1. Customizing Web Content Using Google Maps Kay Benjamin & Nancy Cannon LiSUG October 10, 2008 Utica, NY

2. Today’s agenda An overview of the things you can do with Google Maps Examples of library applications Demo of creating a Google Map the simple way

3. What are Google Maps? Get directions Map view Satellite view Terrain view Maps with “things” on them – restaurants, bookstores, libraries…

4. Google Maps are used as a basis for many “mashups” The concept of mashups “A web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool” – Wikipedia

5. If you dig straight through the earth from Utica, will you end up in China, like your mother told you? No. You were lied to. How do I know? I checked it out on “If You Dig Straight Down.” It’s a Google map mashup!

6. Map + real estate info = Zillow

9. Applications of mashups at your library

10. Google maps & historical data – the story of Lucy Ann Lobdell

11. Another example of local history data merged with Google Maps

12. Google Earth view

13. Google Earth detail

14. Creating a Your Own Google Maps -- it’s easier than you think…

15. Google maps – how to do it Create a free Gmail account at http://mail.google.com/mail/ http://mail.google.com/mail/ Go to Google Maps, log in with your Gmail username, select My Maps Select Create a new Map Options include features such as place marks with photos, text, hyperlinks, videos; drawing shapes and lines; overlaying other maps Google maps can be published for the world to view since a unique URL is created

16. Google Maps: My Maps demo

17. Click on the tab for “My Maps”

18. Google Maps Resources Google Maps Mania (blog) http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/ My Maps - Google Maps User Guide http://local.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=68480 Creating Google Maps – video http://maps.google.com/help/maps/mymaps/create.html

19. Questions? Contact us: – Nancy Cannon at cannonns@oneonta.educannonns@oneonta.edu – Kay Benjamin at benjamkd@oneonta.edubenjamkd@oneonta.edu Access this presentation at: http://www.oneonta.edu/library/kb/googlemaps.pptx OR http://www.oneonta.edu/library/kb/googlemaps.ppt