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Remote Inventory of Greek Vernacular Architecture: Online Capture of Spatial Information Web-Based Spatial Data Management 1 Todd Brenningmeyer – Frederick A. Cooper Remote Inventory of Greek Vernacular Architecture: Online Capture of Spatial Information Abstract: Since 1990, the Minnesota Archaeological Researches in the Western Peloponnese (MARWP) has undertaken archaeological investigations throughout the southern and western edge of the Peloponnese of Greece. One of the focuses of this work, termed the Morea Project, involved a survey of vernacular archi- tecture dating from the period of Frankish occupation in the 13th century AD to the present. This project’s goal was to discover, document, and study previously unrecorded buildings and towns before they are destroyed by man and nature. In 2004, MARWP began development of an online GIS to speed the distribu- tion of data collected during the course of the project. Tools for the remote collection of new attribute and spatial inforation were developed as part of this application. This paper presents the process and results of the development of MARWP’s online GIS system. Introduction traditional and innovative survey methodologies. MARWP field crews identified structures of interest In 1990, the Minnesota Archaeological Researches through terrestrial survey and remote site prospec- in the Western Peloponnese (MARWP) began three tion, in some cases using multispectral imagery to separate but concurrent archaeological investiga- pinpoint probable sites hidden on remote mountain- tions in the Western Peloponnese of Greece: the sides (Brenningmeyer / Cooper / Verfenstein 1998; Pylos, Messene and Morea projects. Together, these Cooper 2002, 26–28). Sites and individual structures projects spanned a large geographic area (Fig. 1) were catalogued in the field, surveyed with Trimble and a broad chronological range, extending from Pathfinder GPS rovers and entered into the project’s the Bronze Age through the Modern periods. The database system. Each record included detailed in- Pylos project involved the re-excavation and ex- formation that uniquely described a building’s ar- amination of architecture and finds from the Bronze chitectural characteristics. Lintels (Fig. 2) were cata- Age palace of Nestor, located in the southwest Pelo- logued with stylistic characteristics and decorative ponnese (Cooper forthcoming). A second project, details noted. Quoins likewise were examined and undertaken at the site of ancient Messene, involved characterized by type with the placement of unu- the excavation and inventory of material associ- sual decorative elements (Fig. 3) similarly noted. ated with a temple-like building that formed part Date stones (Fig. 4) were catalogued to determine of the stadium complex. The third project and the the date of construction or structural renovation. focus of this paper was the Morea project, a survey Taken together, the information collected for each of vernacular architecture in the northwest Pelo- building’s façade served as a signature for not only ponnese from the period of Frankish occupation in the building but also those involved in its construc- the 13th century A.D. to the present. This project’s tion. As F.A. Cooper has noted, “itinerant masons goal was to discover, document and study previ- brought to the construction site their own, pre-fash- ously unrecorded buildings and towns before they ioned centering systems for installation of relieving are destroyed by human activity and environmental arches above doors and windows” (Cooper 2002, processes. 41). Lintels, door casements and quoins thereby con- form to the mason’s individual style. The detailed architectural data compiled by MARWP research- Survey Methodology ers provided information about the geographic dis- tribution of masonry styles and the movement of The Morea project was conceived as an intensive itinerant craftsmen across the countryside, which census of vernacular architecture and the survey’s continues to be a topic of interest to members of the broad geographic extent encouraged the use of both project. 2 Layers of Perception – CAA 2007 Fig. 1. Map of the Peloponnese showing the three MARWP project areas (Courtesy Minnesota Archaeological Re- searches in the Western Peloponnese). Architectural details were collected using stand- Much of the material catalogued in the course ardized field sheets like that illustrated in Fig. 5. of MARWP’s investigations was published in 2002. Roof shape, tile type, quoin and lintel configuration The published text provided coordinates, illustra- were captured along with information pertaining to tions and descriptions of features identified during the date and history of the structure. Scaled draw- the project. However, not all of the buildings and ings and photographs accompanied the field sheets information collected during the project could be in- providing a hard copy source of data for more than cluded in the final manuscript. A significant portion 2,500 buildings. The standardized format enabled of the compiled spatial and attribute data remained the efficient translation of field notes to coded- da unpublished in the MARWP archives and data- tabase entries. base. From the early stages of the project, AutoCAD was used as both a drafting aid and repository for all geographic data. Site locations collected dur- Development of MARWP’s ing the Morea project were compiled in the project Online GIS System database and illustrated graphically within Au- toCAD. UTM coordinates marking building cor- In 2004, a decision was made to provide access to ners and roads (Fig. 6) also were collected with the complete corpus of materials in the project ar- Trimble Pathfinder rovers and downloaded into chive. Given the geographic nature of the data and AutoCAD. These points were later converted to our interest in making the material available to points, lines and polygons and form the core of MARWP researchers and other interested scholars the project’s GIS database. CAD templates also dispersed throughout the globe, an internet based were used to speed the illustration of building fa- GIS solution seemed appropriate. The intent was to cades. Many of the inked drawings created during provide a forum for both data delivery and analy- the course of the survey and later incorporated sis. The development of the MARWP GIS had spe- into the project publication were based on these cific goals from its inception. While it was impor- templates. tant to distribute our data to interested scholars we Web-Based Spatial Data Management 3 Fig. 2. Decorative Lintel (Courtesy Minnesota Archaeo- Fig. 3. Quoin catalogued in the Morea survey (Courtesy logical Researches in the Western Peloponnese). Minnesota Archaeological Researches in the Western Peloponnese). also saw the project as an opportunity to develop a or developers to use and continue development of system that could serve as a template for other ar- the application. chaeological investigations. Ideally, this template could be used by SHPO or other researchers with Phase I: Initial Development and Implementation comparable needs. Since MARWP’s research was ongoing, we also felt that it was important to pro- Version I of the Morea GIS was developed using vide colleagues with the ability to capture and at- the University of Minnesota’s MapServer applica- tribute new sites from remote locations. Rather than tion with a simple JavaScript interface managing a static catalogue for data display and retrieval, the interaction between the user and the web based the system was designed with data capture tools application (Fig. 7). This approach met many but that would allow scholars to quickly digitize fea- not all of the needs of our project. MapServer is an tures onscreen with associated attributes entered OpenSource internet map server that provides web through standardized web forms. The goal was to based access to geospatial data. GIS data, stored on create a flexible system for remote data capture as a remote server, is rendered according to parame- well as display where project members in the field ters set by the developers within a single or series could upload new data and make this immediately of text files (termed mapfiles within the MapServer available to colleagues working in remote or offsite application). These rendered images are then em- locations. bedded within the project’s web pages and served Equipment constraints encouraged the main- to the user through a web server. We were drawn to tenance of a small and efficient site profile. The MapServer because of the cost and its performance original site, launched in January 2005 relied on when tested against other proprietary systems. MARWP’s old but faithful workhorse server, which As mentioned above, much of our geographic was built from parts acquired in the mid-late 1990’s: data was held in AutoCAD. In the early stages of pentinum II 233 processor, less than 500 mb RAM, the project, AutoCAD provided one of the few plat- 5 Gb hard drive, running Redhat Linux. This server forms that supported the quick and relatively sim- proved a good testing ground as any inefficiencies ple download of GPS data to a graphical format. in our code were immediately apparent in the site’s AutoCAD also avoided some of the issues associ- performance. As with most archaeological projects, ated with coordinate precision and rounding that cost was an important consideration and a conscious were found in other early file formats. These CAD decision was made to develop the site using Open- files, however, were not directly connected with the Source (free) software. Selecting OpenSource soft- attributes that described each location and it took ware served two purposes. First, it provided a way some effort to clean and convert this data to a for- to minimize our investment in the development of mat that could be used by MapServer. We converted the application but even more importantly we be- the CAD data to shapefile format using a combina- lieved that it would encourage interested scholars tion of AutoCAD built in conversion utilities and 4 Layers of Perception – CAA 2007 Fig. 4. Date stone (Courtesy Minnesota Archaeological Researches in the Western Peloponnese).
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