Calstock Parish Archive

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Calstock Parish Archive

• History on the Ground Project

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What is GIS?
GIS - Geographic Information Systems. Basically
a GIS is a map which has a database of
information linked to it.
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What is GIS?

• A GIS is most often associated with a map. A
  map, however, is only one way you can work with
  geographic data in a GIS, and only one type of
  product generated by a GIS. A GIS can provide a
  great deal more problem-solving capabilities than
  using a simple mapping program or adding data to
  an online mapping tool (creating a "mash-up").
• GIS allows us to view, understand, question,
  interpret, and visualize data in many ways that
  reveal relationships, patterns, and trends in the
  form of maps, globes, reports, and charts.
• A GIS helps you answer questions and solve
  problems by looking at your data in a way that is
  quickly understood and easily shared.
• GIS technology can be integrated into any
  enterprise information system framework.

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Three ways of viewing a GIS

• A GIS can be viewed in three ways
• The Database View A GIS is a unique kind of
  database of the worlda geographic database
  (geodatabase). It is an "Information System for
  Geography." Fundamentally, a GIS is based on a
  structured database that describes the world in
  geographic terms

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• The Map View A GIS is a set of intelligent maps
  and other views that show features and feature
  relationships on the earth's surface. Maps of the
  underlying geographic information can be
  constructed and used as "windows into the
  database" to support queries, analysis, and
  editing of the information.

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• The Model View A GIS is a set of information
  transformation tools that derive new geographic
  datasets from existing datasets. These
  geoprocessing functions take information from
  existing datasets, apply analytic functions, and
  write results into new derived datasets.
• By combining data and applying some analytic
  rules, you can create a model that helps answer
  the question you have posed. In the example
  below, GPS and GIS were used to accurately model
  the expected location and distribution of debris
  for the Space Shuttle Columbia, which broke up
  upon re-entry over eastern Texas on February 1,
  2003.  

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Calstock Parish History on the Ground Project

• Here at the Parish Archive we have a great deal
  of information collected and stored over the
  years. We are continuing to collect this
  information from the community.
• In this age of computers and digital information
  it makes sense to collect and store this
  information in a digital format.
• In March 2010 the Archive was awarded a grant by
  the Cornwall Community Grass Roots Fund in order
  to purchase a GIS.

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ESRI Arcview GIS Software

• We have chosen to buy ESRIs Arcview package as
  this is most commonly used throughout
  organisations such as ours for mapping and
  analysis. Indeed Cornwall Council who we are
  working closely with, use it for their mapping
  needs. Therefore we are able to share data with
  Cornwall Councils Archaeology Department.

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What will we use it for?

• Archaeology
• As you may be aware the land around us in
  Calstock Parish is rich in history and full of
  interesting archaeological sites which are not
  well known. We want to find these archaeological
  intrigues and map them so they are recorded and
  people can find them.

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Interesting History in Calstock Parish

• The whole of this part of South East Cornwall
  was once a rich source for tin and copper.
  Scattered all over the Parish is evidence of
  ancient mines going back to medieval times. We
  want to go out and discover un-documented sites
  and make everyone aware of where they are and
  what they were used for.

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Field names

• The archive holds many documents dating back to
  1300 which have details of fields, ownership and
  field usage. We want to gradually add this
  information to our maps so that people can easily
  find out what was happening at a particular place
  in the past. We will start by adding field names
  from the 1839 Tithe map and 1815 Davis map.

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Medieval mining

• Thanks to the work already carried out by local
  archaeologist, Robert Waterhouse, were beginning
  to find out more about the early mining history
  in the parish. Our project aims to help him in
  this work by looking for evidence of the mines in
  the landscape.

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Volunteers

• Were hoping that this project interests you
  enough to want to help out. We need two types of
  help
• Typing in information from the written record to
  the GIS system
• Finding evidence in the landscape and recording
  on the GIS system