The Missouri State University Campus Map combines several different types of data into a single map site using the Google Maps API version 2. This past June, my office was approached by Jeffrey Thomas, a senior computer science student at the university, about software he had developed that uses BlackBerry phones as GPS devices. Jeffrey […]
Today, a completely revamped online version of the campus map went live. Now based on the Google Maps API, the map offers a brand new degree of interactivity. Key features include the ability to search for buildings, get the physical address and directions to any location, and turn on and off additional layers such as […]
People search got a long overdue upgrade this week. Gone is some of the clunkiness that was left over from previous search versions. Now, instead of directly searching the domain controllers, one of our Google Mini Search Appliances indexes a separate ldap server maintained by Computer Services. Searches are then performed on this nightly index. […]
The WordPress upgrade to the new version 2.7 was successful yesterday. If you now login to your blog, you will see that the Dashboard is significantly different. We are currently working on updating all of our Blog Setup and Instructions pages to mirror the changes made to the Dashboard. These new instructions should be updated […]