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==Available best practice guides==
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* Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) - OGC Standards and Resources: https://www.ogc.org/standards
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* Artefactual Systems and the Digital Preservation Coalition - Preserving GIS: http://doi.org/10.7207/twgn21-16
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* Archaeology Data Service / Digital Antiquity - Guides to Good Practice, GIS Guide to Good Practice: https://guides.archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/g2gp/Gis_Toc

Revision as of 14:07, 29 November 2022

Content definition: Tools that support the preservation of data describing geographical or topographical features, typically referred to as Geospatial data.

Tools for this content type

Filestar Universal file converter for 900+ file types. XXX
Leaflet Open-source JavaScript library for building interactive maps (OpenStreetMap) X
QGIS QGIS is a Free and Open Source GIS application that supports a wide range of raster and vector spatial data types. XX
SPARQLing Unicorn QGIS Plugin Plugin for QGIS. Fetches data from Wikidata and other Linked Data SPARQL endpoints and adds a new layer in a QGIS project. Just insert a SPARQL query for Geo-Items and get a new vector layer into QGIS. XXX
USGS Formal metadata: information and software This page links to information and tools from the USGS. X

Available best practice guides