Out-of-the-box Web2.0/Google Maps?
December 4, 2005 12:34 PM Subscribe
After checking out the latest Google Maps API/Web2.0 deal, and making a map which hits on an obscure piece of local history, I got to wondering: Are there any more-or-less out-of-the-box packages for making a site such as that one, so people who don't know how to code can create interesting usages of this sort of technology themselves?
Response by poster: Sorry, I was unclear in my cafeeine-deprived haze. I mean some sort of package for people to host their own such Web apps, rather than existing sites you simply make use of.
posted by theonetruebix at 1:40 PM on December 4, 2005
posted by theonetruebix at 1:40 PM on December 4, 2005
It's stupid-simple to plot routes in GMaps. Take a look at the HTML source for the map I did for the Rendezvous course (ref) if you want to see just how easy.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 1:40 PM on December 4, 2005
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 1:40 PM on December 4, 2005
Sorry, thought you meant you wanted to know how to code GMaps.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 1:41 PM on December 4, 2005
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 1:41 PM on December 4, 2005
Response by poster: I'm still not sure what you're looking for.
I want to know if this whole Web2.0/GoogleMapAPI craze has reached the point where someone has produced a package to do it that someone can deploy on their own server, rather than having to just make use of other people's services (such as Wayfarer or Frappr, or whatever).
posted by theonetruebix at 6:05 PM on December 4, 2005
I want to know if this whole Web2.0/GoogleMapAPI craze has reached the point where someone has produced a package to do it that someone can deploy on their own server, rather than having to just make use of other people's services (such as Wayfarer or Frappr, or whatever).
posted by theonetruebix at 6:05 PM on December 4, 2005
A "package"? Again, I don't understand. You can use XMLHTTPRequest (the foundation of AJAX) right now. Heck, you could use it five years ago. Many people have been. You can use it on your own server. Do you have any experience programming or even coding, or are you looking for a way to use this technology with Yes!-you-too-can-build-it-yourself Frontpage-like web creation programs?
Step away from the buzzwords for a second and tell us just what exactly you'd like to do. Specifically.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:44 PM on December 5, 2005
Step away from the buzzwords for a second and tell us just what exactly you'd like to do. Specifically.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 3:44 PM on December 5, 2005
Since your original question specified "people who don't know how to code," I'm guessing the answer is no, there's no prefab package available for creating sites like this without doing some of the coding yourself. At least, I don't know of any "FrontPage for GoogleMaps" type stuff out there, which is what it sounds like you're looking for.
posted by Gator at 6:09 PM on December 5, 2005
posted by Gator at 6:09 PM on December 5, 2005
From their website:
"Ning is a free online service (or, as we like to call it, a Playground) for building social applications"
posted by davem at 6:40 PM on December 5, 2005
"Ning is a free online service (or, as we like to call it, a Playground) for building social applications"
posted by davem at 6:40 PM on December 5, 2005
Response by poster: I'm not talking about not having to wade into the XHTML/CSS of it. I'm taking about the coding of the actual generation of maps and allowing people to login and create their own.
I'm being cagey about specifics because I don't want to go into the details of the project I'm considering. But it would require (to over-simplify it), doing in essence what Wayfaring is doing -- except I can't do it through them or anyone else, I'd need to be doing it off my own server.
The coding issue isn't about not being able to install, configure, customize, etc. It's about not having the knowledge to code the actual application parts of the equation -- meaning, users logging in and creating maps.
I just wasn't sure whether or not all of this had reached the point in its hype cycle where we'd gone beyond "you need to know how to code it yourself" to "here, have a package from Sourceforge" (or wherever).
posted by theonetruebix at 12:33 PM on December 8, 2005
I'm being cagey about specifics because I don't want to go into the details of the project I'm considering. But it would require (to over-simplify it), doing in essence what Wayfaring is doing -- except I can't do it through them or anyone else, I'd need to be doing it off my own server.
The coding issue isn't about not being able to install, configure, customize, etc. It's about not having the knowledge to code the actual application parts of the equation -- meaning, users logging in and creating maps.
I just wasn't sure whether or not all of this had reached the point in its hype cycle where we'd gone beyond "you need to know how to code it yourself" to "here, have a package from Sourceforge" (or wherever).
posted by theonetruebix at 12:33 PM on December 8, 2005
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posted by nitsuj at 12:48 PM on December 4, 2005