Since 1999 a project, entitled "Transformation Processes in Oasis Settlements in Oman", was undertaken by orientalists, ethnologists, architects, urban planners, plant physiologists, and archaeologists from universities in Germany and Oman, as well as from the DAI. The research is focused on processes of transformation throughout history, regarding the architecture and material culture, the economy and ecology of the oasis settlements in a regional and interdisciplinary approach.
An Internet-GIS was developed to provide all involved scientists as well as other researchers in this field with the most recent results of the archaeological investigation. The cartographical data are based on aerial photographs. They were processed with the programs AutoCad Map and AutoCad Overlay to create a georeferenced map. Topographical and archaeological features like tombs, settlements, cultivation terraces, water management systems etc. dated from the third millennium B.C. to sub-recent times were digitised. With the help of the program AutoCad Mapguide these data were transferred to the Internet. Each site is represented by a photograph and a short description. However, the internet users are not only able to look on these data, but they can also evaluate these data with GIS-tools (e.g. distances, puffer) under various aspects without installing a special GIS-System.
Key words: : GIS, Settlement Archaeology, Internet, Near East