geographic interfaces to OLAC data
Baden Hughes
badenh at CS.MU.OZ.AU
Wed Jun 14 05:27:27 UTC 2006
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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