Aggie Atlas integration
April 9, 2007 in Learn, mapping, Websites
Chris Hokanson, multimedia editor at the Texas A&M Battalion, e-mails to showcase some map integration from Aggieland. They’ve done the crime map, but I find another example more interesting. Pictured above is the Atlas map showing locations for Aggie Musters (link to the map). That’s a lot of Aggies. #
For a college media outlet, it suggests a heightened sense of the web readership, which is different from the campus readership for the paper. I wonder what the off-campus former-student traffic is for the Battalion? Given the rich Aggie tradition, I’d guess it’s pretty high. #
But using tools like these to provide information for these readers is something we all should be considering. Is there a similar way to use maps or databases to provide information for your off-campus readers? #
We just published a story on apartment rental prices around our University and I created a map to show the locations and average prices of the complexes. I asked a reporter to do some additional reporting to get some more figures to add to the map that weren't in the story.