Digital Mapping (the technology behind Google Earth and other GPS based applications). Mobile devices, augmented reality, and crowd-sourcing have transformed maps from simple directional objects into digital tools for exploring every aspect of the world around us. Learn how to use location based services to guide users to your library, engage their interest on social networks, and enhance learning about contemporary art, local history, ancient architecture, and more. Slides from talk by April Younglove, delivered at NYLA Conference 2013 in Niagara, NY

4. Historical Newspapers of the
Rochester, New York Region

7. Bomb damage at number 21 Queen Victoria street, 1941.
Picture from: http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/photos-of-
londons-past-blended-with-its-present

8. Dinosaur BBQ in Rochester, NY
Formerly Lehigh Valley Railroad Station

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Source: http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/February/Pew-Internet-Mobile.aspx

12. NOT THE SAME THING

13. Digital Maps + Historical Maps =

17. The original map drawn by Dr.
John Snow (1813-1858), a
British physician who is one of
the founders of medical
epidemiology, showing cases of
cholera in the London
epidemics of 1854, clustered
around the locations of water
pumps.

18. Cholera 1832
Slide courtesy of Matt Knudsen, NYPL Maps Division, Map Warper

19. Digital Maps +
+ Twitter users
+ Zotero references
+ Nirvana concert videos
+ Locations in literature
+ Wind data
+ Real Estate Statistics
+ Phenology
+ Cancer statistics
+ Where America’s uninsured live
+ Worldcat data
+ . . .

20. Stay up-to-date : ESRI News, Google Geo Developers, Google Maps Mania
Play with mash-up tools
Think visually when searching for information
Contribute when you can

22. Google Maps API

23. Historical Newspapers of the
Rochester, New York Region

24. North Carolina Family Records Online

25. North Carolina Civil War Soldiers:
Follow Them Through the Conflict

26. Mapping Tools for Beginners
• Google My Maps
• Google Mapmaker
• Quickmaps
• Scribble Maps
• GunnMap2
• Statsilk

27. Connecticut Historical Map Mash-ups

28. Photo Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carolinaterp/1440865270/
 Digitize your maps
 Geo-reference your maps (Map
Warper, Georeferencer)
 Crowdsource the work
 Piggy-back on somebody else’s project

29. Wolfwalk

30. Source: http://library.fgcu.edu/Images/2009_FGCU_Library_Map.jpg
FREE YOUR STACK MAPS

31. Google Goes Indoors

32. QUESTIONS?
Image from http://tinyurl.com/ku5xpeq