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:

The EAMENA Database Glossary:

The EAMENA Coordinate Converter:

EAMENA-CPF Training 2020 - Final Presentations

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CPF Training Final Presentations

EAMENA-CPF Trainining 2020 - Final Presentations

Week 6: Making a Watchlist

Activity for Week 6: English / Arabic

Topic	Document Links	Video Tutorial Links
Watchlist Presentation		See week 0
Watchlist Table (Microsoft Word)
Watchlist Table (Microsoft Excel)
Values and Significance presentation		Values and Significance Assessment

Week 5: Google Earth Engine (GEE)

Activity for Week 5: English / Arabic

Topic	English Tutorial	Arabic Tutorial	Video 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 GEE			GIS 7 - Adapting the ACD script for your area

Week 4: Exporting from the Database and Using QGIS

Activity for Week 4: English / Arabic

Topic	English Tutorial	Arabic Tutorial	Video 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 Data			Vector and Raster Data
GIS Concepts 2 - File Format Types			File Format Types

Week 3: Exploratory Analysis in the EAMENA Database Version 3

Activity for Week 3: English / Arabic

Topic	English Tutorial	Arabic Tutorial	Video 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

Topic	English Tutorial	Arabic Tutorial	Video 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

Topic	English Tutorial	Arabic Tutorial	Video 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

Topic	Link

1. Watchlists	Producing a Watchlist
2. Training Programme Agenda	Agenda