Microsoft labs awhile back released a few visualization tools that might
be of interest:
1. Deepzoom: quickly explore gigapixel sized images and collections of
images. 
	http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/deep-zoom/ 
	Here's one of my favorite examples of Yosemite valley:
http://www.xrez.com/yose_proj/yose_deepzo 
	And the classic Hard Rock Memorabilia site:
http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/
2. Pivot:
	http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/pivotviewer/
3. Photosynth - really innovative but perhaps limited in it's scope. 
	http://photosynth.net/


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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

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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