Since mapping seems to be the de rigueur route to engagement, I’m looking for more interactive ways to present historical maps, documents, etc. with a geospatial element. We already use HistoryPin (primarily for photos), but have found that to be fairly one-sided. I want the audience to actively participate, to have to work for it, not just present them with visualizations. Something which encourages our patrons to draw their own conclusions from historical maps and discuss or share would be magical.

I’m interested in learning more about the Omeka plugin Neatline (neatline.org/), VisualEyes (www.viseyes.org/), or any other open source tools that you all might know.