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location-aware mobile search
mj suhonos
Toronto Public Library
location-aware mobile search
simple problem:
where is the closest copy of an itemto where I am standing now?
i have only an iphone
TPL
questions to start with
do we have an API to access the catalogue?can we present human-readable results?can we make it feel like a “native” app?can it work on multiple kinds of devices?
as simple as possible for the user
web service-style three-tier
simpler is better
transformation pipeline
free libraries: yaz, xslt, domxml, iuiopen standards: marcxml, mods, html5
http://mytpl.ca
unofficial side-projectrunning in my living room
works for any library with z39.50works in any browser with html5 geolocation
look around you
old != badnew != good
open technology = critical
sometimes a butter knife makes a pretty decent screwdriver
full story in code4lib journal issue 10source code available now under GPL3
http://github.com/mjsuhonos/mytpl/
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