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Where are You?Surveying and Building Location-Aware Library Apps
Jason ClarkHead of Library Informatics & ComputingMontana State University Library
Florida Library WebinarsNovare Library ServicesApril 30, 2014
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Twitter #hashtag
#libgeoapp
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pinboard.in URL (get links)
pinboard.in/u:jasonclark/t:libgeoapp
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Overview
• Does location matter?• Library Apps and Demos• Getting Started• Questions
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What?
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“Context is King”
For Real?
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“About half of the queries on Google have a geographic component.”
Source: Andrew Foster, product manager at Googlehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jun/16/google-maps-property-finder
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“74% of adult smartphone owners ages 18 and older say they use their phone to get directions or other information based on their current location.”
Source: Pew Research Report: Location-Based Services (September 12, 2013)http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/09/12/location-based-services/
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Location is a metric for interest.
Can libraries apply this?
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Temporality is a metric for interest.
Can libraries use presence?
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www.wildlifenearyou.com
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Library Applications
• Mapping Data• Check-in Services• Crowdsourcing Geo Information• Local Interest Apps
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Mapping Data
• Montana State University Research Locations
• UNC Digital Collections Map Browse• www.lib.unc.edu/dc/geobrowse/
• TAMU Geological Atlas, United States• repository.tamu.edu/handle/1969.1/2490
Geography becomes a browse point
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http://arc.lib.montana.edu/msu-film-archive/locations
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Check-in Services
• Darien Library (Connecticut)• Enoch Pratt Free Library (Maryland)• US National Archives
• foursquare.com/usnatarchives
Participate and get badges or gifts
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http://www.darienlibrary.org/2010/03/1/foursquare
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Crowdsourcing Geo
• New York Public Library• maps.nypl.org
Historical OverlaysHelp us create better geographic data
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http://maps.nypl.org/warper/
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Local Interest Apps
• NCSU Wolf Walk • San Jose Public Library
• Augmented Reality Historical Walking Tours (in beta… )
Location-based Learning Opportunities
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http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/wolfwalk/
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Geolocation (options)
• w3c Geolocation API• accurate • supported in Firefox 3.6, Safari 4• Javascript functionality
• Yahoo Query Language Location Tables• Web Services, REST API• Server-side and/or Client-side scripting
These are just two of the options…
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Getting Started
• Choose data with location interest
• Record latitude/longitude • “Reverse Geocode” to get text values
• code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/#ReverseGeocoding
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Going Offline
• HTML5 Offline Database Storage• www.html5rocks.com/features/offline
• HTML5 Local Session Storage• Record values in physical - QR codes• HTML5 Local caching - cache manifest file• Download GeoNames Datasets
• www.geonames.org
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BooksnStuffNearby
A Beta App
http://www.google.com/search?q=jason+clark+code
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HTML5 Geolocation API, Worldcat Search API, Forecast.io API, etc.
Building blocks for a service
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Resources• Symposium on Location-Based Services
• www.lbs2014.org
• Journal of Location-Based Services• www.tandfonline.com/loi/tlbs20
• Geolocation API - diveintohtml5• diveintohtml5.org/geolocation.html
• Leaflet.js - Javascript Geo/Mapping Library• leafletjs.com
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Code Examples
• Google Static Maps + Geolocation• www.lib.montana.edu/~jason/files/web-
services/google-static-maps-geolocate.html
• OCLC MapFast Subject Headings• www.lib.montana.edu/~jason/files/web-
services/html5-geolocation-mapfast.html
• re:This Place (aka BooksnStuffNearby)• www.lib.montana.edu/~jason/files/geolocate/
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pinboard.in URL (get links)
pinboard.in/u:jasonclark/t:libgeoapp
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Questions?
twitter.com/jaclarkwww.jasonclark.info