Arches Timeline

2025
Jan 2025
Initial version of Arches Governance Charter finalized

The Arches Governance Initiative establishes a new structure to integrate input and decision-making by the Arches community, and produces a governing charter

2024
Oct 2024
East Sussex Historic Environment Record (ESHER) internally launches Portico
Sep 2024
Version 7.6 LTS released

New features of this long-term support release include: permissions frameworks, support for plugins, and updated data bulk import and concept editing capabilities

Sep 2024
Arches for Historic Environment Records (HERs) application becomes available
Arches for Historic Environment Records (HERs) application becomes available

Resulting from a long-term collaboration between the Getty Conservation Institute, Historic England, and the City of Lincoln Council, this application is purpose-built for UK HERs

Sep 2024
Public launch of Historic England’s Greater London Historic Environment Record (GLHER) Online implementation
Public launch of Historic England’s Greater London Historic Environment Record (GLHER) Online implementation

GLHER Online, powered by Arches for HERs, goes public to share greater London’s rich heritage and support urban development consultations. Milestone was celebrated with a launch event in London, UK

Aug 2024
BC Fossil Management System launches
Aug 2024
British Columbia Register of Historic Places launches database
Jul 2024
Mapping Ancient and Historic Routes using Geo-Spatial Tools (MARG) database deployed
Jul 2024
First iteration of the Arches Modeling User Group meets virtually
Jun 2024
City of Antwerp Archival and Museums Collections Management Systems go live

First instance of Arches software being used to exclusively manage museum and archival collections data

Apr 2024
Endangered Wooden Architecture Programme (EWAP) deploys EWAP Open Access Database
Mar 2024
In-person Developer Meeting at Getty Center in Los Angeles
In-person Developer Meeting at Getty Center in Los Angeles

Organized by Farallon Geographics, this event drew over 30 developers to discuss priorities surrounding the development and contribution process and improve collaboration.

2023
Dec 2023
Arches for Science Version 1 code becomes available
Dec 2023
SF Cultural Heritage implementation launches
Dec 2023
Version 7.5.0 introduces major accessibility improvements for Arches UI

New aspects of this version include: an accessibility mode that implements features that meet AA level accessibility requirements (developed in collaboration with Historic England).

Mar 2023
Suhozid.hr: Dry Stone Geoportal Database launches
2022
Oct 2022
Arches Advisory Planning Group first convenes

This community stakeholder group was convened by the GCI to advise on transitioning to a more community-governed and sustainable open-source project.

Sep 2022
Arches Version 7 released
Arches Version 7 released

New features in this version include: internationalization & localization functionality, thanks to the generous support of the Arcadia Fund.

Apr 2022
Governance Initiative launched
Governance Initiative launched

The GCI Arches team and external stakeholders meet to discuss planning for sustainability & community-driven governance for the Arches project, identifying key goals and next steps.

Jan 2022
Heritage Geoportal of Cantón Nabón, Ecuador, launches implementation

2021
Nov 2021
Historical Maps of Candia launches implementation
Nov 2021
Arches US User Group first convenes
Oct 2021
Arches Version 6 released

New features in this version include: a IIIF image service manager & improvements to Arches Workflows.

Oct 2021
Work begins on a new Arches Reference Data Manager (RDM)
Work begins on a new Arches Reference Data Manager (RDM)

All new, robust, stand-alone Arches RDM is under development. 

Jul 2021
Mongolian Archaeology Project: Surveying the Steppes (MAPSS) implementation launches
Jun 2021
Arches/Esri integration
Arches/Esri integration

Release of Esri ArcGIS add-in that allows Esri users to directly access, edit & synchronize Arches data.

May 2021
InVisu Les Résidences implementation launches

May 2021
Coflein: The Online Catalogue of Archaeology, Buildings, Industrial and Maritime Heritage in Wales becomes public
Apr 2021
Memor Flanders Archaeological Research Project implementation launches
Apr 2021
Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS) launches
Mar 2021
Isle of Man Historic Environment Record (HER) launches implementation
2020
Oct 2020
The Getty launches 12 Sunsets and Research Collections Viewer implementations
Oct 2020
The Maloutena and Agora in the Paphos Urban Plan (MA-P) Project launches implementation
Sep 2020
Jamaica National Inventory of Historic Places implementation launches
Sep 2020
Barbados National Registry of Historic Places implementation launches
Aug 2020
First Arches Developer virtual meetup is hosted by Farallon Geographics

Attendees discussed software development & code review for developers who want to be part of the Arches open-source software contribution process.

May 2020
Jersey Historic Environment Record implementation launches
Mar 2020
Soqotra Heritage Database launches
Feb 2020
IDACORDig database launches
Jan 2020
Kinmen Qionglin Settlement Survey launches implementation
Jan 2020
Arches Version 5 released
Arches Version 5 released

New features introduced in this version: Arches Workflows, a flexible tool to manage numerous routine tasks for heritage management and conservation science.

2019
Sep 2019
Arches Collector released

This mobile data collection companion app for Arches facilitates data collection and editing in the field, including images.

 

Jun 2019
First Arches regional User Group convenes in the U.K

User group in the UK becomes space for those implementing Arches to share experiences, expertise, & combine efforts.

 

May 2019
The Maldives Heritage Survey launches implementation
Apr 2019
Nepal Heritage Documentation Project (NHDP) launches implementation
Mar 2019
MALAKA.net Heritage Project launches implementation
Feb 2019
Maritime Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa (MarEA) launches implementation
Feb 2019
Global Digital Heritage organization launches implementation
2018
Nov 2018
Arches technical training held in Swindon, UK

This event, with attendees from UK, the Philippines, Nepal, Canada & the US, guided developers in customizing and extending the core functionality of Arches Version 4.

Aug 2018
Florida Public Archaeology Network launches Heritage Monitoring Scouts (HMS Florida) implementation

Last updated: February 2025