As a pilot project of the Next Generation Student Information Service (NGSIS), a new Google-based campus map is due for release on 15 July 2011.
This mobile-friendly, layered map will integrate and replace the multiple versions of online campus maps that separately feature different aspects and services at U of T. The map will also help students, particularly new students, navigate the campus using meaningful search words like “bookstore” and “registrar”. This means that students will no longer have to know the names of buildings in order to find things on campus.
The first map layers will include accessibility, food, wireless, student services (including registrars), car parking, bike racks, TTC subway stations, green sites (including green roofs and battery drop-off sites), safety, study spaces and washrooms. The map will evolve as additional layers are identified. Some ideas for additional layers include points of interest like haunted sites, famous movie sites on campus, bank machine locations and baby friendly diaper changing sites.
Would you like to get involved in NGSIS? Please contact Mark Sedore at: mark.sedore@utoronto.ca.
Have ideas about what kind of layers would you like to see on this new map? Let Cheryl Ziegler know at: c.ziegler@utoronto.ca.
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