Hi All,

I am pleased to share this announcement from the folks at the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) on the great new viewer they just published showing places of cultural and historic significance.

See the announcement below from SHPO.

The State Historic Preservation Office is honored to introduce the Connecticut Cultural Resource Information System, our new statewide digital resource. ConnCRIS, as it is abbreviated, is an interactive geospatial database available online at https://conncris.ct.gov. It contains descriptive information about known archaeological sites and historic properties. All resources documented through surveys or historic designations are mapped with location points. Survey areas and historic district boundaries are also drawn. So far, ConnCRIS contains 96,543 location points!

This first launch version of ConnCRIS, launched on April 14, allows access to above-ground cultural resources data and a variety of map layers that can be turned on and off. No log-in, permission, or downloads are required, and a user guide is available within the map application. ConnCRIS also includes a feedback form to report any requests for edits or issues with performance. Recent survey and designation data will be added as part of the regular maintenance of the system.

A full launch of ConnCRIS will follow. This phase will include log-in access to view additional information, such as PDFs of surveys, documentation reports, and designation forms that are linked to each data point. More than 70 years of SHPO records have been digitized, including nearly 100,000 pages of surveys alone! Access to sensitive data is available to qualified individuals through the log-in. ConnCRIS was developed in collaboration with the Connecticut Geographic Information Systems Office and is free of charge. Please contact Jenny Scofield ([log in to unmask]) for more information.

Thanks,

Alfredo Herrera

Geographic Information Officer

Office of Policy and Management

State of Connecticut

450 Capitol Avenue

Hartford, CT  06106

Email: [log in to unmask]

Phone: 860-944-9713