Comments on: something about mapping http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/2014/03/11/something-about-mapping/ Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:25:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 By: John Glover http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/2014/03/11/something-about-mapping/#comment-88 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:00:57 +0000 http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/?p=189#comment-88 I’m interested in this, both from a user and a librarian perspective. I think it’s a great and, in some ways, untapped tool for interactive engagement. I’ve seen and participated in IRL mapping outreach like this any number of times — places where I put a pin on a map to indicate where I’m from, etc. And we do this for some digital collections, but I wonder both if it actually leaves users feeling engaged, and if there are other ways to map beyond obvious geographic tie ins (photo sets, e.g.).

]]> By: Tom http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/2014/03/11/something-about-mapping/#comment-82 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:14:47 +0000 http://newsouths2014.thatcamp.org/?p=189#comment-82 I have a decent amount of experience with Exhibit which is open source and you can set it up so that the information it displays is fed via a Google Spreadsheet. Initial set up requires HTML level skills.

I’ve also used Google Earth/maps fairly extensively for similar work. It’s not open source but Marble seems to be getting better at reading kml/kmz files so the actual data ought to be pretty portable.

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