Abstract
Creating a Field-worthy GISystem for Cultural Resource Management using ArcPad
Track: Using GIS in Libraries and Museums
Author
When managing priceless cultural resources such as rock art, historic buildings, monuments, etc., two major concerns top the list: cost effective assessment and quantifying qualitative data. The rock art stability index (RASI) addresses these issues. With RASI’s creation, however, new concerns arose. How could researchers standardize, organize, and streamline data for cooperative use between multiple end users while also preserving accurate spatial location for further analyses and future correlations? Creating a portable GISystem for RASI helped overcome this problem. Using ArcMap, a RASI-specific attribute table was created and then customized with drop-down menus using ArcPad Studio Builder. These forms were then field tested using ArcPad on handheld GPS units (Trimble Juno SB). The result allows users from various backgrounds to perform RASI functions in a simple step-by-step process, providing the end user with standardized data that permits quick and efficient decision making regarding management of important cultural heritage resources.
Jeremy Isham
University of Colorado
1676 Dover St.
Lakewood, Colorado 80215
United States
Phone: 720-987-8772
E-mail: jeremywisham@gmail.com
Casey Allen
University of Colorado Denver
PO Box 173364, CB 172
Denver, Colorado 80217
United States
Phone: 3035566007
Fax: 3035566197
E-mail: casey.allen@ucdenver.edu