Two of the top feature requests for Finetoothcog have been:
- picture uploading
- googlemaps
In November we added funtionality so you could list a picture of your stolen bike with the report.
And now we just launched the stolen bike data on googlemaps
This lists all stolen bikes reported in Portland, Oregon that have valid addresses. A valid address is required so that the long/lat can be determined using an external service
This is a very interesting view of where bikes are stolen in Portland. Mapping this stolen bike data provides alot of insight into:
- Where police should conduct bike sting operations.
- Finding the worst places to lock your bike in Portland.
- Educating yourself on how many bikes are stolen in your hood.
Additionally you can click on a marker and see more information on the bike and even get a link to the full bike listing.
This is an interactive map so you can zoom in, zoom out and move around to really examine the city.
For the Geeks
As you may know Finetoothcog is written in RubyonRails and to integrate googlemaps you need to generate XML.
XML was generated using the Builder which is included in ActiveSupport. Builder makes it easy to produce the required XML for generating the googlemaps.
In order to increase performance caches_page was used however it was discovered that the cached page did not include the correct mime type as was reported on clickable bliss
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Two of the top feature requests for Finetoothcog have been:
- picture uploading
- googlemaps
In November we added funtionality so you could list a picture of your stolen bike with the report.
And now we just launched the stolen bike data on googlemaps
This lists all stolen bikes reported in Portland, Oregon that have valid addresses. A valid address is required so that the long/lat can be determined using an external service
This is a very interesting view of where bikes are stolen in Portland. Mapping this stolen bike data provides alot of insight into:
- Where police should conduct bike sting operations.
- Finding the worst places to lock your bike in Portland.
- Educating yourself on how many bikes are stolen in your hood.
Additionally you can click on a marker and see more information on the bike and even get a link to the full bike listing.
This is an interactive map so you can zoom in, zoom out and move around to really examine the city.
For the Geeks
As you may know Finetoothcog is written in RubyonRails and to integrate googlemaps you need to generate XML.
XML was generated using the Builder which is included in ActiveSupport. Builder makes it easy to produce the required XML for generating the googlemaps.
In order to increase performance caches_page was used however it was discovered that the cached page did not include the correct mime type as was reported on clickable bliss
This entry was posted
on Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 at 12:42 am and is filed under Finetoothcog, Rails.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.
