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Using GIS in urban conservation projects during the 
education process has also revealed advantages besides 
disadvantages. As a first tryout, during the Antakya project, 
various difficulties are faced with not only due to the 
deficiencies of the program but also due to the inadequacy of 
experience. Therefore, the time and energy spent has been 
more when compared with the previous projects prepared by 
conventional techniques. Especially the preparation stage has 
been nearly twice longer than the others. However, once the 
spatial and attribute data entry is completed, the analysis and 
evaluations over those data have been very quick. Besides, 
such a system enabled searching various relations between 
different data and establising various queries and overlays, 
which would not be possible with conventional techniques. 
Therefore, even though similar stages in the preparation of 
the project are followed, the content and framework of the 
stages have changed indeed. This provided a wider viewpoint 
for the students and resulted in better understanding of the 
problems, potentials and values of the buildings and the site. 
Inevitably, this effected the results obtained at the end of the 
study. 
Achieving better results in utilization of GIS for urban 
conservation and education purposes, necessitates the 
contribution of both the ones preparing urban conservation 
projects and the ones building the GIS systems. Specialists 
involved in urban conservation projects should develop the 
methodology and contents of the stages applied in urban 
conservation studies according to the terminology, system 
properties and requirements of GIS. Whereas, GIS 
programmers and specialists should extend the capabilities of 
GIS in urban conservation projects considering the 
encountered problems. 
Therefore, being aware of potentials, advantages and 
problems in utilization of GIS, more experiences should be 
shared between the providers and users of this technology for 
the enhancement of GIS technology according to the needs of 
urban conservation studies. 
NOTES: 
“Urban Conservation Project for Zenginler Quarter-Antakya” 
has been prepared through the Rest.507 Course in Grad. 
Program in Restoration, METU, within the Fall Semester of 
2002-2003, by the students; O. Ba$agac, Q. Bora, E. 
Ko?geroglu, A.K. Ince, N. Nayci, A. Temizsoy under the 
supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. N. $ahin Gufhan and Dr. 
G.Bilgin Altinoz. 
REFERENCES: 
Bilgin Altinoz, A. G., Utilizing Gepgraphic Information 
Systems (GIS) for the Conservation of Multi-layered Towns: 
Reflections on the Case of the Urban Archaeological Site of 
Bergama, Science and Technology for the Safeguard of 
Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin, Elsevier, 
Paris, pp.43-49. 
Gii9han $ahin, N., 2001, Stages in Urban Conservation, 
METU, Faculty of Architecture, Grad’. Program in Rest’., 
Ankara. 
Appendix I. Table of Designed Database 
LAYER 
Autocad 
SPATIAL 
DATA 
SPATIAL 
OBJECT 
CLASS 
ATTRIBUTE DATA 
Str 
Street 
Area 
Name of the street 
Type of the street 
Vehicular traffic density 
Pedestrian traffic density 
Type of the pavement 
Str 
element 
Street 
Elements 
Points 
Car parks 
Street furnitures 
Manholes 
Firehoses 
Traffic lights 
Opa 
Open Areas 
Area 
Public courtyards 
Traditional courtyards 
Parking areas 
Bldgbl 
Building 
Block 
Area 
ID of block 
Bldglt 
Building Lot 
Area 
ID of the lot 
Registration Status 
Ownership Status 
Number of Dwelling 
Types of changes 
Bldg 
Building 
Area 
ID of the building 
Address 
Building type 
Function (current use) 
Number of storeys 
Structural System 
Exterior Finishing 
Deterioration/damage level 
Structural deformations 
Spa 
Space 
(room) 
Area 
ID of the space 
Function (current use) 
Interior Wall, ceiling, floor 
Finishings 
Spatial changes 
Material changes 
Name of 
each arch 
element 
Architectural 
Elements 
(courtyard) 
Points 
ID of each element 
Name (fountain, pool, livan, 
mahmel, etc) 
Type and Material 
Deterioration 
Condition level 
Name of 
the arch 
element 
Architectural 
Elements 
(in building) 
Points 
ID of each element 
Name (window, door, 
cupboard, fireplace, etc.) 
Type and material 
Deterioration 
Alterations and changes 
Hane 
Hane 
Points 
(data collected from survey 
forms) 
Occupation status 
Rent price 
Way of owning the building 
Duration of residence in the 
district/house 
Satisfaction from the 
district/house 
Repairs done 
Repairs they need 
Condition of wet spaces 
Income level 
Miscallenous