During the Winter 2005 semester, I was the primary instructor for Duke University's Information Science + Information Studies (ISIS) 200 Research Capstone course in which my co-instructor Jess Mitchell and I led seven undergraduate seniors through a 12-week process of redesigning the Duke University online campus map. Despite the extremely limited time period, the students tranformed the campus map from a nearly unusable static online image to a dynamic, data-driven interface that draws scalable real-time maps based on precise campus planning data. Additionally, the map provides comprehensive searching, an extensive database of building information and images, driving and parking directions, and an intuitive web interface that allows building managers and departmental administrators to easily update their relevant information. Upon completion of the map prototype, the design was so successfully received by the University that three of the students were hired to develop it into the official Duke University campus map.
View the Duke campus map website. Read the official story about the creation of the map.
Press coverage:
• Glovebox News article about the map project (May 2005) [view PDF]
• InterConnect newsletter article about the map project (Fall 2005) [view PDF]
• Inside Medical Center newsletter article about the map project (08 August 2005) [view PDF]
• Chronicle article about the eFlyer project (20 October 2006) [view article]