Presented at Fuss & O'Neil

1. MAPS & GIS DATA FOR
21ST CENTURY RESEARCH

2. WHAT IS MAGIC?
• University
of Connecticut Libraries Map and Geographic
Information Center - MAGIC
• Collection of over 200,000 print maps
• Providehistoric maps, aerial photos, topographic maps, and
GIS data via the web at: magic.lib.uconn.edu

3. MAGIC’S MISSION...

4. To provide public access to GIS data, historical
maps and aerial photographs with a focus on
Connecticut and New England.

5. QUICK QUESTIONS
• What do you use from MAGIC currently?
• What would you like to see MAGIC offer in the future?

6. HISTORICAL MAPS

8. Historical Maps

9. MAGIC on Flickr

10. HISTORICAL MAP MASHUPS
• Historical Maps overlaid on Google Maps interface
• 1934 Aerial Photography
• USGS Topographic Maps 1890s to present

11. HISTORICAL MASH-UPS

12. HISTORICAL AERIAL PHOTOS

13. AERIAL PHOTO INDEXES
Shapefiles, KML and Previews

14. AERIAL PHOTO INDEXES IN
GOOGLE EARTH

15. WEB MAPPING SERVICE (WMS)

16. CUSTOM MAP CREATION -
MAGIC 2.0 ONLINE MAP

17. GIS DATASETS

18. GIS DATASETS
• Provided in NAD 83 CT State Plane and WGS 1984
projections as shapefiles
• KML files - for use in Google Earth
• GIS Dataset Previews - Using Google Maps
• FGDC Metadata available

19. GIS DATA PREVIEWS
Preview in Google Maps

20. NEW CTSDC WEBSITE
With map friendly data (shapefiles & KML) coming soon!

21. AND COMING SOON...

22. MORE CENSUS DATA

23. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN,
AND HARTFORD RAILROAD
2,000+ maps

24. HISTORIC RAILROAD MAPS

25. MORE GIS DATA!
• Connecticut School District Boundaries - Thanks Trinity
College!
• Census Data - CtSDC
• Metadata Cleanup

26. SUMMER @ MAGIC
RELEASE SCHEDULE

27. TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS -
JUNE 2010

28. TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS -
JUNE 2010

29. WATER RESOURCE MAPS -
JULY 2010

30. GEOLOGY MAPS - JULY 2010

31. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN, &
HARTFORD RAILROAD MAPS
- JULY 2010

32. AERIAL PHOTOS -
AUGUST 2010

33. HISTORICAL MAPS -
AUGUST 2010

34. WHAT FORMATS?

35. FULL QUALITY TIFF IMAGES

36. GEOREFERENCED MAPS -
WHEN AVAILABLE

37. EXCITED YET?

38. THERE’S MORE COMING!

39. MAP OF THE WEEK FEATURES
Outsidetheneatline.blogspot.com

40. SAMPLE “GEO” CLASSROOM
ACTIVITIES
• Mash-ups for classroom use
• Maps & Dataset collections

41. IMPROVED MAP MASH-UPS
Searchable
Download Images
Multiple Years

42. MAGIC WORKSHOPS!
• Mash-ups Basics & Advanced
Features
• Making Maps for Presentations
• Transforming Data into Maps
• And more!

43. HOW TO VIDEOS
• Videos on how to create mash-ups
• Add MAGIC data to your own research
• Creating mash-ups from MAGIC’s data
• And More!

44. PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

45. NEH GRANT
• Collaboration with Jack Dougherty of Trinity College
• Hartford Area Maps and GIS data to be added to MAGIC
• More Map Mash-ups
• $100,800 NEH Collaborative grant!
• Started June 1, 2010

46. ON THE LINE -
DUAL MAP VIEWER

47. GIS SERVER
• Improved quality for WMS images
• Streamline internal workflow at MAGIC
• Increase access to MAGIC historical maps and geospatial data

48. LET’S EXPLORE!

49. MAGIC@UCONN.EDU
magic.lib.uconn.edu

50. SPECIAL THANKS TO
• Jack Dougherty at Trinity College
• CT DEP - Kevin O’Brien & Howie Sternberg
• Bill Miller, Cary Lynch, Doug Sands, Jeff Dunn, Josh Strunk, Chelsea
Leiper, Tia Hogan, Tom Barchant and the rest of the MAGIC crew!
• Tony Molloy, Robert Swanson, Rick O’Toole, Dave Hicking, and
Raul Potenciano from UConn Libraries IT
• Undergraduate Education Team, Susanna Cowan, Scott Kennedy,
Brinley Franklin and the entire UConn LIbraries Staff
• And you!

51. QUESTIONS?