CPF Training

Welcome to the EAMENA-CPF Training Page! Here you will find all of the materials that you need to go through our training workshop. Click on the links below to access written tutorials and videos which will help you navigate the database, QGIS, Google Earth Engine, and more!

 

Link to the EAMENA Database: https://database.eamena.org/

 

EAMENA-CPF Training Software Requirements: https://eamena.site.ox.ac.uk/sites/g/files/vzsiac1936/files/eamena-cpf_…

The EAMENA Database Glossary: 

The EAMENA Coordinate Converter: https://eamena.site.ox.ac.uk/sites/g/files/vzsiac1936/files/eamena_coor…

EAMENA-CPF Training 2020 - Final Presentations

 

TopicEnglish InstructionsArabic Instructions 
CPF Training Final Presentations

EAMENA-CPF Trainining 2020 - Final Presentations

 

 

 

 

Week 6: Making a Watchlist

 

Activity for Week 6: English / Arabic

TopicDocument LinksVideo Tutorial Links

Watchlist Presentation

 

See week 0

Watchlist Table (Microsoft Word)

 

 

Watchlist Table (Microsoft Excel)

 

 
Values and Significance presentationValues and Significance Assessment

Week 5: Google Earth Engine (GEE)

 

Activity for Week 5: English / Arabic

TopicEnglish TutorialArabic TutorialVideo Tutorial Links
Google Earth Engine

GIS 4 -  Google Earth Engine (GEE) Recap

 

 

GIS 4.1 - GEE (Introduction)

GIS 4.2.1 - GEE (Simple Sentinel 2 Script)

GIS 4.2.2 - GEE (Sentinel 2 Band Selection)

GIS 4.2.3 - GEE (Filtering Sentinel 2 Imagery by Date)

GIS 4.2.4 - GEE (Exporting Sentinel 2 Imagery to QGIS)

GIS 4.3.1 - GEE (Sentinel 2 and Landsat 5)

GIS 4.3.2 - GEE (Filtering Dates for Sentinel 2 and Landsat 5)

GIS 4.3.3 - GEE (Changing Sentinel 2 and Landsat 5 Band Combinations)

GIS 4.3.4 - GEE (Exporting Sentinel 2 and Landsat 5 Imagery)

GIS 5 -  Agriculture and NDVI in Google Earth Engine (GEE)

 

 

GIS 5.1.1 - GEE (Red and Near Infrared Bands)

GIS 5.1.2 - GEE (NDVI Simple Script)

GIS 5.1.3 - GEE (NDVI Complex Script)

GIS 5.2.1 - GEE (NDVI over time with Sentinel 2)

GIS 5.2.2 - GEE (NDVI over time with Sentinel 2 and Landsat 5)

GIS 5.3 - GEE (Exporting NDVI Data to QGIS)

QGIS_Map_Colour_NDVI text file: 

Note: This is a zipped file. To use it, it must be unzipped or extracted first. 

 

GIS 6 -  Automatic Change Detection

GIS 6.1.1 - GEE (Automatic Change Detection, Introduction)

GIS 6.1.2 - GEE (Exporting the Madaba ACD results) 

GIS 6.1.3 - GEE (Opening the Madaba ACD results in QGIS and Google Earth)

GIS 6.1.4 - GEE (Validating the Madaba ACD results in QGIS and Google Earth)

GIS 6.2 - GEE (ACD Jufra) 

GIS 7 - Adding your own sites in GEEGIS 7 - Adapting the ACD script for your area

Week 4: Exporting from the Database and Using QGIS

 

Activity for Week 4: English / Arabic

TopicEnglish TutorialArabic TutorialVideo Tutorial Links
Exporting Data

19. Exporting from the database

 

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - Using the Excel Reorganising Macro

Part 3 - Using the Google Sheets Macro

Part 4 - Importing Shapefiles to Google Earth

EAMENA Reorganise Export Columns.xlsm (for Heritage Places only).    Note: This is a zipped file. To use it, it must be unzipped or extracted first. 

 

QGIS

GIS 1 -  QGIS Recap

 

 

GIS 1.1 - Introduction

GIS 1.2.1 - Simple Map (XYZ Tiles)

GIS 1.2.2 - Simple Map (Natural Earth)

GIS 1.2.3 - Simple Map (OpenStreetMap)

GIS 1.2.4 - Simple Map (Exporting a Map)

GIS 2 -  QGIS Georeferencing maps and Corona imagery

GIS 2.1.1 - Georeferencing (Downloading Maps)

GIS 2.1.2 - Georeferencing (Georeferencing a Map)

GIS 2.2.2 - Georeferencing (Digitising Map Features)

GIS 2.3.1 - Georeferencing (Corona Atlas)

GIS 2.3.2 - Georeferencing (Downloading Corona from EarthExplorer)

GIS 2.3.3 - Georeferencing (Georeferencing Corona)

GIS 3 -  QGIS Geospatial Analysis

 

GIS 3.1.1 - Geospatial Data (Introduction)

GIS 3.1.2 - Geospatial Data (Downloading Opentopography Data)

GIS 3.1.3 - Geospatial Data (Visualising Elevation Data)

GIS 3.1.4 - Geospatial Data (Hydrological Data)

GIS 3.2.1 - Geospatial Data (Extracting Elevation)

GIS 3.2.2 - Geospatial Data (Distance to Rivers)

GIS 3.2.3 - Geospatial Data (Filtering and Statistics)

GIS Concepts
GIS Concepts 1 - Vector and Raster DataVector and Raster Data
GIS Concepts 2 - File Format TypesFile Format Types

Week 3: Exploratory Analysis in the EAMENA Database Version 3

 

Activity for Week 3: English / Arabic

TopicEnglish TutorialArabic TutorialVideo Tutorial Links
Record/Resource Management

16. Record/Resource Management

Managing your Records
Exploratory Analysis

17. Advanced (complex) Searches

 

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - 'And' and 'Or' Searches

Part 3 - Combining Simple and Advanced Searches

Part 4 - Time Filter

Part 5 - Examples

18. Making tables and graphs based on database data

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4 - Searching

Part 5 - Percentages

Part 6a - In Google Sheets

Part 6b - In Excel

Part 6c - In Open Office

Part 7 - Export a Graph as an Image

Week 2: The EAMENA Database Version 3 (continued)

 

Activity for Week 2: English / Arabic

TopicEnglish TutorialArabic TutorialVideo Tutorial Links
Heritage Places

12. Condition Assessment Site

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Built Component

13. Built Component: Observation, Measurements, Material, Geometry, Assessment Summary

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - How to Create a Built Component

Detailed Condition Assessment

14. Detailed Condition Assessment

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - Measurements, Location, Modification and Construction

Part 3 - Damage Assessment

Part 4 - Threat and Risk Assessment

Part 5 - Overall Condition, File Upload and Related Resources

Information Resource
15. Information Resource

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2a - Bibliography

Part 2b - Photographs

Part 2c - Google Earth

Part 2d - Cartography

Part 3 - Location, File Upload and Additional Information

 

Week 1: The EAMENA Database Version 3

 

Activity for Week 1: English / Arabic

 

TopicEnglish TutorialArabic TutorialVideo Tutorial Links
Introductory Materials

0. Introduction to the EAMENA Database Version 3

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - Logging In

Part 3 - Resources Overview

Part 4 - Navigating

1. Searching the Database (Basic)

 

1b. Finding your Records by Searching for your Name

 

 

 

 

Searching the Database -Basic

 

Finding your Records by Searching for your Name

Person and Organization

2. Creating a new Person/Organization Record

 

 

Person/Organization Records
Heritage Places

3. Assessment Summary

 

 

A Heritage Place example: Rujm al Faridiyyeh, Jordan

Part 1 - Assessment Summary

Part 2 - Assessment Summary

Part 3 - Assessment Summary

4. Resource Summary

 

 

Resource Summary

 

5. Geometries

 

 

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - Adding a polygon

Part 3 - Location and Geometry Extent Certainties, Geometry Type

6. Geography 

 

 

Geography (Part 1)

Geography (Part 2)

7. Archaeological Assessment

 

 

Part 1 - Overall Morphology and Chronology

Part 2 - Site Features

Part 3 - Measurements, Materials and Geoarchaeology

8. Environment Assessment

 

 

Environment Assessment

 

9. Related Resources 

 

 

 

Related Resources

MarEA/Geoarchaeology
The MarEA Project

 

An Introduction to the MarEA Project

10. Introduction to Geoarchaeology

 

 

Geoarchaeology - Introduction

 

11. Geoarchaeology Assessment 

 

 

Part 1 - Resource Summary

Part 2 -  Geometery and Geography

Part 3 -  Environment Assessment

Part 4 -  Geoarchaeology Assessment

Part 5 -  How to Record a Complex Site

Week 0: Watchlists and Datasets

 

Activity for Week 0: English / Arabic

TopicLink
  

1. Watchlists

 

Producing a Watchlist

 

2. Training Programme AgendaAgenda