Cool! Morgan Library at Colorado St. University is Home to a Large-Scale Google Liquid Galaxy Projector
From The Rocky Mountain Collegian (Student Newspaper at Colorado State University):
An integral part of the Morgan Library’s efforts to become that information and technology hub is the library’s large-scale Google Liquid Galaxy projector system that operates in the library’s first-floor event hall. The library has a smaller Liquid Galaxy program situated near the back of the first floor computer lab in the library, but this one is unique in that it is displayed on a wall using three different projectors.
“It’s the only one of its kind in the entire world,” Ramsay said.
The Liquid Galaxy displays a geospatial map of the world that students can explore in depth. Students and professors can use the software to track fires, discover geo-fracking sites, compare country’s oil consumption and more. Ramsay believes this system will help display information to students in a way that makes sense.
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See Also: Google Liquid Galaxy Page (via Colo. St. University Libraries)
See Also: Google Liquid Galaxy Player Project Homepage (via Code.google.org)
Here’s a 2010 Demo of a Google Liquid Galaxy Player (via Mashable)
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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