FROM MAPS TO APPS

New York Library Association ConventionConvention Center at Niagara Falls

September 28, 2013April Younglove, amytwc@rit.edu

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?

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