The document summarizes a web interface project to provide access to a database of 600 Russian educational institutions for British Council partnership managers. The goals were to allow remote access to the database, visually show the geographical distribution of institutions on an interactive map, and make the interface simple to use. The interface features include live highlighting on the map, city profiles, search by city/region/institution, and detailed data sheets for each institution that can be printed. Updates to the database are easy via importing files from MS Access. Usage is tracked anonymously for analytics and improvement. The interface was built in about 3 weeks by 4 people using AJAX, dynamic HTML, and PHP/MySQL without Flash for improved usability. The client was excited by

1. Pretty and simple Building the web-interface to access structured data Russian educational institutions for British Council by Connexions /Russia

10. What about updates? Because we love and care about our editors , too (Editors update the database)

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