Omeka item sources
Postcards from the Davidson archives – http://omeka.davidson.edu/davidsonarchives/postcards/
Neatline ‘sandbox’ site
Neatline examples
Historical maps overlayed over current map, with added features:
- http://hotchkiss.neatline.org/neatline-exhibits/show/battle-of-chancellorsville/fullscreen
- http://shrouta.org/neatline/show/oregon-trail
Multiple overlayed maps:
- http://shrouta.org/neatline/show/davidson-maps
- http://henshaw.scholarslab.org/neatline-exhibits/show/inventing-the-map/fullscreen
Features on an included base map:
- http://lovecraft.neatline.org/neatline-exhibits/show/lovecraft-in-providence/fullscreen
- http://sandbox.neatline.org/webservice/david/university-of-virginia-campus
Neatline exhibit built on an image:
- http://marathon.neu.edu/neatline/show/one-fund-poster
- http://shrouta.org/neatline/show/mapping-davidsons-past#records/8
Glossary
Omeka Dashboard – The front page of Omeka admin – where you get to items, exhibits, collections
Omeka Plugin – A tool that modifies Omeka – Neatline is an Omeka plugin
Omeka Item – A “thing” in Omeka, defined by metadata, and can be associated with an image, video, sound file, etc.
Omeka Collection – A group of Omeka items
Omeka Exhibit – A styled group of Omeka items, often with text and a particular style. You can put Omeka collections or individual Omeka items in an exhibit.
Neatline Dashboard – The front page of Neatline admin – where you add Neatline records, style the Neatline exhibit, import Omeka items
Neatline Record – The analog of an item in Omeka, but wheras you can import Omeka items into Neatline, you can only create Neatline records in Neatline
Neatline Widget – A tool that modifies Neatline – sort of like a plugin for Omeka
Slug – the end of a url associated with a Neatline record. This can be set you, or can be automatically generated
Title – The title of a Neatline record
Body – The text associated with a Neatline record
Link to Omeka Item – Allows the linking of a Neatline record to an Omeka item
Map>Drawing Tools – Allows you to draw features (dots, lines, polygons) on the map
Style>Colors – Allows you to change the color of a feature on the map
Style>Opacities – Allows you to change the opacity of a feature on the map
Style>Dates – Allows you to define the beginning and end of the record on a timeline, and when the item will be visible or invisible.
