--- Begin Forwarded Message --- 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) [log in to unmask] www.library.dal.ca President, Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA) www.acmla.org On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Johnnie Sutherland wrote: > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > 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]> > > 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. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- http://www.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter -- personal pages -- > -- http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jrcarter -- academic/research pages -- > > tel: (309) 438-2833 fax: (309) 438-5310 [log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- End Forwarded Message --- > --- End Forwarded Message ---