[ArcheOS] Archaeological DB and webgis

[Denis Francisci]

Hi All,
I posted your links on our github space:

https://github.com/archeos/ArcheoDB/wiki/Harris-Matrix-generator

I hope it will be usefull.
Bye

Denis



2011/3/13 Romain Janvier <romain.janvier@hotmail.fr>

> Hello,
> I'm a french PhD student (numismatic). I spend some of my free time in
> coding a numismatic database in django (python) + js + html. Django is a
> great framework with build in gis support, and some of yours are already
> coding in py...
>
> I have the same problem trying generating complex diagrams (coin's matrix
> links). For now i'm generating them server side... But I think html 5 with
> Canvas support will help to create some greats client side graph tools.
>
> Regards,
> Romain
>
>
>
> Le 13 mars 2011 à 10:56, "luca" <luca.bezzi@arc-team.com> a écrit :
>
> > Hi Ricardo,
> > you are absolutely right. My problem about this topic is that normally i
> draw myself the matrix with Inkscape (generally at the end of the entire
> workflow in the archaeological excavation). I do this way because i tired
> some specific FLOSS to draw diagrams, but they were too rigid: drawing the
> matrix i often reached a complexity that was too much for such software;
> another problem was that i was continuously correcting the matrix till the
> final version, than i was simplifying everything (and these operations were
> simpler, for me, inside a vector graphic software). However is long that i
> don't try anymore a diagram software and maybe now there will be one
> specific for archaeology.
> >
> > Regarding the links you report, i just gave a fast look:
> >
> > Stratify looks like an interesting software. Actually the only problem is
> that it is for Windows. I cannot try it, because up to now i dont have a
> Windows version on my laptop (not even in virtual machine...). If someone
> can try it and report her/his impression, if the feedback is positive, we
> could contact the author and see if it would be possible to write a Linux
> version for ArcheOS.
> >
> > Graphviz looks like one of the software for diagram i tested and that
> gave me the problem i reported before. Anyway, since is long i did not try
> anymore to draw a matrix with such a program, i can do some more test (it
> could always be a starting point to further develop a more specific
> archaeological software).
> >
> > STRAT tool looks like a very interesting software, thanks for the link!.
> I entered this website: http://dea.brunel.ac.uk/project/murale/strat.htmIt seems that the application is for windows, but i really would like to
> test it. Maybe we can contact the authors and ask for datail of the license
> and if it is possible to write a version for Linux. Anyway we can also see
> if it is working in Wine by now. What do you think?
> >
> > Ciao.
> >
> > On 13/03/11 00:07, Ricardo Gaidão wrote:
> >> Ciao!
> >>
> >> I think an archaeological DB / webgis can't forget the chronological
> factor, and must include a good Harris Matrix generator.
> >>
> >> Does any one know "open" AND "free" software that can generate a matrix
> from the database stratigraphic units relations?
> >>
> >> I only find out the following information:
> >>
> >> Irmela Herzog. "No News from Stratigraphic Computing?"
> >>
> >> http://www.stratify.org/Whatis/Stratify_3.pdf
> >>
> >> Harris Matrix with Graphviz
> >>
> >> http://www.iosa.it/content/harris-matrix-graphviz
> >>
> >> Some EPOCH projects have similar goals
> >>
> >>
> http://www.epoch-net.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=332
> >>
> >>
> http://public-repository.epoch-net.org/deliverables/D2.4.3-Showcases.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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