I have one question for the contributors of this thread..

Could you please tell us regarding the availability and/or feasibility of
Polygon search option in interactive map based retrieval of documentary
resources?

We are using VuFind (an open source discovery system) combined with
openstreetmap as map provider and Leaflet as java script library for
interactive map.  It provides geographic search interface with zoom in/out
option and draw search box function to select range of geo-coordibates to
retrieve resources related to specific geographic space. The documents
indexed by using 034 tag of MARC 21 bibliographic format.

But the draw search box option allows selection in the map in square or
rectangular shape.  It seems polygon selection is a better option but that
feature not yet available in VuFind.

Regards

On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 12:38 AM Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Todd,
>
> We have done a couple interactive maps for Islandora collections, including
> one that is a historical document. This was pretty straightforward, and did
> not require any special tools or development,
>
> The Mt. Vernon example uses links placed with css on a tiled map. It would
> also be possible to create an image map, or a set of tiled image maps that
> would work in a responsive design.
>
> Cary
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 5:24 AM Digby, Todd <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hello Code4Lib,
> >
> >
> > The University of Florida is looking for help in the development of an
> > interactive map using a historical map as the base layer  (St. Augustine,
> > 1764, http://ufdc.ufl.edu/USACH00236/00001). We found an example that
> has
> > similar functionality at Mt. Vernon,
> > https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/map-of-the-estate-gardens/.
> >
> >
> > We have funding to support the development and I am wondering if anyone
> in
> > the community has worked with vendors/developers for similar projects.
> > Other suggestions are also welcome.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Todd
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Todd R. Digby
> > Chair, Library Technology Services
> > George A. Smathers Libraries
> > University of Florida
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> >
>
>
> --
> Cary Gordon
> The Cherry Hill Company
> http://chillco.com
>