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Another addition to location/place-based data could include details of monuments and sites. There have been various talks about making data available (presumably using SMR/HER information) to mobile devices using geo-tagging so when people enter an area of particular interest, their mobile or sat nav alerts them and then allows them to explore further information - this would be particularly useful for world heritage sites. Museums or visitor centres within sites could serve as 'hubs'. The people's network digi data (especially those 'sense of place' ones) could also be included in a place-orientated information service. It would make a lot of sense, and make more sense of the collections that were described and digitised in that way originally. How mashupable is GIS data? Will OS ever let us use mapping freely or will we use other mapping data? Tehmina 2008/7/10 Colin Hynson <[log in to unmask]>: > I was thinking about how it could be used in schools. The census data could > certainly be used for the teaching of history, citizenship, geography etc. > Again it could be mashed-up with Flickr, Google Maps and Wikipedia. It would > certainly help children to find out much more about their local area. > > Colin Hynson > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ridge, Mia" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: Let's crowdsource an idea for Showusabetterway? > > > Bridget McKenzie wrote: > >> A Guardian article today picks up on a submitted idea to make >> a mashup of Blue Plaques with Google Maps and Wikipedia >> biographies. Tom Hunter (the MP behind this) says it's his >> favourite and he wants to make it happen. Another submitted >> idea is a map of war memorials. There is also an idea for a >> map of Creative Britain. The site doesn't mention any >> cultural heritage datasets but it does ask for suggestions. > > I'd had a similar idea, though mine was to use mashups to show > 'guerrilla' Blue Plaques to record histories that would be too marginal > or too modern for official Blue Plaques. > >> I have a couple of questions: >> - The Blue Plaque idea is quite simple. Do you think several >> different separate products work better than one big thing >> with lots of datasets feeding in? > > I think it might work well if people could 'slice and dice' their view > of official and user-created Blue Plaques, with the cultural heritage > data coming transparently from a variety of sources. That is, the > source of the data should be clear, but the user shouldn't have to do > anything technical to access an aggregated dataset. > > For example, you might be interested in 19th century novelists and late > 20th century musicians, and also want to contribute content about 21st > century musicians who haven't yet been 'canonised'. > >> - Do you have suggestions for cultural collection, learning >> resource & heritage location data that can be made available? > > Off the top of my head as I munch on a dodgy shop-made salad, personally > I'd like to see images of the people being commemorated, some > biographical information, and links to more information about their > achievements and their peers and related events. > > That information might be available from the National Portrait Gallery, > Wikipedia/Freebase/dbpedia, perhaps existing cross-museum sites like > Exploring 20th Century London and specialist subject data sources. > > cheers, Mia > > > Mia Ridge > Database Developer, Museum Systems Team > Museum of London Group > 46 Eagle Wharf Road > London. N1 7ED > Tel: 020 7410 2205 / 020 7814 5723 > Fax: 020 7600 1058 > Email: [log in to unmask] > www.museumoflondon.org.uk > Museum of London is changing. Visit www.museumoflondon.org.uk to find out > more. > Explore how the Great Fire shaped the city > www.museumoflondon.org.uk/londonsburning > Jack the Ripper and the East End a major new exhibition at Museum in > Docklands, opens 15 May > Before printing, please think about the environment > > ************************************************** > For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the > website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk > ************************************************** > ************************************************** > For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the > website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk > ************************************************** > -- Tehmina Goskar, MA AMA [log in to unmask] Web Communication Development for Culture, Heritage and Academia Museum Specialist Historian ************************************************** For mcg information and to manage your subscription to the list, visit the website at http://www.museumscomputergroup.org.uk **************************************************