Library Cataloging
Map Tiler
MapTiler - Map Tile Cutter a Map Overlay Generator for Google Maps and Google Earth looks like a useful tool. It supports TIFF/GeoTIFF, MrSID, ECW, JPEG2000, Erdas HFA, NOAA BSB, JPEG files for conversion.
MapTiler is graphical application for online map publishing. Your map can create overlay of standard maps like Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, Microsoft VirtualEarth or OpenStreetMap and can be also visualized in 3D form by Google Earth. Only thing you have to do for publishing the map is to upload the automatically generated directory with tiles into your webserver.
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Cataloging Atlases
Image via WikipediaI'm wondering, now that Atlases is a genre term (as it should be) what will the subject headings for world atlases be? Earth $vAtlases maybe? I also just noticed the difference between topographic maps and physical maps. The later...
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Mapping Marc Records
Recently I won a contest, a copy of Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data by Nicole Engard was the prize. The entry was to suggest a library mashup. I suggested mashing the MARC record with Google maps to show area of cartographic...
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Microformats
Karen Coombs at Library Web Chic points to a nice Firefox extension, Operator.Operator leverages microformats that are already available on many web pages to provide new ways to interact with web services.Operator lets you combine pieces of information...
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Yahoo Pipes
Yahoo Pipes looks interesting. No time to play with it now, but how about running the RSS feeds from our catalogs through Flickr, Google Maps or .... Dead simple mash-ups. Accepts XML, so it is not limited to RSS feeds, those just seem to be the most...
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Xml-sitemaps
XML-Sitemaps lets you:Create an XML sitemap format that can be submitted to Google to help them crawl your website better.Create a Text sitemap to submit to Yahoo.Create a ROR sitemap, which is an independant XML format for any search engine.Generate...
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