GIS

Project Name
Mega-Jordan
Project Acronym
MEGA-J
Country
Jordan
Department/Generate Directorate/Bureau/Service name
Department of Antiquities of Jordan
Project URL
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/field_projects/jordan/
Department/Generate Directorate/Bureau/Service address
P.O. Box 88, Amman
Directorate/Bureau/Service tel.
-3844
Directorate/Bureau/Service fax
-5353
Directorate/Bureau/Service e-mail
doa@nic.net.jo
Directorate/Bureau/Service Website
http://www.doa.jo/doa1.htm
Contact Person
Catreena Hamarneh
Contact Person Gender
Mrs
Contact Person e-mail
c.hamarneh@doa.jo
Contact languages
english
Project Duration
2004-2009
Objectives and priorities
The development and implementation of a bilingual Arabic-English, Web-based national geographic information system (GIS) for Jordan's Department of Antiquities (DoA) is the central focus of the Middle Eastern Geodatabase for Antiquities, Jordan (MEGA-J) project. The GIS, once completed, will serve as the primary tool for the DoA?and subsequently for the Iraq State Board of Antiquities and Heritage (SBAH)?in its ongoing work to inventory, monitor, and manage Jordan's vast number of archaeological sites. In the process, it will greatly facilitate the work of DoA staff, Jordanian scholars and their colleagues worldwide, and, ultimately, play an important role in preserving Jordan's archaeological treasures. MEGA-J is envisioned as an electronic inventory capable of maintaining information on site location and extent, site characteristics, and site condition in an easy-to-use manner. Ultimately, it will help standardize and centralize information on archaeological sites throughout the country in a single system that will be focused primarily on the aims of heritage management and research. The system will not initially attempt to incorporate all relevant information on any given archaeological site, although that remains the ultimate goal; it will, however, create a solid, extensible, flexible, and compatible foundation upon which to build and add almost limitless additional information in the future. The approach that has been adopted, based on thorough reviews, holds that an incremental process rather than simultaneous efforts on all fronts is a key to success.
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