Google Map of CLA Conference

C

Ottawa Civic Centre, Lansdowne Park
Location: 1015 Bank Street,
Phone: (613) 580-2429

W

The Westin Ottawa
Location: 11 Colonel By Drive
Phone: (613) 560-7000

F

Fairmont Château Laurier
Location: 1 Rideau Street,
Phone: (613) 241-1414

National Summit on Libraries and Literacy is being held here on Wednesday, June 14. Check the official conference web site for the most current information: www.cla.ca/conference/2006

Wow! I created a Google Map to display the location of important sites for the CLA Conference in Ottawa. The idea was presented by Rachel Singer Gordon and Michael Stephens in "Online Cool on a Budget" in Computers in Libraries (June 2006). The script and tutorial for creating a Google Map was from GMapEZ.

The Google Map should display three locations (zoom out using the minus sign): C for the Lansdowne Park (Ottawa Civic Centre), W for the The Westin Ottawa, and F for the Fairmont Château Laurier. If you click on a letter, you will get contact information.

Let me know if you would like additional sites listed on the map. I hope this map helps you navigate the conference, but check the official conference web site for the most current directions.

I am not sure if this map qualifies as a mashup, or "web application that uses content from more than one source," but I read that "...it has been estimated 10 new mashups are created every day..." according to Andrew Moore-Crispin's "Mapping mashups: It’s no joke." HUB 19, no. 6 (June 2006), 14. A lot of mashups seem to use Google Maps.

You may have to tell your pop-up blocker to allow pop-ups in order to see the map if you are using Internet Explorer. A special thanks to Chouser for helping me correct an error between my blog and the map.