[Koha] Map of Koha libraries worldwide

[Breeding, Marshall]

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
>
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