I'd put the data in Exhibit [1], then figure out how to usefully facet it and display it on a timeline and a map. Or maybe better yet, try the same in Recollection [2]. And it looks like the Digital Eyes Shiva [3] project does similar things, and works directly from Google spreadsheets.
1. http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/ 2. http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/08/full-open-source-release-of-recollection-platform/ 3. http://www.viseyes.org/shiva/ -AB -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt Amory Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:30 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] any ideas for cool noob learning projects? I've got a small dataset to work with and I'm looking to do some wonky webby xml/xsl/php stuff with it to teach myself something. Any ideas? https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AulwwJLwzDa1dFdNNHViUDkxVUxuQ2pIdnFTVXZfYmc#gid=0is the data -- Matt Amory (917) 771-4157 matt.am...@gmail.com <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-amory/8/515/239>
