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Speak up- Ken Salazar is Listening!
Aug 14, 2010
Recently I had the honor of attending a couple of events to move forward initiatives...
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recent work from portfolio |
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Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps
The Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps offers so much, from dynamic maps, richly annotated with stories,...
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Beyond Beautiful Maps |
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I am so proud to present the Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps, created as a Centennial history project for the New Mexico Humanities Council.
This work of love combines a selection of historic maps, covering New Mexico history from the explorations of Fray Marcos de Niza to the rise of automobile tourism in the 1920s. Each map has been brought into a Google maps interface, and annotated with the stories of the people who were there at the time the map was created, including the stories of the mapmakers themselves, from missionary Franciscans to military surveyors to railroad boosters. In addition to the stories, the map markers are packed with photographs, illustrations, government documents, links galore to other sites and to full text versions of the books and articles referenced, and native American oral histories. Timelines, audio, and slideshows offer descriptive overviews of each thematic era. On top of that, lesson plans support the use of the maps in a classroom & support expansion of the Atlas by students, who can create rich media KML files in Google Earth and upload them.
What made this all possible besides the vision of the New Mexico Humanities Council? Our very own content management system, BIM. My wonderful partner Craig twiddled BIM so it supports easy and quick content management in Google maps, including marker creation, drawing lines and areas, supporting bibliographic references and media management, and so on. Everything you see at the Atlas was created using a very simple form-based administrative interface, requiring almost no technical or geographical knowledge. If you think you could use a powerful Google maps content management system, to support your educational or advocacy project, let us know! We're looking forward to seeing what other uses it can be put to.
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Throw the Bums Out
Kids need to be outside, and with the likes of Richard Louv inspiring the nation, there is a push to fund programs that support outdoor education & getting kids to go play in the woods again.
Working locally, I am supporting this effort by leading a scout troop, working on improving recreational access to trails in my area, and organizing parents, teachers, village planners, and kids to walk and bike to school. It's very satisfying to work at the local level, and to see results in my community!
Speaking of community, here in New Mexico the FABULOUS Kristina Ortez of the Sierra Club has been organizing educators, land managers, health care workers and interested individuals to promote statewide initiatives to reconnect children with the outdoors. The most recent session had over twice as many attendees as expected, and generated all kinds of solid action plans. You may have a similar program where you are, but only NM is lucky enough to have Kristina Ortez. ;- )
What can you do in your community? Probably many of the same things. There are kids everywhere in this country who need someone to unplug them and throw them out the door. Try it, they'll like it!
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about queenellen... |
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Who Am I?
Well for one thing, enough of a philosopher to question whether this question can ever really be answered, much less in a couple of paragraphs. As Queenellen of Queenellen Enterprises, I take the field of public lands interpretation into cyberspace. I'll tell you the best thing about virtual tourists:...
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our services... |
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Queenellen Enterprises Services and Capabilities
Founded in 1998 by Ellen Dornan, Queenellen Enterprises creates, organizes, develops, researches, writes, and edits multimedia and interpretive projects with particular focus on visitor information and interpretation for areas of the western U.S. Ms. Dornan uses her extensive background in the visitor...
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What BIM can do for YOU
BIM (Standing for.... oops! Can't tell you! See if YOU can figure it out and WIN BIG)... BIM is the powerful, intuitive, and flexible content management system that comes FREE with our services. We have spent a number of years developing BIM so that it is ideal for your needs, whether those needs are...
The Dynamic Duo
Style and Substance — 1uffakind Design and Queenellen Enterprises — team up for successful and competent development, maintenance, and marketing of educational, interpretive, and inspirational new media materials. Our team is small but efficient, with long years of experience executing large-scale...
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