The Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) has started work to integrate the Dataverse and Harvard WorldMap systems. This will give Dataverse users the opportunity to map shapefiles as well as tabular files. The maps will be saved in the WorldMap system, allow users to take advantage of the WorldMap’s rich feature set as well as share the maps through Dataverse. This effort involved building APIs on both systems and connecting them via a small web application.

1. Dataverse
<-­‐-­‐>
WorldMap

2. Purpose
• Connect
Dataverse
and
the
WorldMap
(2)
• Visualize
Geospa:al
data
stored
in
Dataverse
• Discover
Geospa:al
data
on
Dataverse
and
WorldMap
Source:
The
Geographer
by
Johannes
Vermeer.
hEps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geographer

3. Overview:
Basic
Idea

4. Overview:
Geoconnect

5. Work
Flow:
“Map
Data”
1. Iden5fy
Geospa:al
Data
2. Map
Data
3. Style
Map

6. Early
Days
Source:
The
Far
Side
by
Gary
Larson

7. Work
Flow:
"Map
Data"
1. Iden5fy
Geospa:al
Data
-­‐ Dataverse:
iden:fied/detected
-­‐ Geoconnect:
file
verified

8. Work
Flow:
"Map
Data"
2.
Map
Data
• WorldMap
Layer
Created
• WorldMap
Metadata
sent
to
Dataverse

9. Work
Flow:
Metadata
on
both
systems

10. Work
Flow:
"Map
Data"
3.
Style
Map

11. Work
Flow:
"Map
Data”
for
Shapefiles
1.
Iden5fy
Geospa:al
Data
2.
Map
Data
3.
Style
Map

12. Tabular
Files
(some
WorldMap
renova:on)
Source:
The
Money
Pit.
Film
with
Tom
Hanks
(1986)

13. Tabular
files

14. API
Lessons/Experience
-­‐ Extending
Dataverse
(and
WorldMap)
APIs
-­‐ Temporary
tokens
-­‐ Pu_ng
Metadata
Back
into
Dataverse

15. Computer-­‐assisted
Geographer
Source:
The
Geographer
by
Johannes
Vermeer.
hEps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Geographer

16.
thank
you