thanks steve. if i use openlayers to do this, then i need lat/lon or get lat/lon via ajax, as you said (openlayers would make it easier to add custom pop-up text).
or i just select from a table of places. On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Stephen Woodbridge <[email protected]> wrote: > Zach, > > You could do something like have a textarea where the user can enter a list > of cities and have a [Add] button, then in JS read the textarea, split the > text on linefeed into an array, the cycle through the array and make an ajax > request to geocode each city and add it to the map. Or you can just send the > whole textarea contents to the server and have it parse and geocode then > send back a geocode list like "city,x,y" and parse that in JS and add the > markers. > > -Steve > > > On 4/10/2014 4:39 PM, zach cruise wrote: >> >> I sent the email below, then realized I can simply add custom dynamic >> markers in openlayers on click (see >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4624301/adding-custom-markers-dynamically-to-map-using-openlayers, >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OpenLayers_Marker_Example), but >> need some real-life examples of how this could be done in batch. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: zach cruise >> Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 3:48 PM >> Subject: design question: how to geocode multiple dynamic "city, country"? >> To: PostGIS Users Discussion >> Cc: PostgreSQL >> >> i accept multiple "city, country" from users on-the-fly, and want to >> dynamically map them. >> >> i could create a table where i insert their multiple entries, and then >> geocode that table for display. >> >> but i also want to avoid giving write permission to the web user. >> >> i could create a schema and restrict write to that schema. >> >> or something better? >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users >> > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users
