Campus Mapping: so many data sources, competing services, and oh so many pieces of data to correct. The thrust of this presentation is two-fold: first, to look at common systems (Google MapMaker, etc.) through which errors about your campus physical plant can be corrected for various map clients – and then, repurposing a combination of those data sources to (fairly) easily create a campus map for your own campus.

1. Aaron Knight
acknight@esf.edu
@farktal
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2.  Aaron Knight
 Web Developer
Office of Communications
State University of New York College of
Environmental Science and Forestry
(SUNY-ESF)
 M.S. Computer Engineering candidate
Syracuse University (projected Spring 2014)

3.  One Map To Rule Them All?
 Don’t we wish!
 How much has your campus map changed in
the last few years?
 Have mapping services caught up?
 Many tools, many data sources
▪ Google MapMaker
▪ OpenStreetMap
▪ Navteq MapReporter
▪ Others

4.  Often a tedious process.
 Making complete edits is important.
 Often expedites review
 Yes, you will have to do this in many places.

5.  Let none of these sites be down this
morning…
 http://www.google.com/mapmaker/
 http://www.openstreetmap.org
 http://mapreporter.navteq.com

6.  So your data is fixed now, right?
 Getting things right takes time.
 Let’s do something interesting with it!

7.  Does it look something like this?
www.syr.edu
www.esf.edu/maps

8.  Yes, these are
still live and on
the web.
 Don’t ask.
(unfortunately also) www.esf.edu/maps

10.  Tools:
 Leaflet.js
▪ And some plugins
 OpenStreetMap editor
 Accurate campus data*

11.  Leaflet.js Quick Start Guide
 http://leafletjs.com/examples/quick-start.html
 Find Your Center
 Build Your Base Map

12.  Wordpress: MapsMarker plugin
 mapsmarker.com
 Visually create maps, full icon set.
 Your CMS May Vary
 Don’t have one? Welcome to our world.

13.  Slide Deck
 http://www.acknight.com/speaking.php
 Contact Me
 Aaron Knight
@farktal
acknight@esf.edu