{"id":1203,"date":"2013-04-26T19:29:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T19:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2013-04-26T19:41:42","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T19:41:42","slug":"the-battle-of-san-jacinto-now-available-as-enhanced-ebook-app-for-ipad-and-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1203","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of San Jacinto Now Available as Enhanced eBook App for iPad and iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1209\" alt=\"The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_(1895)\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895-1024x573.jpg\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895-405x227.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895-638x357.jpg 638w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895-619x347.jpg 619w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895-800x448.jpg 800w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/The_Battle_of_San_Jacinto_1895.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Maps, Panoramic photos, and more provide multiple\u00a0viewpoints of \u201cone of the most decisive battles of the world\u201d<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1206\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" alt=\"sanjacinto\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sanjacinto.gif\" width=\"200\" \/>DENTON, Texas\u2014In partnership with the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), the longest continually running historical organization in Texas, JoSara MeDia is pleased to announce the availability of San Jacinto, an enhanced eBook for Apple\u2019s iPad, iPhone and iPod devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrawing on the wealth of historical content that TSHA possesses, and adding in up-to-date multimedia such as maps, panoramic pictures and hi-definition photos, we\u2019ve created an app describing the battle of San Jacinto that is entertaining and educational,\u201d stated Larry Ketchersid of JoSara MeDia.<\/p>\n<p>The battle of San Jacinto has been called \u201cone of the decisive battles of the world.\u201d The San Jacinto app covers those events by including rich digital content from several perspectives:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Battle of San Jacinto by James W. Pohl, originally published in 1989, provided here in an enhanced edition with links, color photos and more.<\/li>\n<li>Panoramic views from points on the battlefield, which can be rotated and zoomed to get a feel for what Sam Houston, Santa Anna and the rest of the combatants saw.<\/li>\n<li>The article \u201cMapping San Jacinto\u201d by Jeffrey D. Dunn, from TSHA\u2019s Southwestern Historical Quarterly, which uses historical maps \u201cas tools in helping to delineate the boundaries of the battleground and identify significant landscape features deemed important in influencing the outcome of the battle.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAll of the different parts of this enhanced eBook link to the Handbook of Texas Online, the most comprehensive and authoritative state history encyclopedia in the country,\u201d affirmed Kent Calder, Executive Director of TSHA. \u201cAlong with the book and article, links to the Handbook provide the reader with opportunities to explore particular areas of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis app builds on the digital projects foundation TSHA put in place with the Handbook of Texas Online, as well as on its scholarly publishing efforts over the last century,\u201d stated Steve Cook, board member of TSHA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis app continues the evolution of making in-depth historical content available in new ways.\u201d<br \/>\nThe San Jacinto app is available on the Apple App store, and will be available in the future for Android platforms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/san-jacinto\/id630223844\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1207\" alt=\"Available_on_the_App_Store_(black)\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Available_on_the_App_Store_black-300x88.png\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maps, Panoramic photos, and more provide multiple\u00a0viewpoints of \u201cone of the most decisive battles of the world\u201d DENTON, Texas\u2014In partnership with the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), the longest continually running historical organization in Texas, JoSara MeDia is pleased to announce the availability of San Jacinto, an enhanced eBook for Apple\u2019s iPad, iPhone and iPod [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1214,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions\/1214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}