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Flagship GeoMapping Framework
RCOS - Summer 2010Brian Michalski http://github.com/bamnet/flagship_geo
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Why?
•Digital maps are everywhere.
•No open framework to build custom maps. People:
a)plugin to existing CMS’s (Drupal, MediaWiki, etc.)
b)write once-off custom applications.
•^^ Data rarely available in a “standards-based” format.
RCOS - Summer 2010Brian Michalski http://github.com/bamnet/flagship_geo
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What?
RCOS - Summer 2010Brian Michalski http://github.com/bamnet/flagship_geo
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How?
•Ruby on Rails 3 (currently developing against beta3)
•Database agnostic (strict ActiveRecord)
•Mapstraction (Javascript mapping abstraction library)
•HTML 5
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When?June:
Develop Map Builder (single output [Google Maps])Expand Rails HTML 5 support
July:Output to multiple map frameworksImplement file-based output formats (KML, geoRSS, RDF?)
August:Tie up loose endsFinish testing / documentationDeploy @ RPI
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Questions?
RCOS - Summer 2010Brian Michalski http://github.com/bamnet/flagship_geo