Stay close to the paper atlas

Willeke Baumgartner
Noordhoff Uitgevers
GIS in rural applications (S17)
Graduated in 1998
Contact:
w.baumgartner@noordhoff.nl
nl.linkedin.com/in/wbaumgartner
From demand to supply
• Metadata consultancy
– Structuring and making accessible data
– Get to know the searching methods of your customers
• Application manager
– Data management, application management and publishing data
– Get to know the purpose of use of your end users
• Projectmanager digital school atlases
– Telling a story, interpreting and aggregating data and the (lack of)
eloquence of maps
– Get to know the expectations of your public
Metadata
From demand to supply
• Metadata consultancy
– Structuring and making accessible data
– Get to know the searching methods of your customers
• Application manager
– Data management, application management and publishing data
– Get to know the purpose of use of your end users
• Projectmanager digital school atlases
– Telling a story, interpreting and aggregating data and the (lack of)
eloquence of maps
– Get to know the expectations of your public
From demand to supply
• Metadata consultancy
– Structuring and making accessible data
– Get to know the searching methods of your customers
• Application manager
– Data management, application management and publishing data
– Get to know the purpose of use of your end users
• Projectmanager digital school atlases
– Telling a story, interpreting and aggregating data and the (lack of)
eloquence of maps
– Get to know the expectations of your public
Noordhoff Uitgevers
De Bosatlas
Nur leer scheinende Karten
prägen sich dem
Gedächtnisse ein
Only maps which seems to be
empty, make a lasting
impression
Alexander von Humboldt
De Bosatlas: portfolio
• Educational atlases
• B2B atlases
• Educational atlases abroad
• Public atlases
Noordhoff Uitgevers
Educational atlases
Organisational GIS
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Professional use
Analyzing reality
1:1 data
Seemless
Educational atlas
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Educational use
Explaining reality
1:x generalization
Pagebound
Demo
More information (in Dutch):
www.bosatlas.nl
www.grotebosatlasonline.nl
Premises
• Stay close to the paper atlas
• Add value in comparison to the paper atlas, by
using the benefits of the medium
• Support the teacher’s story
Stay close to the paper atlas
• Structure
- Use the same structuring components: referral map, table of
contents, and theme
• Maps and themes
- Each series starts with a wellknown map from the atlas
- Maps are combined in thematical series
• Look and feel
- Mapstyle and use of colors according to the paper atlas
- Optimized for reproduction on a smart board
Look and feel: maps
Premises
• Stay close to the paper atlas
• Add value in comparison to the paper atlas, by
using the benefits of the medium
• Support the teacher’s story
Added value
• Interactive elements
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Showing developments in time and space
Compare maps
Switching on and off layers
Click to detailed maps
Click to Google Maps
Click to photographs and infographics
• Maps and themes
– Maps are structured in a convenient way
– New maps added
Premises
• Stay close to the paper atlas
• Add value in comparison to the paper atlas, by
using the benefits of the medium
• Support the teacher’s story
Support the teacher´s story
• Maps
- Tell the same story as the maps in the paper atlas
- Support the story by interactive elements
• Extra benefits
- Explanation and teaching material for the teacher
- Written by teachers
Questions?
Discussion I
Is there added value in a digital atlas
for educational purposes?
• Properties of the paper atlas
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Static information
Clear copyrights
Guided use by teacher and geography methods
Random page turning and still knowing where you are
Much detail and overall picture
Stable map quality
Management of customer expectations
Is it necessary to use all digital possibilities?
From demand to supply
• Metadata consultancy
– Structuring and making accessible data
– Get to know the searching methods of your customers
• Application manager
– Data management, application management and publishing data
– Get to know the purpose of use of your end users
• Projectmanager digital school atlases
– Telling a story, interpreting and aggregating data and the eloquence
of maps
– Get to know the expectations of your public
Discussion II
• Does GIS shift from specialism to mainstream IT?
• And if so, do you find it a thread or an opportunity?
What you will learn after Wageningen