Mashups

There are some really good examples of mashups which add value to resources. Both of the heritage map/google maps mashups add value to the maps as it easily places them in a contemporary context. The star viewer is amazing in the way it places the information in context.


I tried a David Hockney mashup which does look better when it is larger.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum have done a mashup with Google Earth to highlight the destruction at Darfur. This helps people see the concentration of the issue. Bishop Museum in Hawaii is using mashups to mark where collection items were found which works well for a natural history museum.

Superpatron suggests using mashups for rss feeds from library catalogues. Mashups can be tools for adding extra value to collection items. Some of the image generators are impressive ways of creating low budget signs.

With collections relating to, for example, explorers, you could link the collection item to a Google map spot where the item was created. The map could also show the complete journey of the explorer and have links to all the institutions where collection items relating to the explorer were held. So one map for Leichhardt would show his travels, and enable people to see digitised items/records no matter where the item were held. This could be a powerful way of linking big and small collections in a collaborative manner.