Academics
Alumni Resources
About UGA
Helpful Links
University of Georgia
quick links
GO
Advanced Search
Your Email required
Your Name required
To required
Subject required
Your email message will read: this text is not editable This message was sent from Georgia Magazine (http://uga.edu/gm/). Pinpointing Preservation - Closeups December 2008 Issue Looking for a historic home or a Civil War battleground? Now you can find it from home with the help of a geographic information system network developed by UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government. The natural archaeological and historic resources geographic information system (NAHRGIS), launched earlier this year, is an interactive Web-based registry cataloging information about the natural, archaeological and historic resources of Georgia. “You only need two things to access the system: the Internet and a relatively high-speed connection,” says Rowe Bowen, section chief for cultural resources at the Georgia Department of Transportation. Historic preservation graduate student Chris Daniel takes notes from a tombstone in the cemetery at Harmony Hall Baptist Church in Hall County. The program, which was originally generated by the DOT to help with their research, turned into a public service with the help of Internet technology experts at the Institute of Government. The project was paid for with federal DOT grants. Visitors to the site are … Read full article at http://uga.edu/gm/ee/index.php?/single/2008/12/258/.
