Today (23rd April) is St George’s Day here in England. St George is the patron saint of England – but his feast day is not widely celebrated across England. That is, or course, you live in the cathedral city of Salisbury, where the they have a long tradition of celebrating his day in a big [...]
Archive | April, 2006
Map Mobbing
A group from OpenStreetMap are gathering en-masse (well, 15 of them) to make a map of all roads and footpaths on the Isle of Wight, UK, which they will then make freely available. MAPPING REVOLUTION TARGETS THE ISLE OF WIGHT This weekend, 5th – 7th May, the Isle of Wight becomes the center of a [...]
A million archaeological records…
The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) are a UK-based organisation who exist to preserve digital information related to archaeology, as well as promote and disseminate the data. They’ve just announced that they have made their one millionth record available on their ArchSearch catalogue. It may not be the United Kingdom’s most well known archaeological site, but [...]
Megalithic Portal
The Megalithic Portal have recently received their 20 millionth page impression since their launch in 2001. Well done guys! If you’ve never visited the Megalithic Portal, it’s a website dedicated to standing stones, stone circles, all things megalithic, and interesting prehistoric (archaeological) discoveries. It’s a community-based website, with forums, picture gallery and a news system, [...]
