Funded by Arcadia and hosted by the University of Cambridge, @maeasamproject.bsky.social builds detailed inventories of endangered archaeological sites across 11 African countries using their Arches-powered database. Here’s a look at how they do it:
Arches Project
A step-by-step guide of #digitising the #UNESCO site of Gorée Island: 1. georeferencing a historical map onto satellite imagery, 2. delineating the property boundary and buffer zone, 3. digitizing the sub-sites, 4. linking to metadata, and saving the data.
Explore tdb.maeasam.org for Gorée Island
