geographic interfaces to OLAC data

[Baden Hughes]

Hi OLAC-Implementers

Supposing :-) we had centroid point data for each language listed in
the Ethnologue, and were going to build some geography-oriented
services for OLAC. What sorts of things would people be interested in
seeing ? Some ideas:

- geographic coverage map per archive and for all archives, with "dots
on maps" representing languages which have resources listed in OLAC

- geographic coverage map per archive and for all archives, with "dots
on maps" representing resource types (eg dictionaries) listed in OLAC

- search by country, based on a graphical map selector interface
(click a country, see all resources for that country)

- search for related resources by geographic proximity

NB we are not allowed to distribute the data, but there is no reason
why we can't build a service or two with an API to allow others to use
it in conjunction with an OLAC-centric service.

Regards

Baden