adventures in campus mapping - highedweb florida 2013

Aaron Knightacknight@esf.edu

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Aaron Knight

Web DeveloperOffice of CommunicationsState University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry(SUNY-ESF)

M.S. Computer Engineering candidateSyracuse University (projected Spring 2014)

One Map To Rule Them All? Don’t we wish!

How much has your campus map changed in the last few years? Have mapping services caught up?

Many tools, many data sources▪ Google MapMaker

▪ OpenStreetMap

▪ Navteq MapReporter

▪ Others

Often a tedious process. Making complete edits is important.

Often expedites review

Yes, you will have to do this in many places.

Let none of these sites be down this morning…

http://www.google.com/mapmaker/

http://www.openstreetmap.org

http://mapreporter.navteq.com

So your data is fixed now, right?

Getting things right takes time.

Let’s do something interesting with it!

Does it look something like this?

www.syr.edu

www.esf.edu/maps

Yes, these are still live and on the web.

Don’t ask.

(unfortunately also) www.esf.edu/maps

Tools:

Leaflet.js

▪ And some plugins

OpenStreetMap editor

Accurate campus data*

Leaflet.js Quick Start Guide

http://leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start.html

Find Your Center Build Your Base Map

Wordpress: MapsMarker plugin

mapsmarker.com

Visually create maps, full icon set.

Your CMS May Vary

Don’t have one? Welcome to our world.

Slide Deck

http://www.acknight.com/speaking.php

Contact Me

Aaron Knight@farktalacknight@esf.edu