[Koha] Map of Koha libraries worldwide

[Nicole Engard]

Talk about service :) hehe - awesome!

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Breeding, Marshall
<marshall.breeding at vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
> Nicole,
>
> This is a great suggestion which is now implemented.
>
> -marshall
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicole Engard [mailto:nengard at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:36 AM
> To: Breeding, Marshall
> Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Map of Koha libraries worldwide
>
> Marshall,
>
> This is awesome.  I'd say we might want to see color coded icons for
> different types of libraries (public, special, academic, etc) - since
> David's mashups were able to show us that information.
>
> Nicole
>
> 2010/1/5 Breeding, Marshall <marshall.breeding at vanderbilt.edu>:
>> There was a thread on this list recently involving the development of a map
>> that displays all libraries using Koha.  David Friggens had developed a
>> version using Google maps and data from lib-web-cats, but I think that it
>> involved manually adding entries to the map.
>>
>>
>>
>> The map for ILS implementations is one example of a more extensive map API
>> that I have created in lib-web-cats that I’m still in the process of
>> documenting.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have created a new map facility in lib-web-cats that can be used to
>> display such things as all libraries using Koha that are represented in
>> lib-web-cats.  It’s still in draft form, but here is the map for Koha
>> libraries:
>>
>>   http://www.librarytechnology.org/map.pl?ILS=Koha
>>
>>
>>
>> Comments, suggestions, corrections, etc, definitely appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope this is useful.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> -marshall
>>
>>
>>
>> Marshall Breeding
>>
>> Director for Innovative Technology and Research
>>
>> Vanderbilt University Library
>>
>> Editor, Library Technology Guides
>>
>> http://www.librarytechnology.org
>>
>> 615-343-6094
>>
>>
>>
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