October 7th, 2024

A Modern Approach to Stewardship

Farallon Geographics is thrilled to attend the official launch of Historic England’s implementation of Arches, an innovative web-based platform which promises to comprehensively enhance the stewardship of England’s cultural heritage resources. Developed in collaboration with Historic England and the Getty Conservation Institute, Arches for HERs is a state-of-the-art, open-source data management, discovery, and visualization application that will support professionals and organizations in heritage management.

Arches for HERs is used by the Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service (GLAAS), Historic England’s lead organization for managing the Historic Environment Records of London. With the formal launch of Arches for HERs, any organization in the United Kingdom tasked with managing an HER may use Arches for HERs free of charge.

Arches for HERs offers key features including:

• Data Management: A centralized system for recording and accessing semantically-defined information about England’s cultural heritage resources.
• Geospatial Tools: Advanced mapping capabilities for representing the location and extent of cultural heritage resources and visualizing the significance and locations of heritage assets.
• Collaborative Framework: Facilitates cooperation among local authorities, developers, researchers, and heritage professionals to ensure comprehensive data sharing.
• Public Accessibility: A commitment to making vital heritage information available to the public, fostering greater awareness and appreciation of historic sites.

Powered By Collaboration

“As the primary developers of Arches, we are very pleased to have worked closely and collaboratively with the dedicated staff at Historic England and the Getty Conservation Institute on the development of Arches for HERs. It’s very gratifying to see the Arches platform implemented to support the needs of GLAAS and local authorities throughout the United Kingdom,” said Dennis Wuthrich, Farallon’s CEO, who was present at the launch party at the Royal Geographic Society.

Arches for HERs will provide an authoritative framework for the storage of critical data used to protect heritage sites and sustainability develop existing infrastructure. The launch is a result of a multi-year collaborative partnership implemented by a dedicated team of archaeologists, planners, software developers and program managers. Watch Historic England embark on the next step of their integrated and modern approach to managing cultural heritage resources:

Interested in learning more about how Farallon lead development on Arches for HERs or what Arches can do for your organization? Talk with the experts!