“They don’t get much in the way of posthumous glory, but Roman surveyors have left us a wealth of technical treatises, collectively known as the Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum, which is of unique historical importance for its detailed descriptions of the nature of land settlement, and the role of emperors, especially Augustus, in regulating urban centers in a rural environment. Archaeologist David Gilman Romano, longtime director of the Corinth Computer Project, has been using the Agrimensores to understand the rural geography of Corinth and the nature of Roman re-settlement of the city… #GIS#spatial#mapping#surveying#surveyor#survey#instrumentation#ancientrome#roman#history#urban#buildings#aqueducts#roads#fortifactions#construction#engineering#design#archaeology#archaeologist
The Illinois GIS Association has some openings for their monthly webinar series. You don't have to be based in IL, but if you have some kind of interesting project or tool you'd like to share that you think a bunch of mostly public sector local government GIS folks would find interesting, let me know!
Could be adjacent to GIS / land records, too. Are you a #surveyor or #cartographer? Have a 30-minute talk you want to share?