collections management ke emu spatial technologies turning information into knowledge
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Collections Management
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
Turning information into knowledge
Collections Management
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
2 September 2005
KE EMu Object Locator
Plot internal locations of objects on building floor plans
Zoom & pan functionality 3-dimensional view capabilities Drill down into plotted points
Collections Management
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
Collections Management
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
2 September 2005
Some Uses for KE EMu Object Locator
Finding objects in the museum Relocating objects Disaster recovery planning Self-guided tours
Collections Management
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
2 September 2005
KE EMu Web Maps
Plot specimen collection locality information on world maps
Use ESRI shape files (.shp) Use images (.png) Zoom and pan functionality Drill down into plotted points Hooks into Google Maps
Collections Management
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
Collections Management
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
2 September 2005
Some Uses for KE EMu Web Maps
Species distribution Comparisons of distributions of species Geocode verification Collection ‘gap’ analysis
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
Collections Management
2 September 2005
KE EMu Web Portal
Web-based search facility for multiple EMu sites Distributes search to each EMu site concurrently Supports specimen level retrieval Supports aggregated analysis (KE EMu Web
Maps)
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
Collections Management
2 September 2005
KE EMu Web Portal Prototype
Sites participating in prototype include: National Museum of Natural History, Washington Natural History Museum, London American Museum of Natural History, New York Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago New York Botanical Garden Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
Collections Management
KE EMu Spatial Technologies
Collections Management
2 September 2005
Some Uses for KE EMu Portal
Collaborative research Remote access to collection information “Global” views of species Identification of species Repatriation of specimen data Resource discovery