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Bridging Archaeology and GIS: Influencing Factors for a 4D Archaeological GIS

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Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection (EuroMed 2014)

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In archaeology, the intensive application of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) with their specialized capabilities in analysing spatial objects and relations, is hampered by the data particularities. Consequently, the idea arises to develop a comprehensive four-dimensional (4D, i.e. 3D and time) GIS tailored to archaeology, which would facilitate simultaneously handling the spatial and temporal dimensions. This paper endeavours to propose a methodological framework for the development of such a 4D archaeological GIS. This methodology is centred on the usability of the system and therefore integrates a methodology based on human cognition and the approach of the user-centred design cycle. The proposed framework consists of three pillars: (i) the user-oriented, (ii) data-oriented and (iii) analysis-oriented pillar.

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  1. Department of Geography, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 (building S8), 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Berdien De Roo, Kristien Ooms & Philippe De Maeyer

  2. Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 35, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Jean Bourgeois

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    Marinos Ioannides

  2. Institute for Media Innovation (IMI), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann

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  4. Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Jamova 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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De Roo, B., Ooms, K., Bourgeois, J., De Maeyer, P. (2014). Bridging Archaeology and GIS: Influencing Factors for a 4D Archaeological GIS. In: Ioannides, M., Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Fink, E., Žarnić, R., Yen, AY., Quak, E. (eds) Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. EuroMed 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8740. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13695-0_18

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