ABOUT - Updated September 8, 2011
Welcome to MyWikimaps!
The Website:
MyWikimaps is an online learning portal designed to make it easier to navigate within the realms of Wikipedia and better see relationships between topics.
The Technology:
Utilizing Wikimap technology, we are able to graphically display search results to show the user relations between topics. The Wikimap is a Flash based tool that displays results from a search query. The central node of a Wikimap is the closest article to a search term. Articles that are most related to the search term are displayed spiraling outward from the central node. We are always working on new search algorithms to fine-tune search results.
The Team:
Dr. Chris Impey – Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at The University of Arizona
Anand Patikkal – Architect & Team Lead, Masters in Computer Science
Arpitha Srinathan – Web developer, graduate student in Management Information Systems
Kevin Hardegree-Ullman – Content management, education development, student in Astronomy