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Subject:        Re: Google Map mashup as air photo index
Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:28:18 -0500
From:   s hawkins <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>





Hi Maps-L Denizens...

This looks like it would be great, but in reality it still means some
amount of back-and-forth between the client and the researcher. The user
can't tell what the bounds of the photo are, so either emails back and
forth or phone calls are required to determine coverage.

It's a step in the right direction, though. I speak from experience in
trying to make a fast, easy-to-use, clickable photo index (without
having any GIS software...).

---sue h
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Susan A Hawkins
Cartographer, JIMAPCO
2095 Route 9
Round Lake NY 12151
http://www.jimapco.com
518-899-5091

On 3/28/07, *Maps-L * <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

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    Subject:        Google Map mashup as air photo index
    Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:17:52 -0400
    From:   Cathy Moulder <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
    Reply-To:       Maps-L
    To:


    Good morning colleagues

    McMaster University Library's Map Collection has now replaced dozens of
    paper indexes to Hamilton area aerial photography with a cool new
    Google Map mashup index. A mashup is a kind of hybrid web application
    that combines information from multiple sources. In this case, the
    index mashup combines a Google Map base (with zoom/pan and satellite
    image background capability) and markers representing each one of the
    5,000 air photos in our local collection.

    The Aerial Photograph index is available at
    http://library.mcmaster.ca/maps/airphotos/Home.htm

    This index allows researchers to discover the coverage of our Hamilton
    area air photo collection very quickly. Remote users can easily confirm
    whether it is worth visiting the Library to see the photographs in
    person and can arrive with their reference numbers in hand. Plus we
    anticipate saving HOURS of time refiling the really annoying paper
    indexes! Hurray for that.

    Cathy
    ____________
    Cathy Moulder, GISP
    Curator, Lloyd Reeds Map Collection
    McMaster University Library
    Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L6
    phone: (905) 525-9140 ext. 24745