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Customizing Web Content Using Google Maps

Customizing Web Content Using Google Maps. Kay Benjamin & Nancy Cannon LiSUG October 10, 2008 Utica, NY. Today’s agenda. An overview of the things you can do with Google Maps Examples of library applications Demo of creating a Google Map the simple way. What are Google Maps?.

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Customizing Web Content Using Google Maps

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  1. Customizing Web Content Using Google Maps Kay Benjamin & Nancy Cannon LiSUG October 10, 2008 Utica, NY

  2. Today’s agenda • An overview of the things you can do with Google Maps • Examples of library applications • Demo of creating a Google Map the simple way

  3. What are Google Maps? • Get directions • Map view • Satellite view • Terrain view • Maps with “things” on them – restaurants, bookstores, libraries…

  4. Google Maps are used as a basis for many “mashups” The concept of mashups “A web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool” – Wikipedia

  5. Examples of Map Mashups If you dig straight through the earth from Utica, will you end up in China, like your mother told you? No. You were lied to. How do I know? I checked it out on “If You Dig Straight Down.” It’s a Google map mashup!

  6. Another Google Map Mashup… Map + real estate info =Zillow

  7. Google Maps can be merged with data to make the mashups more useful

  8. A more sophisticated example of merging data with Google maps

  9. Applications of mashups at your library

  10. Google maps & historical data – the story of Lucy Ann Lobdell

  11. Another example of local history data merged with Google Maps

  12. Google Earth view

  13. Google Earth detail

  14. Creating a Your Own Google Maps --it’s easier than you think…

  15. Google maps – how to do it • Create a free Gmail account at http://mail.google.com/mail/ • Go to Google Maps, log in with your Gmail username, select My Maps • Select Create a new Map • Options include features such as place marks with photos, text, hyperlinks, videos; drawing shapes and lines; overlaying other maps • Google maps can be published for the world to view since a unique URL is created

  16. Google Maps: My Maps demo

  17. Click on the tab for “My Maps”

  18. Google Maps Resources Google Maps Mania (blog) http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ My Maps - Google Maps User Guide http://local.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=68480 Creating Google Maps – video http://maps.google.com/help/maps/mymaps/create.html

  19. Questions? • Contact us: • Nancy Cannon at cannonns@oneonta.edu • Kay Benjamin at benjamkd@oneonta.edu • Access this presentation at: http://www.oneonta.edu/library/kb/googlemaps.pptx OR http://www.oneonta.edu/library/kb/googlemaps.ppt

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