Stanford has a great example of something we are working towards at UCSB. This is interactive, which provides direct access to the digital objects.We (a group of us from around the country) are also very close to officially releasing an Open Index Maps specification that can be used to create standardized GIS index maps that will be compatible with GeoBlacklight (some development is still required to make it all work, but we're getting there). The specification is ready but we still need to do a little work around the website. Thanks to everyone who helped put this together.Best,TomWe do. Such as this 1:100,000 set of Namibia:
http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b9952653~S17a
When it is a paper set the index says whether or not we own the sheet. If it is a licensed digital set of maps, the index links out to the TIF
Thank you to Kasey Wilson.
Kathleen Weessies
Social Sciences Coordinator; Head, Map Library
Michigan State University
517-884-0849
From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Fry, Michael
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Subject: spatial index in the ILS/OPAC?
Hi,
Anybody out there in library land display a spatial index in the catalog for a multi-sheet map (or series of maps)?
For ex., Harvard sometimes depicts a bounding box for a single sheet [ http://id.lib.harvard.edu/fgdc/AFRICOVER_SM_MJTOWNS/catalog], or a box for a whole set of topos [http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990044581400203941/catalog], but I want to depict--and, ideally, label--multiple boxes w/ the same record so that users looking at the record for a multi-sheet topo set can negotiate/navigate that set the way one used to do with print topo sheet indexes.
Anybody seen this, or already doing it?
Thank you.
Michael
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Michael Fry
Collections Manager | Map Library Manager
National Geographic Society Library
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