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Hi Peter > Jumping from one piece of data off to a third-party visualization > tool - google maps / calendar / timeline /flickr etc is something > people and developers haven't yet begun to take really explore. I have to slightly disagree. Calling it a 'mash-up' is what is relatively new; developers have (in fact) been doing similar stuff for years. e.g. streetmap, multimap links using postcodes contained within metadata are pretty much standard. Cheers Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: The JISC CETIS Metadata Special Interest Group [mailto:CETIS- > [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Peter Robinson > Sent: 23 February 2007 13:28 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Pipes and mash-ups in the classroom] > > > > >I was just wondering what people thought about the potential for these > >kinds of aggregated searches and content 'mash ups' more generally, > >within a teaching and learning context. Do you use them/or know of > >anyone who is using them in our sector? If you do, please let me know as > >I think this would be a really good topic for a future SIG meeting. > > When I've demonstrated mash-up activities here, even the technical > savvy audience as a rule goes "Wow". This is very nice. Mash-ups of > data/objects with a geographical aspect such as photos with location > details are easiest to demonstrate with Google Maps/Earth. > > Jumping from one piece of data off to a third-party visualization > tool - google maps / calendar / timeline /flickr etc is something > people and developers haven't yet begun to take really explore. > > > > > > -- > Peter Robinson > Learning Technologies Group, > Oxford University Computing Services, > 13 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN. > > > Beyond the Search Engine - Plagiarism Debate - March 23rd > http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2007