Hi,
I am trying to set-up an OpenGuide for New York. The installation worked well, but I was expecting to see a google map for my first (test) page:
http://newyork.linke.de/myguide/wiki.cgi?Angelo%27s_Pizza
But it does not look right. Am I missing a step?
Many thanks, Markus
PS: I have a google maps api key and it is configured in my wiki.conf
I am trying to set-up an OpenGuide for New York.
Great! Let us know how you get on or want to be linked in from the project homepage when you get going.
The installation worked well, but I was expecting to see a google map for my first (test) page:
http://newyork.linke.de/myguide/wiki.cgi?Angelo%27s_Pizza But it does not look right. Am I missing a step?
PS: I have a google maps api key and it is configured in my wiki.conf
The current default is for maps not to appear unless the user sets it in the User Preferences. This default should probably be changed now that the Google Maps functionality is well-tested and used.
Cheers,
Dominic.
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
But it does not look right. Am I missing a step?
PS: I have a google maps api key and it is configured in my wiki.conf
The current default is for maps not to appear unless the user sets it in the User Preferences. This default should probably be changed now that the Google Maps functionality is well-tested and used.
also doesnt actaully having the long and lat set help as well?
would I have to set it or does openguides use the address?
----- Bob Walker bob@randomness.org.uk wrote: | On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
| also doesnt actaully having the long and lat set help as well?
Ok, I have added long/lat (copy+paste from the google link) and I can see the google maps graphics now, but it is about half an hour away from the actual street address. Whats the easiest way to gather this information? Can't OpenGuides process the address fields?
----- Markus Linke markus.linke@linke.de wrote: | would I have to set it or does openguides use the address?
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Markus Linke wrote:
Ok, I have added long/lat (copy+paste from the google link)
You'll need to zoom a long way in, otherwise the google link will probably be for one edge of the screen, not the centre
Whats the easiest way to gather this information?
GPS?
Can't OpenGuides process the address fields?
"process" the address fields? What did you have in mind it processing them against? (I don't know of any free services where you give them an address, and they give you back a lat+long)
Nick
Ok, I googled around and found:
http://www.batchgeocode.com/lookup/
which does the job, now the address is correct;
I think there is a google-maps function to translate street address to long/lat, will need to check ...
Many thanks everybody!
----- Nick Burch openguides@gagravarr.org wrote: | On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Markus Linke wrote:
| You'll need to zoom a long way in, otherwise the google link will | probably | be for one edge of the screen, not the centre
| GPS?
| "process" the address fields? What did you have in mind it processing | them | against? (I don't know of any free services where you give them an | address, and they give you back a lat+long) | | Nick
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 05:46:13PM +0000, Nick Burch wrote:
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Markus Linke wrote:
Ok, I have added long/lat (copy+paste from the google link)
You'll need to zoom a long way in, otherwise the google link will probably be for one edge of the screen, not the centre
Whats the easiest way to gather this information?
GPS?
Can't OpenGuides process the address fields?
"process" the address fields? What did you have in mind it processing them against? (I don't know of any free services where you give them an address, and they give you back a lat+long)
Geocoder.us does this for the US. Google and Yahoo offer this for the world, with typical limitations on use. MetaCarta offers a service which will allow you to do this, but the license is non-commercial and the API is not supported.
It's not impossible, but it's not 'Free' in the sense that OpenGuides typically is.
Regards,
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Christopher Schmidt wrote:
Google and Yahoo offer this for the world, with typical limitations on use.
So one option might be to use the API at display time, if google maps is enabled, we have an address, but don't have a lat+long
That way, we don't store (and subsequently try to distribute) the google derived lat+long, but we do can show you a map
Nick
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 11:41:02AM -0600, Markus Linke wrote:
Ok, I have added long/lat (copy+paste from the google link) and I can see the google maps graphics now, but it is about half an hour away from the actual street address. Whats the easiest way to gather this information? Can't OpenGuides process the address fields?
OpenGuides does not process this information, because there is no 'free' datasource for this information for the world. Therefore, any geocoder you use will impose a license restriction on the dataset, which is contrary to what most users of the software are interested in.
There are a number of geocoders available, and some guides have integrated geocoding: The united states is easy, because geocoder.us offers the support you need.
I have a patch to the code that uses GeoCoder.us -- however, there are some issues surrounding using it as a geocoder. The API license states that information retrieved from tat data source is licensed not for commercial use, so if you are interested in a 'free' license without a NC restriction, you would need to purchase access to geocoder.us.
If you are interested in this route or other sources of geocoding, please feel free to respond, and we can work on solving your problem in the short term at least (Where we = 'me', not 'OpenGuides developers' neccesarily) and figure out what restrictions you're willing to accept.
Regards,
| I have a patch to the code that uses GeoCoder.us -- however, there | are | some issues surrounding using it as a geocoder. The API license | states | that information retrieved from tat data source is licensed not for | commercial use, so if you are interested in a 'free' license without | a | NC restriction, you would need to purchase access to geocoder.us. | | If you are interested in this route or other sources of geocoding, | please feel free to respond, and we can work on solving your problem | in
That would be great!
Thanks, Markus
----- Dominic Hargreaves dom@earth.li wrote: | Great! Let us know how you get on or want to be linked in from the | project homepage when you get going.
A link for New York would be excellent! It's installed in its final location, now I only have to add content but that will come over time ... will add some graphics (especially for the header) tonight ...
Hi Markus,
I'm guessing you have a degree of control over your hosting... have you thought about asking for newyork.openguides.org? Dom should be able to set this up for you (or at least ask the right person - paulm?) if it's not a hotly contended name.
Best of luck with the OGNY :D
Tom.
On 03/11/06, Markus Linke markus.linke@linke.de wrote:
----- Dominic Hargreaves dom@earth.li wrote: | Great! Let us know how you get on or want to be linked in from the | project homepage when you get going.
A link for New York would be excellent! It's installed in its final location, now I only have to add content but that will come over time ... will add some graphics (especially for the header) tonight ...
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