On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:07 PM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Douglas Burke <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 7/2/10 3:19 PM, P Kishor wrote: >>> I have started a map of PDL Users Worldwide [1], which can be reached >>> from [2]. I don't know how to edit the PDL wiki to embed the map >>> directly in it, hence, the map on my personal web site. >>> >>> The data for the map is in a Google Fusion Table, which, >>> unfortunately, I can't figure out how to allow anyone to edit. So, I >>> have created a Google Spreadsheet at [3] which can be edited by >>> anyone. Once folks have added more entries to [3], I will reimport the >>> data into [2], thereby updating [1]. Or, in the meantime, I will >>> figure out how to -- >>> >>> (a) Allow anyone to update the mappable table directly, and >>> (b) Embed the map in the PDL wiki so the map is no longer on my >>> personal web site. >>> >>> So, please go to [3] and add your place, discipline, latitude, and >>> longitude (use decimal degrees, not NSEW junk. West and South are >>> negative.). >>> >>> [1] http://punkish.org/PDL-Users-Worldwide >>> [2] >>> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pdl/index.php?title=A_Map_of_PDL_Users_Worldwide >>> [3] >>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Am3SSF48QCE9dERjcko2YWNrSzJVLUZLd1QyaldsYXc&hl=en >>> >> >> If you wanted to get really fancy, you could use Exhibit [1] to view the >> spread sheet (I believe there is an almost tunr-key for it to use data >> from a google spreadsheet), which would allow you to add other fields to >> track at the expense of more hassle...
I used to have the Simile Timeline on my web site a long time ago. It was fancy, but a pain in the tush to shepherd. Seems like they have got a lot of new doodads on there now. Yes, it would be nice to use one of them at some point. But, if folks can add their info to the spreadsheet at [3], I can always repurpose it to a Simile widget later on. The Google map for now, is the lowest hanging fruit. By the way, I can't figure out how to make the Fusion table public editable. Seems like I can only give edit privs to folks with Google email. Hence, the 2-step method -- update the publicly, anonymously editable spreadsheet, which then updates the Fusion table, which then updates the map. For starters, I have added meself and David Mertens (the only other PDL user whose discipline and location I know). > > Thanks, but I don't want to get too fancy, esp. at the expense of more > hassle. Step by step. Once we have a sufficient number of points, and > I have figured out how to move the map to PDL wiki (where it really > belongs), then we can think of other mods. > > By the way, does anyone know how I can add an iframe to that darn PDL wiki? > >> >> [1] http://www.simile-widgets.org/exhibit/ >> >> Doug >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Perldl mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl >> > > > > -- > Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org > Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org > Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org > Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor > Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science > ======================================================================= > -- Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org Carbon Model http://carbonmodel.org Charter Member, Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org Science Commons Fellow, http://sciencecommons.org/about/whoweare/kishor Nelson Institute, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Assertions are politics; backing up assertions with evidence is science ======================================================================= _______________________________________________ Perldl mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.jach.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/perldl
