Mapping the GIS Landscape: Introducing “Beyond (within, through) the Grid”

Warner-Smith, Alanna L.

doi:10.1007/s10761-019-00527-6

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“…Grids of squares are widely used in the analysis of urban areas [27,35]. The use of grids of excavation squares is among the basic research tools in archaeology [31]. Various types of square grids are also used in other analyses, such as studies of the spatial development of cities [72][73][74][75][76][77][78], cities' landscape change and land use [79][80][81].…”

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“…Thirdly, spatial analysis tools can be used to investigate the data. On a larger scale, GIS tools have been used in the study of metrology, urban spatial layouts and archaeology since the early 1990s [11,31,35,37,38,92,93]. The application of GIS in studying the morphology and morphometry of settlements will surely not solve all methodological problems [5,6,94] but may significantly facilitate analyses and create an opportunity to combine different approaches on a common plane.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One of the methods used for metrological analyses of urban measurements is the square grid [25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. It is used as an auxiliary method when searching for modular divisions of a settlement, overlaying it on the layout under analysis [26,32].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Application of GIS Tools in the Measurement Analysis of Urban Spatial Layouts Using the Square Grid Method

Musiaka

Nalej

2021

IJGI

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The principal aim of this paper is to present the capabilities of newly developed GIS tools for measurement analysis of urban spatial layouts, using the square grid method. The study of urban morphology and metrology is a multistage process, which involves the metrological analysis of town plans. The main research step is the determination of measurement modules of town layouts, using the square grid. By using GIS software, the authors developed a new tool, named HGIS Tools, which allow to create any number of modular grids with the selected cell size that corresponds to urban units of distance and surface area. When investigating a large number of towns and cities, this offers a significant improvement of the research procedure. The paper presents a test of the tool’s potential on the example of regular medieval towns from the area of the former Teutonic Order state (currently the territory of Poland), diversified in terms of size, genesis and morphometrics. The obtained results confirmed that HGIS Tools allowed to determine the hypothetical measurement module of the layout of the cities studied. The results were consistent with the analyses of other authors carried out with the traditional grid-square methods. The test of the HGIS Tools showed their significant potential in conducting morphometric analyses of spatial arrangements of urban spatial layout on a larger scale.

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Application of GIS Tools in the Measurement Analysis of Urban Spatial Layouts Using the Square Grid Method

Musiaka

Nalej

2021

IJGI

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“…A final challenge relates to how to make water heritage datasets more accessible to other researchers and the public. Visualizing cultural heritage via accessible, printed maps is an important part because it allows us to illustrate a connection between artifacts, other material remains, and the landscape (Warner-Smith 2020). Although spatial data can be collected, stored, processed, and displayed using GIS platforms such as ESRI products, QGIS, or GRASS (Hacigüzeller 2017), more thoughtfully drafted accessible maps are an important tool for engaging communities and for providing a straightforward presentation for the public.…”

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Challenges of Documenting Historic Water Systems

Cohen

Cannon

Jimenez

2023

Adv. archaeol. pract.

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Geospatial research in archaeology often relies on datasets previously collected by other archaeologists or third-party groups, such as state or federal government entities. This article discusses our work with geospatial datasets for identifying, documenting, and evaluating prehistoric and historic water features in the western United States. As part of a project on water heritage and long-term views on water management, our research has involved aggregating spatial data from an array of open access and semi-open access sources. Here, we consider the challenges of working with such datasets, including outdated or disorganized information, and fragmentary data. Based on our experiences, we recommend best practices: (1) locating relevant data and creating a data organization method for working with spatial data, (2) addressing data integrity, (3) integrating datasets in systematic ways across research cohorts, and (4) improving data accessibility.

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“…Although Geographic Information Systems (GIS) began to be used in archeology after 1990, mapping has always been one of the main practices in the analysis of archaeological sites [1]. GIS is mainly used in the collection of archaeological data and less for the transmission of information and tourism promotion, even if the potential of this technology is very high [2].…”

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Spatial Inventory of Archaeological Resources in Dobrogea Using Gis in Order to Quantify the Historical Tourist Potential

Dascălu¹,

Birică²,

Elena³

et al. 2021

Proceedings 2021

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Dobrogea is a historical region of Romania that includes a great diversity of archaeological resources, imposing a spatial inventory in a different way from the current ones. This study proposes the use of GIS technology in terms of organization and structuring of archaeological resources made available by the National Archaeological Record of Romania. The integration of data in online mapping applications can help to create a stronger link between the tourist and the tourist location, which has positive implications for the regional economic development. The results of the study consist in a spatial database of the fortresses, Roman camps and other archaeological resources from Dobrogea having as main role the exposure of the historical tourist potential of the study area. The information obtained will contribute to future studies for the implementation of digital methods to increase the tourist attractiveness of these archaeological resources.

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Mapping the GIS Landscape: Introducing “Beyond (within, through) the Grid”

Cited by 5 publications

References 40 publications

Application of GIS Tools in the Measurement Analysis of Urban Spatial Layouts Using the Square Grid Method

Application of GIS Tools in the Measurement Analysis of Urban Spatial Layouts Using the Square Grid Method

Challenges of Documenting Historic Water Systems

Spatial Inventory of Archaeological Resources in Dobrogea Using Gis in Order to Quantify the Historical Tourist Potential

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