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Map and GIS Data for 21st Century Research
This document summarizes the resources and services provided by the University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center (MAGIC). MAGIC provides over 200,000 print maps as well as historic maps, aerial photos, topographic maps, and GIS data via their website. Their mission is to provide public access to these resources with a focus on Connecticut and New England. The document outlines the various map and data formats available and previews upcoming additions to MAGIC's collections over the summer of 2010, including topographic maps, water resource maps, geology maps, and maps of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.
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Map and GIS Data for 21st Century Research
- 1. MAPS & GISDATA FOR 21ST CENTURY RESEARCH
- 2. WHAT IS MAGIC? •University of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic Information Center - MAGIC • Collection of over 200,000 print maps • Providehistoric maps, aerial photos, topographic maps, and GIS data via the web at: magic.lib.uconn.edu
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- 4. To provide publicaccess to GIS data, historical maps and aerial photographs with a focus on Connecticut and New England.
- 5. QUICK QUESTIONS • What do you use from MAGIC currently? • What would you like to see MAGIC offer in the future?
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- 10. HISTORICAL MAP MASHUPS •Historical Maps overlaid on Google Maps interface • 1934 Aerial Photography • USGS Topographic Maps 1890s to present
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- 13. AERIAL PHOTO INDEXES Shapefiles,KML and Previews
- 14. AERIAL PHOTO INDEXESIN GOOGLE EARTH
- 15. WEB MAPPING SERVICE(WMS)
- 16. CUSTOM MAP CREATION- MAGIC 2.0 ONLINE MAP
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- 18. GIS DATASETS • Providedin NAD 83 CT State Plane and WGS 1984 projections as shapefiles • KML files - for use in Google Earth • GIS Dataset Previews - Using Google Maps • FGDC Metadata available
- 19. GIS DATA PREVIEWS Previewin Google Maps
- 20. NEW CTSDC WEBSITE Withmap friendly data (shapefiles & KML) coming soon!
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- 23. NEW YORK, NEWHAVEN, AND HARTFORD RAILROAD 2,000+ maps
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- 25. MORE GIS DATA! •Connecticut School District Boundaries - Thanks Trinity College! • Census Data - CtSDC • Metadata Cleanup
- 26. SUMMER @ MAGIC RELEASESCHEDULE
- 27. TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS - JUNE 2010
- 28. TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS - JUNE 2010
- 29. WATER RESOURCE MAPS- JULY 2010
- 30. GEOLOGY MAPS -JULY 2010
- 31. NEW YORK, NEWHAVEN, & HARTFORD RAILROAD MAPS - JULY 2010
- 32. AERIAL PHOTOS - AUGUST 2010
- 33. HISTORICAL MAPS - AUGUST 2010
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- 35. FULL QUALITY TIFFIMAGES
- 36. GEOREFERENCED MAPS - WHEN AVAILABLE
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- 39. MAP OF THEWEEK FEATURES Outsidetheneatline.blogspot.com
- 40. SAMPLE “GEO” CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES • Mash-ups for classroom use • Maps & Dataset collections
- 41. IMPROVED MAP MASH-UPS Searchable Download Images Multiple Years
- 42. MAGIC WORKSHOPS! • Mash-ups Basics & Advanced Features • Making Maps for Presentations • Transforming Data into Maps • And more!
- 43. HOW TO VIDEOS •Videos on how to create mash-ups • Add MAGIC data to your own research • Creating mash-ups from MAGIC’s data • And More!
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- 45. NEH GRANT • Collaboration with Jack Dougherty of Trinity College • Hartford Area Maps and GIS data to be added to MAGIC • More Map Mash-ups • $100,800 NEH Collaborative grant! • Started June 1, 2010
- 46. ON THE LINE- DUAL MAP VIEWER
- 47. GIS SERVER • Improved quality for WMS images • Streamline internal workflow at MAGIC • Increase access to MAGIC historical maps and geospatial data
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- 49. MAGIC@UCONN.EDU magic.lib.uconn.edu
- 50. SPECIAL THANKS TO • Jack Dougherty at Trinity College • CT DEP - Kevin O’Brien & Howie Sternberg • Bill Miller, Cary Lynch, Doug Sands, Jeff Dunn, Josh Strunk, Chelsea Leiper, Tia Hogan, Tom Barchant and the rest of the MAGIC crew! • Tony Molloy, Robert Swanson, Rick O’Toole, Dave Hicking, and Raul Potenciano from UConn Libraries IT • Undergraduate Education Team, Susanna Cowan, Scott Kennedy, Brinley Franklin and the entire UConn LIbraries Staff • And you!
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