GIS Spatial Data Package of the Gede ruins heritage site

This is a GIS file set of the Gede ruins. The data was generated from laser scans, photogrammetric techniques and GPS data. The data maps the site of the Gede ruins in Kilifi County in Kenya. All data is in either the unprojected Geographic (GCS WGS84) or the projected Universal Transverse Mercator 37 South (UTM37S WGS84) coordinate system.The data is packaged as an ESRI Map Package (.mpk). If you are not an ESRI user and wish to unpack the package please rename the file extension to .zip and use a programme, such as 7-Zip, to unpack the package. The package contains shapefiles and images which are compatible with most GIS software. The ruins of Gede (also Gedi), a traditional Arab-African Swahili town, are located just off Kenya’s coastline, some 90km north of Mombasa. Gede was a small town built entirely from stones and rocks, and most of the original foundations are still visible today. Remaining structures at the site include coral stone buildings, mosques, houses and a palace. The town was abandoned in the early 17th century, and Gede’s buildings date back to the 15th century, although it is believed that the site could have been inhabited as early as the 11th or 12th century. The Zamani Project spatially documented the Gede ruins in 2010. In addition to the three principal structures of the Great Mosque, the Small Mosque and the Palace, remains of other structures in the immediate vicinity were also documented.The Zamani Project seeks to increase awareness and knowledge of tangible cultural heritage in Africa and internationally by creating metrically accurate digital representations of historical sites. Digital spatial data of cultural heritage sites can be used for research and education, for restoration and conservation and as a record for future generations. The Zamani Project operates as a non-profit organisation within the University of Cape Town.This text has been adapted from the UNESCO website (https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5501/).The Zamani Project received funding from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation at the time of the project.

此为盖德遗迹的地理信息系统（GIS）文件集。数据源自激光扫描、摄影测量技术和GPS数据生成。该数据集映射了肯尼亚基利菲县盖德遗迹的地理位置。所有数据均采用未投影的地理坐标系（GCS WGS84）或投影的通用横轴墨卡托37S（UTM37S WGS84）坐标系。数据以ESRI地图包（.mpk）格式打包。若非ESRI用户并希望解包，请将文件扩展名重命名为.zip，并使用如7-Zip等程序进行解包。该包包含与大多数GIS软件兼容的矢量数据和图像。盖德遗迹（亦称Gedi），是一座传统的阿拉伯-非洲斯瓦希里城镇，位于肯尼亚海岸线附近，距蒙巴萨约90公里。盖德是一座完全由石头和岩石建造的小镇，大部分原始基础至今仍清晰可见。遗址中保留的结构包括珊瑚石建筑、清真寺、房屋和宫殿。该镇在17世纪初被遗弃，盖德的建筑可追溯至15世纪，尽管据信该遗址最早可能于11世纪或12世纪开始有人居住。2010年，赞尼项目对盖德遗迹进行了空间记录。除了大清真寺、小清真寺和宫殿这三大主体结构外，附近其他结构的遗迹也已被记录。赞尼项目旨在通过创建历史遗址的精确数字表征，提升非洲乃至全球对有形文化遗产的认识和知识。文化遗产遗址的数字空间数据可用于研究、教育、修复和保护，并为后代留下记录。赞尼项目作为开普敦大学的一个非营利组织运作。本文摘自联合国教科文组织网站（https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5501/）。在项目进行期间，赞尼项目得到了安德鲁·W·梅隆基金会的资助。