Hope, I wondered about GIS myself when, just the other
day (maybe Tuesday or Wednesday), I think Pag-Net
(found at http://www.frommgroup.com ) had some funding
for this. I wondered if any museums might be
incorporating some of it in their research.
Here, I went to the Pagnet page (looks like they've
now broken Pagnet out separately) and I found this:
http://www.pagnet.info/fedreg-archive/2002/3226-3227.txt
--- "Corizzo, Hope A. (CONTRACTOR)"
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A question of vision:
>
> Although I consider myself on the path of Good
> Museum Work, I am
> temporarily, geographically, sidetracked, and thus
> working in Cultural
> Resources Management- heavily with GIS(see def.
> below). Does anyone have
> experience, impending-, inkling-, or otherwise with
> incorporating GIS into
> a/their museum. This would be either educationally,
> administratively, what
> have you?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> (Geographic Information System) An information
> system that deals with
> spatial information. Often called "mapping
> software," it links attributes
> and characteristics of an area to its geographic
> location. It is used in a
> variety of applications, including exploration,
> demographics, dispatching,
> tracking and map making. Using satellites and aerial
> photography, the U.S.
> Geological Survey and other organizations have
> developed digital maps of
> most of the world. Unlike paper maps, digital maps
> can be combined with
> layers of information.
>
> Hope Corizzo
> Colorado State University (Contractor)
> Archaeological Technician - GIS
> Cultural Resources Management program
> Fort Campbell, KY
>
>
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