[Koha] Map of Koha libraries worldwide

[Breeding, Marshall]

Agnes,

My goal is to have all libraries using Koha (and other automation systems) represented in lib-web-cats.

In order to show on the map, the entry for the library needs to include the GPS coordinates in its lib-web-cats entry.  These are present for most US libraries.  I have not been able to add coordinates comprehensively for libraries in many other regions.  

I'm looking for a web service or some other tool that will reliably convert international addresses to geospatial coordinates.  I could then develop a perl script to populate the missing coordinate data for library entries in lib-web-cats.

If anyone knows of a good approach for this or can share a perl script to accomplish this, I would be very grateful.

Best regards,

-marshall


-----Original Message-----
From: Agnes Rivers-Moore [mailto:arm at hanover.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:49 AM
To: Breeding, Marshall
Subject: Re: [Koha] Map of Koha libraries worldwide

Hi Marshall,

Great job!

Just FYI while you are refining it, I notice that of our six consortium 
libraries, three appear and three do not. Some variation in the way the 
library address is recorded?

Are you taking your map data from the Koha libraries list at 
http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=kohausers, or from your own database? I 
imagine you are using your own, which is quite probably more 
comprehensive for North America, but does not show the South American, 
European, Australian, New Zealand etc libraries.

Agnes

Breeding, Marshall 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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Agnes Rivers-Moore
Assistant Librarian
Hanover Public Library