roundup/#comment-12169 Hi Gregory, In a lot of cases, Openstreetmap is great, and I am planning to use it in what I do (if I can get python fixed on my machine I want to try the arcgis plugin for it), but it really does depend on what you use maps for. If all you want to do is look around and get directions then fine, it's just that for landscape regression and such like you need to be sure all the features are mapped, and in a consistent way, and we don't have the time or money to go out and map them ourselves. For that kind of thing we need the OS maps. Nuff said. There's certainly a case for using OSM a lot more in archaeology- so i will drop you an email after the weekend and we can talk about ways of doing that. Thanks for dropping by! Jo Hi Gregory,

In a lot of cases, Openstreetmap is great, and I am planning to use it in what I do (if I can get python fixed on my machine I want to try the arcgis plugin for it), but it really does depend on what you use maps for. If all you want to do is look around and get directions then fine, it’s just that for landscape regression and such like you need to be sure all the features are mapped, and in a consistent way, and we don’t have the time or money to go out and map them ourselves. For that kind of thing we need the OS maps. Nuff said.
There’s certainly a case for using OSM a lot more in archaeology- so i will drop you an email after the weekend and we can talk about ways of doing that.

Thanks for dropping by!

Jo

]]> By: Gregory http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2007/10/25/archaeogeeks-quick-october-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-12068 Gregory Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:40:33 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2007/10/25/archaeogeeks-quick-october-roundup/#comment-12068 I've met one or two archeology students here in Durham that give the impression a free map might be valuable to them. Actually it's more than that, because OSM has the tools to map what you like and then have create an archeology-specifc output. However I haven't got to find in getting anybody to start using this and I have a good lack of knowledge about the subject or course. If your interested in getting OSM known in this area, drop me an e-mail and lets see what we can do. I’ve met one or two archeology students here in Durham that give the impression a free map might be valuable to them.
Actually it’s more than that, because OSM has the tools to map what you like and then have create an archeology-specifc output.

However I haven’t got to find in getting anybody to start using this and I have a good lack of knowledge about the subject or course. If your interested in getting OSM known in this area, drop me an e-mail and lets see what we can do.

]]> By: Andy Mitchell http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2007/10/25/archaeogeeks-quick-october-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-9166 Andy Mitchell Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:53:43 +0000 http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/2007/10/25/archaeogeeks-quick-october-roundup/#comment-9166 Hi Jo, You left a comment over at WebWorkerDaily about marking (and later pruning) links from RSS that you might want to read... I work on various Firefox extensions (GTDInbox, MeeTimer); and I'm interested in doing something that might help you. I'd love to get some insight into how you make it work (and how it fails for you) at the moment - so if you feel so inclined, please drop me an email, andy@productivefirefox.com. Hi Jo,

You left a comment over at WebWorkerDaily about marking (and later pruning) links from RSS that you might want to read… I work on various Firefox extensions (GTDInbox, MeeTimer); and I’m interested in doing something that might help you.

I’d love to get some insight into how you make it work (and how it fails for you) at the moment – so if you feel so inclined, please drop me an email, andy@productivefirefox.com.

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