Thanks so much for offering all these examples of map-based initiatives! Great references all.
We're working with IMA Lab on an initiative to display a database of 32,000 outdoor sculptures on a Google map of the US, along with user-generated photos of sculptures added to our Save Outdoor Sculpture! Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/saveoutdoorsculpture/ More information and access to the Save Outdoor Sculpture! database is here: http://americanart.si.edu/research/programs/sos/ You might be interested also in the great "Wikipedia Saves Public Art" initiative led by Jennifer Mikulay and Richard McCoy, which uses the SOS! Database as a starting point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Saves_Public_Art We are hopeful that our map will be helpful to that and similar projects as well. I'll invite you all to try out our beta SOS! Map as soon as it's ready! Best, Nancy -- Nancy Proctor, PhD Head of New Media Initiatives Smithsonian American Art Museum MRC 970 PO Box 37012 Washington DC 20013-7012 USA t: +1-202-633-8439 c: +1-301-642-6257 f: +1-202-633-8455 http://www.americanart.si.edu http://eyelevel.si.edu/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Wikipedia_Saves_Public_Art On 1/13/70 3:00 PM, "mcn-l-request at mcn.edu" <mcn-l-request at mcn.edu> wrote: Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to mcn-l at mcn.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mcn-l-request at mcn.edu You can reach the person managing the list at mcn-l-owner at mcn.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of mcn-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Google Maps and Cultural Heritage (Leslie Johnston) 2. Re: Google Maps and Cultural Heritage (GTorres) 3. Re: Google Maps and Cultural Heritage (Dana Hutchins) 4. Re: Google Maps and Cultural Heritage (Bill Bostick) 5. Repository of Collections Management related materials (Robert A. Baron) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:16:27 -0500 From: "Leslie Johnston" <lesl...@loc.gov> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Google Maps and Cultural Heritage To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Message-ID: <4B8E450B020000E4001278FB at ntgwgate.loc.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII You might want to look into OpenStreetMap - http://www.openstreetmap.org/ - it is not so hobbled with rate limitations for api calls, and works with OpenLayers. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Api http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLayers Leslie ---------- Leslie Johnston Technical Coordinator National Digital Information Infrastructure & Preservation Program Office of Strategic Initiatives Library of Congress 202-707-2801 lesliej at loc.gov >>> Ari Davidow <aridavidow at gmail.com> 3/3/2010 10:09 AM >>> We are working on a small project that we hope will involve Google Maps - in our case, it would involve the ability of site visitors to upload an image and post a location. Is anyone else doing something similar? What were your experiences (both in terms of setting it up and especially in terms of visitor response)? Thanks, ari _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 14:12:59 -0600 From: GTorres <gtorr...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Google Maps and Cultural Heritage To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Message-ID: <3a1c54881003031212t5da38e81y5b49e5086547c38a at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 You might also want to check http://www.inahmaps.gob.mx/principal_gmaps/map_principal.jsp done by the National Institute for Anthropology and History, depending on the Mexican Ministry of Education. Gabriela Torres Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e HIstoria Mexico On 3/3/10, Leslie Johnston <lesliej at loc.gov> wrote: > You might want to look into OpenStreetMap - http://www.openstreetmap.org/ - > it is not so hobbled with rate limitations for api calls, and works with > OpenLayers. > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Api > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLayers > > Leslie > > ---------- > Leslie Johnston > Technical Coordinator > National Digital Information Infrastructure & Preservation Program > Office of Strategic Initiatives > Library of Congress > 202-707-2801 > lesliej at loc.gov > > >>> Ari Davidow <aridavidow at gmail.com> 3/3/2010 10:09 AM >>> > We are working on a small project that we hope will involve Google > Maps - in our case, it would involve the ability of site visitors to > upload an image and post a location. Is anyone else doing something > similar? What were your experiences (both in terms of setting it up > and especially in terms of visitor response)? > > Thanks, > ari > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:44:14 -0500 From: Dana Hutchins <d...@imagewks.com> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Google Maps and Cultural Heritage To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Message-ID: <C7B4344E.C666%dana at imagewks.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Ari, Take a look at www.vitalsignsme.org. This is a citizen science invasive species observation site we created recently for the Gulf of Maine Research Institute. This project includes all those functions you described and a few more. Teams of students get digital cameras, GPSs and other field data collection tools as part of this project. Specifically this page of the site shows a summary of photos & observations submitted by 7th & 8th grade students, teachers and volunteers around Maine: http://vitalsignsme.com/explore/search This page displays the selected data on a Google Map: http://vitalsignsme.org/explore/map You can use the Advanced Search on the top right of the map to filter the data set. This page displays data in a table where you can select & filter data for export to Excel or a statistical analysis program. More info about the project at http://drupal.org/node/694998 I'm happy to share more info with you about our experience rolling this out onto the laptops of the 35,000 Maine middle school students and teachers. So far its been a great success. Dana Dana Hutchins Image Works/XhibitNet 541 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101 207.773.1101 ext.102 dana at imagewks.com www.ImageWks.com Www.xhibit.net On 3/3/10 10:09 AM, "Ari Davidow" <aridavidow at gmail.com> wrote: > We are working on a small project that we hope will involve Google > Maps - in our case, it would involve the ability of site visitors to > upload an image and post a location. Is anyone else doing something > similar? What were your experiences (both in terms of setting it up > and especially in terms of visitor response)? > > Thanks, > ari > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:18:55 -0500 From: Bill Bostick <bbost...@balboaparkonline.org> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Google Maps and Cultural Heritage To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Message-ID: <0758790FE14FAD4FB84FE71572FD910C0285E11AFC at MAILR005.mail.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I've created similar applications (under NDA, so I can't post links) in both Drupal and Joomla. Both platforms have modules/plugins that support the Google Maps API. Pretty easy to put together, and hey... people love maps. The Drupal solution would include the GMap module and possibly the Location module: http://drupal.org/ http://drupal.org/project/gmap http://drupal.org/project/location There are several Google Maps plugins for Joomla, but the most popular non-commercial solution is the Google Maps plugin: http://www.joomla.org/ http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/external-contents/maps-a-locations/maps/1147 I'm aware of a similar solution for Wordpress, though I have no experience with it: http://wordpress.org/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-maps-for-wordpress/ There are a handful of helpful screencasts on YouTube for doing this type of thing... check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LSwz_eJ7kg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIQBg2SREu8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YHh4JGpTig Good Luck, Bill Bostick -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ari Davidow Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 7:09 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Google Maps and Cultural Heritage We are working on a small project that we hope will involve Google Maps - in our case, it would involve the ability of site visitors to upload an image and post a location. Is anyone else doing something similar? What were your experiences (both in terms of setting it up and especially in terms of visitor response)? Thanks, ari _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/ ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:46:27 -0500 From: "Robert A. Baron" <rob...@studiolo.org> Subject: [MCN-L] Repository of Collections Management related materials To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Message-ID: <E1NnBor-0002dn-6A at elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Dear MCN, I seem to recall that in the early 1990s a well-known art library began to collect information related to the history and practice of collections management and automation. Does anyone on this list know of any such collection efforts? I would like to donate my accumulated materials rather than disposing of them. I have four or five boxes of such data including (among other works) Data Models Technical Reports (such as David Bearman's) Systems analyses and projects created for key museums Plans for image projects Advertisements and related ephemera Documentation of conferences and symposia Materials related to intellectual property issues. ...and much more. For those on this list who may not know me, I worked in this field for approximately fifteen years, until about the year 2000. If anyone thinks it useful, they are invited to consult my on-line CV, available <http://studiolo.org/cv.htm>HERE Feel free to send this notice to other workers in this field. /Robert A. Baron robert at studiolo.org ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ mcn-l mailing list mcn-l at mcn.edu http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l End of mcn-l Digest, Vol 54, Issue 13 *************************************
