//Map Editor - Visual Plugin for Map Editing, Google Summer of Code 2008
What?
The plugin can be installed on the Geeklog CMS. Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, Live Maps, MapStreet, OpenMaps can be integrated right into your website / blog with zero coding. One can configure the size / placement of the map, create positional markers, draw poly lines, poly shapes, place toolbars and side panels, show driving directions, info bubbles. Apart from these basic editing features it also provides live traffic search and geocoding solutions.You can pull in your photos from Flickr, Picasa, see regional news overlayed from Google News.
Why?
At the time this project commenced (early 2008) there were very few plugins that apart from integrating maps, would provide customizations and interact with 3rd party APIs. All this would require the proficiency of a script coder and wasn't possible in a WYSIWYG way. This was the major motivation for this project.
How?
This was a independent project and was ably guided by Justin Carlson. The plugin was coded in PHP, and required a thorough understanding of the Geeklog structure. Heavy JavaScripting was used to create the visual GUI to enable easy drag and drop interface. A careful study of the open source APIs was required to integrate them with the service. AJAX and sessions were used smartly to guarantee optimized performance.
And..
The project was sponsored by Google, California.
//Map Editor - Visual Plugin for Map Editing, Google Summer of Code 2008
What?
The plugin can be installed on the Geeklog CMS. Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, Live Maps, MapStreet, OpenMaps can be integrated right into your website / blog with zero coding. One can configure the size / placement of the map, create positional markers, draw poly lines, poly shapes, place toolbars and side panels, show driving directions, info bubbles. Apart from these basic editing features it also provides live traffic search and geocoding solutions.You can pull in your photos from Flickr, Picasa, see regional news overlayed from Google News.
Why?
At the time this project commenced (early 2008) there were very few plugins that apart from integrating maps, would provide customizations and interact with 3rd party APIs. All this would require the proficiency of a script coder and wasn't possible in a WYSIWYG way. This was the major motivation for this project.
How?
This was a independent project and was ably guided by Justin Carlson. The plugin was coded in PHP, and required a thorough understanding of the Geeklog structure. Heavy JavaScripting was used to create the visual GUI to enable easy drag and drop interface. A careful study of the open source APIs was required to integrate them with the service. AJAX and sessions were used smartly to guarantee optimized performance.
