HMS Florida Arches Launch!
8/14/2018
Since last year, we have been working with the Florida Public Archaeology Network to redesign their Heritage Monitoring Scouts database and implement a comprehensive overhaul of it with Arches. Today, we have finally launched! read more →
Legion Into The Winter
10/30/2016
It's been a long time coming, but a big update to our website is finally here. We have spent the last week mercilessly making improvements and changes. You may also notice an update to our "Team" page (now called "background")... read more →
Using Historical Maps of the Armed Forces Retirement Home
8/4/2016
One aspect of developing an Arches app is the configuration of the database's map view, and one component of this is figuring out what layers to use. Which basemaps? Where will the aerial imagery come from? Can historic maps be included as overlays? read more →
Mining Data From WI Well Construction Reports (for wells pre-1989)
8/1/2016
A wealth of information exists in well construction reports (WCRs), some of which is valuable when you are looking for evidence of karst geology. The Wisconsin Geology and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) stores digital archives of all WCRs for wells... read more →
Using QGIS, GeoServer, and PostGIS to Make and Maintain Arches 3 Overlays
3/23/2016
Someone got in touch with me recently about using GeoServer to serve custom-made (and maintainable) vector overlays to the Arches MAP VIEW, in order to add specific study/research areas to the map. This can be achieved with a... read more →
Our Website Is Up & Running
2/26/2016
After many hours of wrangling, configuring, contemplating, reconfiguring, and retemplating (!) we are ready to launch our website. You could call it a pre-branding, as the format and lack of logo could stand some attention, but overall we're pretty happy with it. In the future... read more →