HighEdWeb 2014More than just karaoke gatherings

First Things First

Is a taco a sandwich?

2013: Mobile

2014: Data

Data, you say?

• Content as data

• Calendar events, news items, course information

• Maps

• “Data” data

• SIS, TRACS, SAP, PeopleFinder

Maps and Navigation

5,365 Freshmen

Revisiting Old Ideas• Point to point walking directions

• Draw in Google Earth, test on foot

• Interior Maps

• Map layers with selectable floors

• Points of interest

• Solicit using Mobile App

Lantana Hall to Mitte Art?

What if they aren’t ambulatory?

Accessibility

• It’s called The Hill Country for a reason.

• Many walking paths are not suitable for wheelchairs

• Many ramps aren’t suitable either.

• Stairs are right out.

• How do we deal with this currently?

We can do better!

UTK did better

How?• Start with the things we’ve been wanting to do.

• Interior maps will point out elevator locations.

• Walking directions will suss out impassable routes.

• Get more data.

• Actual slopes of walking paths.

• Accessable entrances.

Build it!• Most map overlays can be created using Google Earth.

• Guess what I’m going to teach my students in the winter?

• Leverage modern APIs to apply these items.

• There are plenty of choices here.

• Work with ODS and VPFSS.

• VPFSS already showed an interest in our GIS setup for mobile.

Because this translates to “We Don’t Care.”

We’re halfway there!

We can do more cool stuff!• Parking lot/garage availability

• Construction updates

• Geofenced navigation

• Self-paced walking tour for visitors

• Vending machines and their contents

• Computer availability in labs

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@attackman Tom Tostanoski

ETC Web Support and Training