Hi Douglas, We explored this at the Art Institute in 2009 and found the issue with mapping overlays on Google or Open Street Map is that levels in buildings were yet routable.
At the time we worked with Maps Alive (http://www.mapsalive.com/) (and a the design firm Slate Roof Studio) who have done a lot of campus mapping. The Art Institute's Pathfinder was data driven in that it refreshed to the collection management system data nightly to account for art movement, designation of featured objects and object metadata -- therefore always leading a visitor to a gallery where that artwork actually existed with the proper information. Then the Maps Alive software would construct a series of legs from the start point to the destination, accounting for preferences such as an accessible path, etc. 2009 was a long time ago -- and the institution since moved on to Meridian a few years ago for its route construction (and perhaps on to something else that I'm not aware of since my time!) Nevertheless, George at Maps Alive is full of ideas and aways happy to share -- a conversation with him may be one data point from a programmer/business owner in the institution mapping field. Thanks, Liz President, MCN Board On 20 July 2015 at 09:37, Douglas Hegley <dheg...@artsmia.org> wrote: > Question: Any museums out there using Open Street Map or another > data-driven model for gallery maps? If so, let's collaborate - on process, > delivery mechanisms, update methods, etc. > Thx, > Douglas Hegley > Director of Media and Technology > Minneapolis Institute of Arts > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > (612) 870-3072 | dheg...@artsmia.org | www.artsmia.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ > >
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