Monday, November 26, 2012

Google Maps Floorplans



The AAM just shared an article from the New York Times on my Facebook page that grabbed my attention.  Google Maps has made floor plans of public buildings such as shopping malls and airports available online, but museums are also being included.  Floor plans can be available on the phones of those navigating in the museum itself and for those at home who are curious.  There are 30 museums in the US and a few others abroad already included in the program. 

Here’s a link to the article:

On a side note, the whole process involved that brought this article to my attention fascinates me.  First the New York Times posted the article, then the AAM shared it on Facebook, and then I saw it on Facebook.  And now I shared it in a blog.  Successful social media usage everywhere! 

2 comments:

  1. This is the first step in what I truly hope to be virtually accessible museums and archives in the future. These floor plans are more than just the first step towards that goal, they are actually also a realization of it with todays available technology. Eventually these floor plans will be integrated with Flickr, or History Pin making it possible for people who will never be able to walk through the Louvre or the Library of Congress Archives, even before the virtual equivalent of museum trips are available to the general public.

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    1. Yucky grammar, it will make it possible for people who cannot get to these places to view them in a semblance of what they would look like if they were actually walked through.

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