August 27, 2017

  • 11AM-4PM [SEE BREAKDOWN BELOW; LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED DUING 1 HOUR BREAK]
  • 11AM-1PM; LUNCH PROVIDED (BREAK 1-2PM); 2PM-4PM WORKSHOP LENGTH: 4 hours + 1 hour lunch break

Workshop description

This workshop will provide an overview of Version 4.0 of the Arches heritage inventory and management platform, including the new Version 4 features with a focus on customizing the software to meet your organization’s or project’s needs.

Topics covered will include:

  • An overview of the management of heritage data in Arches, including international data standards, graphs, controlled vocabularies, and integration with external web services
  • System design and capabilities, including system architecture, creating and managing data, searching and reporting functionality, and geospatial layers
  • Arches deployment, including the new installation wizard, the new application configuration manager, the new user-profile and permissions manager, and customization of the platform through the new integrated graph manager
  • The new mobile data collection app for smartphone and tablet field data collection with or without network connectivity, and data contributions including crowdsourcing with the new data-collection project manager tool • The Arches community, including how to participate
  • How Arches is being implemented by a range of heritage organizations and projects. Arches is an innovative open source software system that incorporates international standards and is built to inventory and help manage all types of immovable cultural heritage. It brings together a growing worldwide community of heritage professionals and IT specialists. Arches is freely available to download, customize, and independently implement. For more information about Arches, visit: www.archesproject.org

Registration

Workshop is free of charge, although participants must register online for the workshop in advance and should be registered for the CIPA symposium, please use the following link to register: http://archesproject.org/arches-cipa-2017-workshop-registration-form/

Workshop presenters: 

Adam Cox: Co-founder of Legion GIS, LLC, and a GIS developer who has been working with Arches for three years, creating installations for organizations in the US and assisting with many others around the world. He has worked in the GIS field for more than six years, very often focusing on cultural heritage and documentation-related applications.

Annabel Lee Enriquez: Project Manager at the Getty Conservation Institute, she specializes in projects involving cultural heritage data management, and is part of the GCI teams for the Arches, DISCO (Data Integration for Conservation Science), and AATA Online Update projects. Most recently, she was responsible for the data management effort behind the City of Los Angeles’ implementation of Arches, HistoricPlacesLA.

David Myers: Senior Project Specialist at the Getty Conservation Institute, where he manages the GCI’s Recording and Documentation Unit. He is a member of the GCI’s Arches project team and has worked on the implementation of Arches with the City of Los Angeles, HistoricPlacesLA, as well as implementation of the Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities (MEGA) – Jordan.

Dennis Wuthrich: CEO and founder of Farallon Geographics Inc. with over 20 years experience implementing GIS. He designs the technology infrastructure, governance, workflow processes and geospatial data models for projects in areas such as commercial, federal, public safety, homeland security, environmental, natural resources, and international heritage management.