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* create a world map of where we think all the XOs are. Some sort of Google-map app... it would be a tremendous hit, and would likely jumpstart a lot of local brainstorming and better connections as our community travels around the world (XO-aware couchsurfing and dinner planning). |
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> there's the google "my maps" feature that is -very- easy to use. not sure |
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> about opportunities for collaboration/joint modification, tho... [[User:Lauren|Lauren]] |
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> I think what we really want is a way to geotag wiki pages and make a special |
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> set of same show up on a google map... we don't want the map to be |
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> deletable, we do want revision history, we do want people to be able to edit |
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> their own information - both geoloc and the bit of metadata that shows up |
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> associated with a marker. [[User:Sj|Sj]] [[User talk:Sj|<font color="fc9"><small>talk</small></font>]] |
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> Something like planet planet or a quick drupal install might get us up |
> Something like planet planet or a quick drupal install might get us up |
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> to speed quickly with the maps idea. More on this next week. :-) |
> to speed quickly with the maps idea. More on this next week. :-) |
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> -Josh. |
> -Josh. |
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: I did some testings (which failed) trying to use a template/subpage combo... Yes I know, I should come up with simpler structures :) If it would've worked, we could've had a subpage with all the geo parameters and then feed it to specific templates (or parsed by a bot or similar) into a comprehensive set of geo-location points... |
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: If anybody is interested you can check the following pages: |
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:* [[User:Xavi/Test]] — the (failed) processing/grouping page; |
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:* [[User:Xavi/Test/GeoData]] — the page with the parameter-like geo-data factored out; and |
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:* [[User:Xavi/Templates/GeoXOGoogle]] — a template wanna-be (can still be promoted) that generates a link to google maps showing said coordinates. |
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: On a side track, relative to the <tt><googlemap></tt> used by [[name.com]]... is that the only projection available? I personally dislike those maps that deform so much the high latitudes as they give a (terribly) wrong feeling for size of countries. |
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: This is also a great opportunity to [http://flourish.org/upsidedownmap/ challenge preconceived traditional views of the world]... (I personally like [http://flourish.org/upsidedownmap/hobodyer-large.jpg this map]). Cheers, --[[User:Xavi|Xavi]] 10:13, 3 July 2007 (EDT) |
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I don't think that a physical geographical layout of the World is the best map to use, I see more of a virtual map, a map of tagged school servers, or a mind map that you can go into and out of. |
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It would consist of the following elements; |
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(parent) Country objects |
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(parent)school server objects, |
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(child)laptop objects,mple basic but effective. |
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with three basic objects and with the two parent objects displaying the Number Totals for there children in a type of Drill down map, si |
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Latest revision as of 21:14, 3 January 2008
Idea:
- create a world map of where we think all the XOs are. Some sort of Google-map app... it would be a tremendous hit, and would likely jumpstart a lot of local brainstorming and better connections as our community travels around the world (XO-aware couchsurfing and dinner planning).
> there's the google "my maps" feature that is -very- easy to use. not sure > about opportunities for collaboration/joint modification, tho... Lauren
> I think what we really want is a way to geotag wiki pages and make a special > set of same show up on a google map... we don't want the map to be > deletable, we do want revision history, we do want people to be able to edit > their own information - both geoloc and the bit of metadata that shows up > associated with a marker. Sj talk
> Something like planet planet or a quick drupal install might get us up > to speed quickly with the maps idea. More on this next week. :-) > -Josh.
- I did some testings (which failed) trying to use a template/subpage combo... Yes I know, I should come up with simpler structures :) If it would've worked, we could've had a subpage with all the geo parameters and then feed it to specific templates (or parsed by a bot or similar) into a comprehensive set of geo-location points...
- If anybody is interested you can check the following pages:
- User:Xavi/Test — the (failed) processing/grouping page;
- User:Xavi/Test/GeoData — the page with the parameter-like geo-data factored out; and
- User:Xavi/Templates/GeoXOGoogle — a template wanna-be (can still be promoted) that generates a link to google maps showing said coordinates.
- On a side track, relative to the <googlemap> used by name.com... is that the only projection available? I personally dislike those maps that deform so much the high latitudes as they give a (terribly) wrong feeling for size of countries.
- This is also a great opportunity to challenge preconceived traditional views of the world... (I personally like this map). Cheers, --Xavi 10:13, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
I don't think that a physical geographical layout of the World is the best map to use, I see more of a virtual map, a map of tagged school servers, or a mind map that you can go into and out of.
It would consist of the following elements; (parent) Country objects (parent)school server objects, (child)laptop objects,mple basic but effective.
with three basic objects and with the two parent objects displaying the Number Totals for there children in a type of Drill down map, si