This is all fabulous, thank you! MapFast and the HathiTrust visualizations
are exactly the kinds of things I was looking for, and the tree-mapping idea
also sounds like a very good one for visualizing collections.

Thanks!

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Margaret Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Take a look at a visualization of HathiTrust works by call number
>
> http://www.hathitrust.org/visualizations_callnumbers
>
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> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Julia Bauder
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:27 PM
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> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Examples of visual searching or browsing
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> Dear fans of cool Web-ness,
>
> I'm looking for examples of projects that use visual(=largely non-text and
> non-numeric) interfaces to let patrons browse/search collections. Things
> like the GeoSearch on North Carolina Maps[1], or projects that use Simile's
> Timeline or Exhibit widgets[2] to provide access to collections (e.g.,
> what's described here:
> https://letterpress.uchicago.edu/index.php/jdhcs/article/download/59/70),
> or in-the-wild uses of Recollection[3]. I'm less interested in knowing about
> tools (although I'm never *uninterested* in finding out about cool tools)
> than about production or close-to-production sites that are making good use
> of these or similar tools to provide visual, non-linear access to
> collections. Who's doing slick stuff in this area that deserves a look?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Julia
>
> [1] http://dc.lib.unc.edu/ncmaps/search.php
> [2] http://www.simile-widgets.org/
> [3] http://recollection.zepheira.com/
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