I have developed a new model for digital heritage documentation by experimenting with ways to extend my interactive historical maps into a practical field study tool. The aim was to make every mapped site accessible in printed form while still retaining full digital functionality.

To achieve this, I created a field study book in which every location from the map is paired with a unique QR code. When scanned, each QR code opens the exact site in Google Maps, allowing users to identify and navigate to places that no longer survive physically, and to visualise where they once stood. This enables real‑time location guidance directly from a printed page.

The most challenging part of the process was developing QR codes that would reliably open Google Maps at the correct GPS point from a printed format. This has now been achieved using Claude AI, which generated 216 individual QR codes, each labelled with its site name and coordinates.

The resulting ledger integrates MyMaps data as a kml File, archival research, and on‑site verification to create a living, updateable resource for future study a hybrid between a heritage atlas, a gazetteer, and a fieldwork navigation system