from maps to apps
DESCRIPTION
Digital Mapping (the technology behind Google Earth and other GPS based applications). Mobile devices, augmented reality, and crowd-sourcing have transformed maps from simple directional objects into digital tools for exploring every aspect of the world around us. Learn how to use location based services to guide users to your library, engage their interest on social networks, and enhance learning about contemporary art, local history, ancient architecture, and more. Slides from talk by April Younglove, delivered at NYLA Conference 2013 in Niagara, NYTRANSCRIPT
FROM MAPS TO APPS
New York Library Association ConventionConvention Center at Niagara Falls
September 28, 2013April Younglove, [email protected]
USE MAP MASHUPS
FREE YOUR MAPS
USE MAP MASHUPS
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Historical Newspapers of the Rochester, New York Region
Digital Maps + Historical Photos =
Bomb damage at number 21 Queen Victoria street, 1941.
Picture from: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/photos-of-londons-past-blended-with-its-present
Dinosaur BBQ in Rochester, NYFormerly Lehigh Valley Railroad Station
Mobile Devices
As of May 2013:• 91% of American adults have a cell phone• 56% of American adults have a smartphone• 28% of cell owners own an Android; 25% own an
iPhone; 4% own a Blackberry• 34% of American adults own a tablet computer
As of January 2013:• 26% of American adults own an e-reader
Source: http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/February/Pew-Internet-Mobile.aspx
NOT THE SAME THING
Digital Maps + Historical Maps =
The original map drawn by Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), a British physician who is one of the founders of medical epidemiology, showing cases of cholera in the London epidemics of 1854, clustered around the locations of water pumps.
Cholera 1832
Slide courtesy of Matt Knudsen, NYPL Maps Division, Map Warper
Digital Maps + + Twitter users+ Zotero references + Nirvana concert videos+ Locations in literature + Wind data+ Real Estate Statistics + Phenology + Cancer statistics+ Where America’s uninsured live+ Worldcat data+ . . .
GET STARTED
USING MAP MASH-UPS
Stay up-to-date : ESRI News, Google Geo Developers, Google Maps ManiaPlay with mash-up toolsThink visually when searching for informationContribute when you can
FREE YOUR MAPS
Google Maps API
Historical Newspapers of the Rochester, New York Region
North Carolina Family Records Online
North Carolina Civil War Soldiers: Follow Them Through the Conflict
Mapping Tools for Beginners
• Google My Maps• Google Mapmaker• Quickmaps• Scribble Maps• GunnMap2• Statsilk
Connecticut Historical Map Mash-ups
Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolinaterp/1440865270/
Getting Started
Digitize your maps Geo-reference your maps (Map
Warper, Georeferencer) Crowdsource the work Piggy-back on somebody else’s project
FREEING YOUR MAPS
Wolfwalk
Source: http://library.fgcu.edu/Images/2009_FGCU_Library_Map.jpg
FREE YOUR STACK MAPS
Google Goes Indoors
QUESTIONS?
Image from http://tinyurl.com/ku5xpeq