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Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 09:10:45 -0400 (AST)
From: James C Boxall <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: maps as icons for divisions of a college <fwd>
Sender: James C Boxall <[log in to unmask]>
Prof Carter....
WOW! (how's that for non-academic language :-)
(1) The maps look great. I especially like the text and enlarged image
that explains the rationale for each map.
(2) The inclusion of a map from the Barbara Petchenik Children's Map
Competition is ideal in terms of celebrating Geography Awareness Week.
(Having attended the ICa Congress in Ottawa, I can say that the Childrens
Map display was fantastic and a real highlight!
(3) From a web-design standpoint, the pages are certainly what i would
call "high-quality". The graphics are not small enough to load quickly,
the page is liquid, the use of java is minimal and navigation semms very
intuitive. Also, the number of click-downs and scroll-down has been kept
to a minimum.
Well done....and a very nice way to promote Geography Awareness Week -
not to mention a great way to communicate the power of the cartographic
medium!!!!!!!!
cheers
James Boxall, Map Curator
Map Collection, Killam Library
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 4H8
902-494-3757 (tel)
902-494-2062 (fax)
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www.library.dal.ca
President, Association of Canadian
Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) www.acmla.org
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Johnnie Sutherland wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:20:31 -0600
> From: "James R. Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: maps as icons for divisions of a college
> Sender: "James R. Carter" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Last year two geographers were involved in designing and producing the Web
> pages for the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University.
> Mike Sublett was chair of the College Council which took on the task of
> reworking the College’s page. I got involved as director of the College
> computer facility and an advisor on many web pages.
>
> We argued over images for the three grand divisions of the College -- the
> Humanities, the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Sciences and
> Mathematics. Most people wanted a microscope to represent the sciences and
> people to represent the humanities. Mike and I argued for macroscopes for
> all three divisions maps.
>
> We selected a single map to represent each division of the College. A web
> artist rendered the maps to an appropriate image. I then added a page
> explaining why each map was selected to represent that part of the College.
>
> As part of Geography Awareness Week I invite everyone to check out the use
> of maps to represent the diversity of a college. Hopefully, we will start
> a trend.
>
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> Dr. James R. "Jim" Carter, Professor, Geography/Geology Department
> Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4400 USA
> Director, Laboratory for Integrated Learning and Technology, ISU,
> and President, Illinois GIS Association
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