Hello, lists,
I received this from a fellow VISTA recently, and thought it might be of
interest to the greater CTCNet and DDN communities, since we've had
GIS-related discussions before. It refers to the custom creation of a
module (add-on) for the Drupal CMS (a FL/OSS content management system
that a lot of us are using...scalable, flexible, and incredibly easy to
manage / administer).
Anyone's who's interested should respond to Ben directly, especially if
you'd like to collaborate with him on the project.
Dave.
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Subject: [comnetVISTA] GoogleMaps Module Proof of Concept
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:09:17 -0500
From: Ben Sheldon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everone,
I am developing an easy to use GoogleMap API implementation for
Community Mapping (and anything else that needs a map) using the
Drupal Content Management System [drupal.org]. I'm really excited
about this (I hacked it up over Thanksgiving break) and would like to
demonstrate it at a very early stage to see if there is any external
interest in a tool like this.
Basically, this Drupal module allows you to easily define markers on a
Google Map, give info for the marker, and link it to a larger article.
Markers can be categorized and assigned a different icon (all very
easily).
I have an example up and running on my personal blog:
http://island94.org/node/15
(warning, may choke in Internet Explorer--I'm trying to fix that)
Content with location data (latitude/longitude I get from the URL on
maps.google.com) is assigned a category (photos, vlogs, random stuff,
my fallout shelter project, whatever), and automatically mapped with a
custom icon (e.g.photos have a tiny camera in the icon). My examples
are blog related (i.e. photos, random stuff), but it is no effort to
map playgrounds, access points or anything else you would want.
I would love to hear any comments you might have, and any suggestions.
Also let me know if this would be useful to you as I want to help
meet the needs of people other than myself. I am working furiously on
getting lines supported (I want to map my commute to work), address
level geocoding (no need for exact lat/long) and also text windows
above the markers can be a little wonky.
I hope you like it,
Ben
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