-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Google Map mashup as air photo index Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:17:52 -0400 From: Cathy Moulder <[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