[tpm] some volunteer help this weekend for TPF? re: Google maps creation

[Adam Prime]

Some of the European workshops move around, do you want all the 
locations (or as many as i can find anyway?).  The french and nordic 
workshops have definitely occurred in multiple cities.

Adam


Richard Dice wrote:
> Thanks, that's huge.
> 
> Cheers,
>  - Richard
> 
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Adam Prime <adam.prime at utoronto.ca 
> <mailto:adam.prime at utoronto.ca>> wrote:
> 
>     I'll compile the locations, names and lat/long.
> 
>     Adam
> 
>     Richard Dice wrote:
>      > Thanks, Seneca!
>      >
>      > To the degree that it is a programming job it's a Javascript
>     programming
>      > job.  And not even much of that.  More a javascript
>      > copy/paste/minor-edit job.
>      >
>      > You need to have a server to host this on in order to tap into the
>      > Google Maps API, and you need to register a user key that ties to
>     your
>      > web host with Google in order to use the API.
>      >
>      > Then, the job becomes -
>      >
>      >     * create a bone simple web page
>      >     * put the javascript block in it that creates a basic google map
>      >       (their online docs are really good to give you a starter)
>      >     * figure out how to put one push-pin into it
>      >     * figure out how to put many push-pins into it and modify their
>      >       attributes for colour, labels, etc.
>      >
>      > I went from zero to knowing how to do the above in about 3 hours
>     when I
>      > did this last year.  If you've done it before then getting
>      > re-familiarized with it is going to take a lot less.
>      >
>      > That's 1/2 of the job.  The other 1/2 is just digging around online
>      > through the world of Perl lore re: what Perl conferences there
>     have been
>      > and where they were on what given year.  And then translating
>     that into
>      > lat/long for Google Maps push-pins.
>      >
>      > Cheers,
>      >  - Richard
>      >
>      > On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 11:37 AM, Seneca Cunningham
>     <tentra at gmail.com <mailto:tentra at gmail.com>
>      > <mailto:tentra at gmail.com <mailto:tentra at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     On 29/03/2008, Richard Dice <rdice at pobox.com
>     <mailto:rdice at pobox.com>
>      >     <mailto:rdice at pobox.com <mailto:rdice at pobox.com>>> wrote:
>      >      > Hi everyone,
>      >      >
>      >      > I'm doing a big sponsorship meeting for TPF this coming
>     week and
>      >     so I'm
>      >      > spending the weekend in prep for it.  I could really use some
>      >     help in the
>      >      > creation of material to go into it.
>      >      >
>      >      > I have an idea for some slides I'd like to include.
>      Basically,
>      >     some Google
>      >      > Maps, showing:
>      >
>      >     [map details]
>      >
>      >      > This map should show the Map 1 and Map 2 pushpins as well. If
>      >     anyone out
>      >      > there is able to help out on such short notice please give a
>      >     shout-out here!
>      >
>      >     It's been a while since I last poked at this sort of stuff,
>     but I'll
>      >     see what I can do.
>      >
>      >     --
>      >     Seneca Cunningham
>      >     <tentra at gmail.com <mailto:tentra at gmail.com>
>     <mailto:tentra at gmail.com <mailto:tentra at gmail.com>>>
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