Rivex

tool: RivEx

Purpose: 

RivEx is a river network tool designed to run under ESRI ArcMap 9.1. It allows for quality control and analysis of the river network and creation of node layers.

Features: 

• Process connected river centre lines
• Generate new node layers for the nodes of the network
• Attribute your network including stream order
• Convert your network to a measured network
• Re-orientate (flip) network polylines
• Quality controlled snapping of sites to the river network
• Export river network data to KML (Google Earth) format

A&H use case 1 description: 
RivEx was used in conjunction with ESRI ArcMap on the North Sea Palaeolandscapes project to map the river network that was part of the prehistoric landscape stretching from the English Channel to the Norwegian coast line.
Publisher: 
RivEx
Creator: 
Duncan Hornby
Data publishing and dissemination: 
Desktop publishing and pre-press
Specifications: 
eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
C++
COM
Visual Basic
OWL
Communication and collaboration: 
Graphical interaction (asynchronous)
Data analysis: 
Visualisation
lifecycleStage: 
structuring
analysis
Discipline: 
Archaeology
History
Data capture: 
Use of existing digital data
Data structuring and enhancement: 
2d modelling - raster
2d modelling - vector
3d modelling - interactive
3d modelling - vector
Geo-referencing and projection
Graphical rendering
Tags: 
GIS
River mapping
habitat surveying
Strategy and project management: 
Documentation
Human factors analysis
Alternate tool(s): 

MotherPlanet

Practice-led research: 
2d graphic design
2d illustration
3d graphic design
3d modelling - vector
Texture design and mapping
Virtual world modelling
Platform: 
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Software/programming languages used: 
Rivex
Licence: 
commercial
By natalie.hutchinson at Fri, 19/03/2010 - 15:15

project: North Sea Palaeolandscapes

Grant Holder:
North Sea Palaeolandscapes is a remarkable project utilizing 3D seismic data to generate models which will be of enormous value to the geological and archaeological community (as well as to the aggregate extraction industry). The University of Birmingham is the lead organisation and other contributing organizations include the University of Southampton, BGS (British Geological Survey), Petroleum Geo-Services, English Heritage, BMAPA (British Marine Aggregate Producers Association), Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund, TNO (Netherlands Institute of Applied Geoscience) and Tigress. [read more]