geographic interfaces to OLAC data

[Helen Aristar-Dry]

Hi, Baden,

Great minds think alike.  This is exactly what we had planned as part of 
LL-MAP, using the OLAC info on our server and the information provided 
by  6 partner archives and linguists.  PARADISEC, ANLC, and the Tibetan 
-Himalayan Digital Library project are part of LL-MAP, for example.  So 
we should talk, so that we don't duplicate effort.  LL-MAP has been 
delayed because of the development of the LSA site and the campaign to 
secure institute status for LINGUIST, but we have the database design 
done and an Oracle instance implemented.  And we are currently inputting 
a set of test data.  Now that we have a skeleton system, we plan to have 
a meeting of the partners in the fall to see what will need to be done 
to integrate data from different sources.  It would be great if you 
could come--are you planning to be in the US any time soon?

All the best,
-Helen

Baden Hughes wrote:
> 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

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