https://catalog.ecds.emory.edu/files/original/00b0ce30f252e8d8d3ec25705bed70be.png 9872b4915de42d65eb1272ac578a01fa https://catalog.ecds.emory.edu/files/original/ce3244ef99921bb88a4b1483a3f0894d.png 21298892b6939f176c8861472d2da301 ECDS Project Project Website The primary URL of the project website. (eg: https://soundingspirit.org/ ) https://opentour.site/ Name of ECDS Member Who are the ECDS folks that have been involved in the project? Joanna Mundy Jay Varner Name of Non-ECDS Member A person or group involved that is not within ECDS. (eg: CDC, Bugs Bunny, Department of Silly Walks, etc) Georgia Humanities Short Description of Project A short description of the project. This is the blurb on the back of a book. This is the elevator pitch. This is what you politely explain to the elder/unfamiliar family member who doesn't know what you do for work at that obligatory holiday gathering. This will be displayed publicly. OpenTour Builder is an open source software platform for building geospatial tours that are optimized for mobile devices.<br /><br />With this tool, tour builders can easily create interactive, attractive tours that guide users from stop to stop using their smartphone's GPS and OpenTour Builder's native Google Maps instructions. At each location, the designer can include images, video, text, and external links to provide historical and cultural context, tying that information to the physical space. Project Long Description This is the description of the project that is more involved and in-depth. This is the conversation you have with a colleague. This is the chat you might have at the conference social hour with a peer who holds a similar role elsewhere. Please attach the write-up as a PDF or DOCX. Please use the suffix "-pld". (eg: ECDSProject01-pld.docx) This will be displayed publicly. <h2>Mobile Tours</h2> <p>OpenTour Builder is an open source software platform for building geospatial tours that are optimized for mobile devices.</p> <p>With this tool, tour builders can easily create interactive, attractive tours that guide users from stop to stop using their smartphone's GPS and OpenTour Builder's native Google Maps instructions. At each location, the designer can include images, video, text, and external links to provide historical and cultural context, tying that information to the physical space.</p> <ul class="list-unordered"> <li>The platform has been used to construct projects including the <a href="https://battle-of-atlanta.opentour.site/tours">Battle of Atlanta Tour App</a> and the <a href="https://campus-tours.opentour.site/campus-public-art">Emory Campus History Tour</a>.</li> <li>ECDS has partnered with multiple organizations across Atlanta and throughout Georgia to support the creation of historical, cultural, or exhibition focused tours throughout Georgia. Some project examples include the <a href="https://freedom-park.opentour.site/dwelling-2019">Freedom Park Conservancy's Dwelling Exhibition</a> and the Georgia Humanities grant recipient tour of the <a href="https://georgia-humanities.opentour.site/walking-tour-of-cartersville-s-african-american-business-district-1870-1940">"Walking Tour of Cartersville's African American Business District: 1870-1940"</a>.</li> <li> </li> </ul> <p>An <a href="https://opentour.site/">Emory-supported instance of OpenTour</a> is now available for those who intend to use the technology for educational purposes or the exhibition of research. Tours need to fit within the ECDS and Emory mission.</p> <h3>Two Types of Partnerships</h3> <p>If you are interested in partnering with us to use OpenTour, whether a member of the Emory community or beyond, we have two types of partnerships.</p> <h4>ECDS Multisite</h4> <p>The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship supports an instance of OpenTour. Partners without their own technical support can apply for a tour site on the ECDS instance. This site will give you a personal URL as an extension of https://opentour.emory.edu/&lt;your-tour-site&gt;/.</p> <ul class="list-unordered"> <li>This level of partnership removes the need for your own personal technical support or server space, and will give you a supported tour site for a period of three years (to be revisited at the end of this period).</li> <li>A set number of visual themes will be available to color your tour to fit your purpose.</li> </ul> <h4>Github - Independent Installation</h4> <p>If you want a unique domain name or more control over the visual design of your tour, the code for OpenTour Builder is also available through <a href="https://github.com/ecds/OpenTourBuilder">GitHub</a>. Through our other partnership level, we will help you set up your own server with your own independent instance of OpenTour.</p> <ul class="list-unordered"> <li>This level of partnership requires that you pay for and support your own server. ECDS will not be responsible for the technical support of your server after it is initially set up.</li> <li>You will have access to the CSS files that determine the style of the tours, allowing you design control.</li> <li>You will have full ability to determine the domain at which users find your tours.</li> </ul> <h3>Who can apply?</h3> <p>Emory faculty, staff, graduate students, or research scientists can apply for an OpenTour 3.0 tour site, using the <a href="https://forms.gle/HneeE4dWgwo31jbL7">Emory Community OpenTour Proposal form</a>. If you are not in the Emory community and are interested in using OpenTour through a partnership or are interested in your own installation of OpenTour 3.0, use the <a href="https://forms.gle/nKPq3qVQkbgq4kT9A">Emory OpenTour Proposal form</a>.</p> <p>External partnerships are also welcome with cultural, art, or historical organizations through the same application. We recommend making an appointment for an exploratory conversation with an ECDS staff member by emailing <a href="mailto:ecds@emory.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ecds@emory.edu</a> to set up a consultation before submitting a form requesting a tour site.</p> <p>All tours need to fit within the ECDS and Emory mission and be approved for a partnership.</p> <h3>Learn more</h3> <p>Learn about how to use Open Tour Builder by browsing the <a href="https://github.com/ecds/OpenTourBuilder/wiki" target="_blank" title="step-by-step manual" rel="noreferrer noopener">step-by-step manual</a><span>.</span></p> Project Documentation Site Is the project documentation being held somewhere specific for the team? Microsoft Teams link, Dropbox, Box, NAS resource, etc https://trello.com/c/iJKUvoPU/80-opentourbuilder https://trello.com/c/P0a8cXsA/ https://github.com/ecds/OpenTourBuilder/ Project Supporting Website Any website that is associated with the project that isn't the project main website. Github, social media, collaborative groups hosting content, etc. https://github.com/ecds/OpenTourBuilder/wiki/How-to-Use-OpenTour-v.-3.0 Support Technologies Platforms (Wordpress, Omeka, ...), Tools (need example), Languages (PHP, Python, etc) Ember/Rails, Google Maps Project External Funding Sources External funding the project relied on. Grants, donations, mysterious benefactors, etc. The project was supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2014 and built in the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource OpenTour Builder Mapping Open Source Platform Tours