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iDAI.field 2: A Modern Approach to Distributed Fieldwork Documentation
- Author(s):
- Sebastian Cuy, Daniel De Oliveira, Philipp Gerth, Thomas Kleinke, Julian Schierenbeck, Juliane Watson (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Archaeology, Digital Humanists, Public Humanities
- Subject(s):
- Data curation, Electronic data processing--Management, Information visualization, Archaeology--Data processing, Documentation, Geographic information systems, Software architecture
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Database, field recording, synchronization, Data management, Data visualization, Digital archaeology, GIS, Software design
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/z4dc-kr81
- Abstract:
- An archaeological field research database that can be used for different projects poses an advanced technical problem. It does not only have to deal with different needs of a variety of disciplines and methods like excavation and survey but also be usable for architectural or object studies. Therefore, a generic data model is required that can deal with most circumstances while also trying to maintain standardization where possible. Another requirement is the ability to support distributed work and data entry in the field even in places with no internet coverage. This creates the need for a very robust synchronization between the clients and the server. As the use of GIS is still gaining importance in archaeological fieldwork, an additional focus lies on the integration of spatial data and descriptive documentation. This paper presents iDAI.field 2, the field research documentation system currently being developed by the German Archaeological Institute. This solution will be Open Source and relies heavily on web technologies. It makes use of CouchDB/PouchDB for data storage and synchronization. The cross-platform client application is realized with the Electron and Angular frameworks using TypeScript as the main programming language. The client also provides an open interface for import and export. This allows the integration of other fieldwork software like for example QGIS, iDIG and survey2gis into the toolchain.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Conference proceeding Show details
- Publisher:
- Museen der Stadt Wien – Stadtarchäologie
- Pub. Date:
- 02.2019
- Proceeding:
- Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies 2017. CHNT 22, 2017
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 4 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved