OmniUpdate User Training Conference 2015: Custom Maps Integrated with Campus Data

CUSTOM MAPS INTEGRATED WITHCAMPUS DATA

C. Daniel Chase / @cdchase

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The earliest maps were of the stars. (16,500 BC)

Babylonian map (600 BC)

Aristotle & Ptolemy's Geography map (circa 150 AD)

EARLY MODERN MAP USERS

US Bureau of the Census - TIGER maps, geocoderUS Geological Survey - Topographic maps, GNISUS Coast & Geodetic Survey(now) National Geodetic Survey

TECHNOLOGY

Aerial photographySatellite imageryRemote SensingDigital processing

WHY USE MAPS?

Our Campus is Growing!

Office Relocations

Lost Students!

Recruiting

MAPS FOR MARKETING

Virtual Campus ToursPhotos of Campus in PlaceDirections to Campus

VIRTUAL TOURS

Virtual Tours lead to Campus VisitsCan Replace Campus VisitMust be done Well!

MOUNT MARY UNIVERSITY

VIRTUAL TOUR IN OU CAMPUS

http://mtmary.edu/campuslife/getting-around-campus/campus-map.html

Interactive Campus Map by nuCloud (http://www.nucloud.com/)

TRINE UNIVERSITY

VIRTUAL TOUR IN OU CAMPUS

http://trine.edu/maps-and-directions.aspx

Interactive Campus Map by nuCloud (http://www.nucloud.com/)

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

VIRTUAL TOUR IN OU CAMPUS

http://www.wku.edu/tour/

Interactive Campus Map by nuCloud (http://www.nucloud.com/)

WHY USE DATA?

Static maps are always out-of-date

Dynamic information

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Linked [Open] Data - Layers

{ "type": "FeatureCollection",

"features": [ {

"geometry": {

"coordinates": [ [ [

[ -85.300984, 35.048524 ],

[ -85.301089, 35.048563 ],

[ -85.301016, 35.048694 ],

[ -85.300911, 35.048655 ],

[ -85.300984, 35.048524 ] ] ] ],

"type": "MultiPolygon"

}

}

] }

UTC Development Site

DATA LAYERS

WHAT IS REQUIRED FORDATA-DRIVEN MAPS

Base Map TilesCampus Data

Building DirectoryUnit InformationLive data

MAP DATA

Google MapsHereOpen Street Map

MAP TILE PROVIDERS

MapQuest Open

MapBox

ESRI

Stamen Design

OU CAMPUS AND DATA SOURCES

XML from _props.pcf for Unit Website Info

for Static Building

Footprints

Database Integration for more Dynamic Data

GeoJSON (http://geojson.org/)

JAVASCRIPT LIBRARY FOR

INTEGRATION

Integration of Map & Data Occurs in Browser

Leaflet (http://leafletjs.com/)

Mapbox.js

(https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/api/v2.1.5/)

OpenLayers (http://openlayers.org/)

LEAFLET SAMPLE

Hello world!

I am a popup.

×

+

-

UTC INTEGRATED MAPOU Campus Asset for easy maintenance

Base map

Building data loads from a GeoJSON file

Building images, titles & description load from database

generated JSON

Map on UTC Development Site

QUESTIONS?

RESOURCES

National Map (http://nationalmap.gov/)Geospatial Data from Data.gov(http://catalog.data.gov/dataset?metadata_type=geospatial)OpenStreetMap (http://www.openstreetmap.org/)HERE (https://www.here.com/)

CONTACT

C. Daniel Chase / @cdchase

Dan-Chase@utc.edu

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga