Hello,

I'm curious---are there plans for any more media/maps. They are great for Sunday School. I'm about to get a iphone projector and start using Mantis for a class I'm leading. The visuals are great.

BTW, thanks for making maps bookmarkable--makes it easy to have a folder with bookmarks for a lesson.

Thanks,

Scott

What would you like to see? Not everything can be easily converted to work with the iPhone, but if you're looking for something in particular, we'll contact the publisher and see if we can get it.

Hi Mark,
Will the maps from the NETP be added (particularly since they are already have the potential for cross-linking to verses)?

Kind regards,
CJ

The version of the NETP we received did not have any maps with it. We'd like to look into this, though, and if it's available we might be able to do it.

Is there any place online we can see these?

Hi Mark,
Lets use Ruth 1:19 as an example. If (in Mantis) you expand the note at the end of the verse you see the map references. If you go to bible.org, one can navigate to Ruth 1:19, view the note and click on the map cross reference. A map will come up. The link below will bring you (I hope) to the same spot.

http://net.bible.org/map.php?map=map5&block=B1

Thanks,
CJ

Wow, those are pretty cool maps. Unfortunately, they're interactive and use flash, and link to Google Maps online, so I don't think we can do this inside the Mantis app.

The main asset I can think of is Nelson's Complete Book of Bible Maps and Charts. I believe I have a few other books, but I'm in the process of moving and they are in storage. I think the other is something like Rose book of Bible Maps and Timelines. The timelines stretch over multiple pages as I recall---so that's probably out, but the charts and maps are super handy.

Thanks,

Scott

With respect to the NETP maps:
Instead of an internal Mantis link to the maps, could you use an external link to the NET bible website, map, and sector? You could have a dialog box pop up indicating you are leaving the Mantis app and invoke the browser. this might be a way to bring more of the full NETP value. I recognize there may be licensing issues, but the NET bible website content is open access.

We'll look into that, but all the map content on the NETP site may not work directly on the iPhone, too.