Megan Heckert, Putting Museum Collections on the Map: Application of Geographic Information Systems
A presentation from Museums and the Web 2009. On-line mapping tools are quickly becoming ubiquitous, and have much to offer museums for both collection management and outreach. This paper explores potential applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), focusing on how two organizations, the Philadelphia City Archive and Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program, have used GIS to expand their on-line presence and reach wider audiences with collections of historic photos and information on public art. This paper focuses on how the geographic approach has spurred the growth of these sites into valuable assets for collections management and beloved sites for users. It explores how geographic technologies can be applied to both collections management and outreach for archives and museums to expand their reach and provide patrons with a new lens through which to view exhibits and collections. Session: Mapping Museum Content [Institutional]
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- 1. Putting Museum Collections On the Map Megan Heckert Avencia Incorporated Museums and the Web April 16, 2009
- 2. “ If you don’t know where you are, you don’t know who you are.” -Wendell Berry
- 6. 1225 Pine St
- 10. Certain images and/or photos on this page are the copyrighted property of 123RF Limited, its Contributors or Licensed Partners and are being used with permission under license. These images and/or photos may not be copied or downloaded without permission from 123RF Limited
- 14. Geocoding 1234 Market St
- 15. Waverly St from 13 th St, looking East Waverly St. & S. 13 th St.
- 16. Delaware Avenue – South from Walnut St Columbus Blvd and Walnut St.
- 17. Historic Street Name Index
- 18. Error Reporting
- 19. Error Reporting
- 20. Geocode Assets
- 23. Developing the Interface +
- 24. Early Philly History Interface
- 25. Philly History Search Today
- 39. Experimenting with New Technologies RSS and GeoRSS
- 46. Experimenting with New Technologies Mobile Devices
- 50. Experimenting with New Technologies New Data Types
- 54. Search Results - Mural Details
- 56. Experimenting with New Technologies Google Street View
- 63. The Response
- 64. “ This is the best use of taxpayer money I’ve heard of in a long time. I’d even be willing pay more taxes, if it would speed up the image uploads … I’ve become a PhillyHistory.org junkie … ” Duane Swierczynski, CityPaper 2/28/2007
- 65. “ This is an incredible, incredible archive. I grew up in Port Richmond, as did all of my family, and it is wonderful to see all of these places again. We're going to go broke buying pictures! “
- 66. “ But the kicker was last night when an updated photo showing a church at 1028 N. 3rd Street in what is now being called Northern Liberties. I knew it as Lower Kensington then. To the right of that picture is the house that I was born in back on July 4 1955 and was still living there when this picture was taken on March 3 1959. It literally brought tears. I couldn't believe it. We have no pictures of anything from that period. They were lost in a fire around the corner in our other house in 1968…it is only a partial picture, but in it was my uncle's car – a 1955 Buick that about 6 years later was in a bad accident. Most important of all is that maybe you can see a little face at the back of the car and I swear it's either me or my twin brother peeking about!!! WOW!!! Talk about a birthday present. I cannot stress enough the power these pics bring showing not only my area but the whole city…Thank you very much. This is the best site on the internet ”