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Illustration link for class description on the Eve University forum: http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/w/images/2/2f/MapperPromo3.png | Illustration link for class description on the Eve University forum: http://wiki.eveuniversity.org/w/images/2/2f/MapperPromo3.png | ||
This class is an introduction to the Eve W-Space Mapper (http://mapper.eveuniversity.org), a browser tool used by Unista explorers to exchange information. The class is aimed specifically at Unistas outside the WHC; the WHC has [[WHC Mapper|its own specific guidelines for Mapper use and bookmark labeling]], covered by educational materials maintained by them. | This class is an introduction to the Eve W-Space Mapper (http://mapper.eveuniversity.org), a browser tool used by Unista explorers to exchange information. The class is aimed specifically at Unistas outside the WHC; the WHC has [[Archive:WHC Mapper|its own specific guidelines for Mapper use and bookmark labeling]], covered by educational materials maintained by them. | ||
*'''Duration:''' 60 minutes. Does not include a practical. Time may vary according to the teacher. | *'''Duration:''' 60 minutes. Does not include a practical. Time may vary according to the teacher. | ||
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** Link to raw lecture slide file | ** Link to raw lecture slide file | ||
This syllabus follows closely the order of lecture slides linked above, which in turn follows the previously posted "[[WHC Mapper]]" page used by the WHC. | This syllabus follows closely the order of lecture slides linked above, which in turn follows the previously posted "[[Archive:WHC Mapper|WHC Mapper]]" page used by the WHC. | ||
== Class contents == | == Class contents == | ||
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'''The Eve W-Space Mapper is a browser tool that helps Unistas share information during exploration.''' | '''The Eve W-Space Mapper is a browser tool that helps Unistas share information during exploration.''' | ||
The Mapper is a server-side web application developed by Eve University graduate | The Mapper is a server-side web application developed by Eve University graduate Marbin Drakon in 2013. It is open-source, meaning that any organization can download and install it and use it to serve database information to organization members securely, over the web. The Eve University instance of this software is housed on an E-UNI server, and does not share information with any other organizations, even those that also use Eve W-Space. (So, for example, SSC can't see our maps, and we can't see theirs.) | ||
That means that the Mapper: | That means that the Mapper: | ||