Mapping the Footsteps of History

HIST 696- Presentation

Tina Goodwin

Professor Cohen 11/24/2008

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Abstract

Mapping the Footsteps of History is a Web 2.0 geospatial mashup* tool that will allow users to interactively generate composite maps of historical battlefields sites with Google Earth’s satellite imagery.

– It is also a digital database resource of battlefields maps which dates correlate as closely to the time of the battle as possible.

This unique historical perspective will:

- create an enhanced digital then and now experience

- create a more comprehensive experience and a broader context of the battlefield

- serve as a resource for amateur historians, amateur cartographers, and battle enthusiasts

“…a mashup is a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool…”- Wikipedia

- Create a single mapping API (application programmer interface) using JavaScript to overlay the two maps.

- Build a map database using JavaScript

Proposed Technology

The Competition:

– David Ramsey Collection is a close example with over 15,000 maps in its database

Source: http://www.davidrumsey.com/index.html

Choosing Google…

… over arcGIS

Battlefield Map Resource

Search our database:

2nd Battle of Bull

Run Antietam No. 3

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Getting Getting StartedStarted1) Enter your search in the

drop down box Search our database:

2) Click the Open Map tool button to use the map tools 3) Enter your desired location in to Google Maps 4) Click button to overaly maps

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Source: Library of Congress call Number: B-814Source: Library of Congress call Number: B-814

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ABOUT:

Mapping the Footsteps of History is an open source JavaScript library for displaying map data.

For more information please contact us at:

MAPFOOT@gmail.com

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Kulathuramaiyer, Narayanan. “Mashups: Emerging Application Development Paradigm for a Digital Journal” Journal of Universal Computer Science, vol. 13, no. 4 (2007), 531-542 submitted: 3/3/07, accepted: 20/4/07, appeared: 28/4/07 © J.UCS

http://www.jucs.org/jucs_13_4/mashups_emerging_application_development/jucs_13_4_0531_0542_kulathuramaiyer.pdf

Hinchcliffe, Dion. “Mashups: the next major new software development model?”

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Hinchcliffe/?p=106

Mashup definition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(web_application_hybrid)