Most users don't know what to do with a shapefile or WMS links

pulibrary / pulmap

Princeton University Library Geoblacklight application.

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Most users don't know what to do with a shapefile or WMS links #1024

Open sdellis opened 2 years ago

sdellis commented 2 years ago

Potential solutions:

Education, info-pages, contextual help, etc.
Linking/bridging with other online systems for mapping data
- Look into licensing PolicyMap.com to bridge gap between GIS Expert and Novice use.
- Public datasets... "open in X application/viewer" or "open in ArcGIS online".
Provide contact info for Maps dept/Wangyal "Request Assistance" (for Princeton users)
Citation assistance/examples for datasets (and maps)

sdellis commented 2 years ago

The above is not a complete list of possible solutions. DLS and stakeholders should continue to brainstorm and prototype the best solutions. Emily Wild had suggestions for pointing to publicly accessible data sets where our versions may be restricted.