A Cultural Resource Data Model for World Heritage Sites

John Knoerl CRGIS Facility Heritage Documentation Programs

26th Annual ESRI Users Conference August 8, 2006 Paper 2273 CRGIS Facility

GPS Surveys GIS/GPS Training

GIS Applications GIS Analyses Historic Preservation Relies on Geospatial information to Make Decisions

National Register Listing World Heritage Inscription

Arbor Hill Historic District, Albany, NY , Philadelphia, PA Spatial Analyses is an important tool in historic preservation

A Fragmented Battlefield Overlapping Fields of Fire

Chalmette Battlefield, Chalmette, LA Ware Bottom, VA More than five million historic properties have been inventoried

Paper Maps v. GIS Database

Historic Properties Surveyed Areas

Yet most historic properties are in paper files Currently there are no standards to create spatial data

Agency A Agency B

Historic districts with Historic districts without contributing properties contributing properties Standards are needed in these four areas

1) In the creation of spatial data 2) In linking spatial data to databases

3) In safeguarding sensitive information

Earthworks 4) In creating feature level metadata There are Twenty World Heritage Sites in the U.S.

Klu ane/Wrangel-St. Elia s/Gla cier Bay/ Tatshenshin i- Alsek NP an d Pr es

Wate rton - Gla cier Intl Peace Pa rk Olympic NP

Yellowstone NP Redwood NP Liberty NMon Independe nce NHP Statue o f Yosemi te NP / Moun ds Hawaii Volcanoes NP Mesa Ve rde NP G Mammoth Cave NP ran d Pueb lo d e Taos Canyon NP Gr eat Smoky Chaco Culture NHP Mounta ins NP Car lsbad Caverns NP

Everglades NP La Fortaleza / San Juan NHS A Geospatial Data Model was developed for World Heritage Sites That Incorporated the Draft Standards The Spatial Attribute, Link, and Descriptive Attribute Tables

WHS_Main ok WHSites_pol Feature Class Ref Text, 20

Object_ID OID 1c. WHS_Name Text, 50

1e. Shape Geometry Property_code Coded Domain Culural_Resource_ Text GUID, 50 WHS_Link ok GUID Ref [Text, 20] Unique Inscribed_date Date Location_GUID Text GUID ID NComp Short Integer Survey_GUID Text GUID Assigned by 1f. Property (Hectares) Long Integer WHS_Name Text, 100 UNESCO 1f. Buffer Zone Long Integer Ref Text, 20 Cultural_Resources_GUID Text (Hectares) Bnd_type_pol Coded Domain GUID, 50 6a. Monitoring_program Yes/No Map_Method Coded Domain Location_GUID Text Source_Date Date Source Text, 100 GUID, 50 Date_Entry_date Date Source_date Date RefNum Text, 8 Source_datum Domain NHL_REFID Double NRIS Source_coord Domain PROPMAIN.REFNUM Component_ID Text, 15 Source_accu Text, 100 External Data_Entry_Date Date NHL Last_update Date NHL.REFID DBMS Restrict_status Domain

1f. Hectares Long Integer

Notes Text, 200

Data_Entry_Date Date After Populating the Geodatabase, Tests were Conducted

The more relationship classes the slower the processing time Problems Challenges with the Data

•Out of date •Never updated •Expansion of park boundaries not considered •New values not incorporated

•Inaccuracies •Incorrect UTM Zones •Variation in names and spelling of names

•Acquisition of data •Maps were difficult to obtain Conclusions

•Robust •Incorporated natural as well as cultural resources •Could handle single as well as multiple components •No problem with large or small resources •Flexible •World Heritage Sites •New Orleans Red Tag Survey •Civil War II Resurvey •Adaptable •Long standing preservation programs •Legacy data Contacts

John J. Knoerl Deidre McCarthy Program Manager Architectural-historian CRGIS CRGIS HABS/HAER/HALS/CRGIS HABS/HAER/HALS/CRGIS National Park Service National Park Service Department of the Interior Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. (2270) 1849 C Street, N.W. (2270) Washington, D.C. 20240-0001 Washington, D.C. 20240-0001 Voice: 202.354.2140 Voice: 202.354.2141 Fax: 202.371.6473 Fax: 202.371.6473 [email protected] [email protected]