Happydigger for GNU/Linux

Happydigger is a program which you can be used for cataloging archaeological finds. It is intended both for semi-professional use and by amateurs (e.g. metal detectorists) who want to keep track of their finds.

Data is stored into a database with extensive find and findspot details. If images are available, they will be displayed together with the find information. You need the gtk+-2.0 and sqlite3 development libraries and headers to compile happydigger. Current version is 2.1. You can find the source code here. The user interface is available in english, dutch and french.

Screenshot of the main window.

Version 2.0 contains some important changes. Happydigger has been migrated to version 3 of the sqlite libraries. To convert your SQLite version 2 database into a SQLite version 3 database, have ready the command-line shells for both version 2 and 3. Then type the following:

cd ~/.happydigger
sqlite db .dump | sqlite3 db.happydigger

Now you can use the new version of happydigger. With this version additional tables can be created for storing information. Image displaying has been improved, you can view an image in it's original size by clicking on it and lighten or darken it by using the up and down keys.

Since November 4th, 2005, happydigger has a project page at savannah, which you can use for bug reports and support. Please follow this link.

Contact: "pg4i at amsat dot org".