Noel Hidalgo Tan from the Australian National University has recently presented a paper at the Australian Archaeological Association on his use of tablets to record the location and motif details of rock art in Thailand. He uses the full range of the hardware including the camera, GPS, and audio recordings for lengthy descriptions. He has blogged about the paper and has uploaded the slides from his presentation.
He uses slightly different software than we do at Pompeii, and I will have to check out Tap Forms, his preferred database app.
Just wanted to say that the work you guys are doing to digitize your project is really great and much needed in archaeology. I’m running into nothing but opposition while trying to use my iPad, iPhone and other tech to modernize CRM archaeology in the Great Basin and Nevada. Maybe showing my employers your successful efforts via this blog will start to change some minds. I’m starting to think, however, that starting my own company is the only way to go. Keep up the good work.
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