HEIR is an important new resource for a wide range of studies, from tracking environmental and climate change to understanding human impact on the planet; from identifying endangered landscapes and endangered archaeology to reconstructing lost buildings and habitats. Keepthinking developed the crowdsourcing tagging website and the re-photographing app to support this project run by The Institute of Archaeology, part of Oxford University.
The homepage offers quick entry points to the different sections of the website, as well as presenting some data about the project: the overall progress, numbers of tags, taggers and active discussions.
The registration and login are fully integrated with Zooniverse.
Users can select a specific set of images, based on different locations, and start tagging!
We have designed 6 themed tagging categories, illustrated by the icon buttons on the left hand side of the tagging screen. Clicking on a tagging category, you will see a drop-down box of sub-groups to choose from.
Users are encouraged to add additional keywords. An icon will appear on the picture where the tag has been placed. It is possible to review, re-locate, or delete the keywords at any time before submission.
To support the tagging process it is possible to ask questions or submit additional information using the Discuss section.
To find out how the places, monuments, and surroundings have changed we have also developed a re-photography app.
Photos taken through the app can be seen on the discussion page of each slide on the website.
