I''ve been looking for any modules/tools that are available for using the google maps api in rails. I found a couple of quick examples, but not much more. If anyone knows of good sites that cover using google maps api in rails please post it here:) Chris
On Jul 3, 2006, at 4:13 AM, snacktime wrote:> I''ve been looking for any modules/tools that are available for using > the google maps api in rails. I found a couple of quick examples, but > not much more. If anyone knows of good sites that cover using google > maps api in rails please post it here:)http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Cartographer+Plugin You may want to update the plugin if you end up using it. Warren Brian Noronha
What are you trying to do? I went with Cartographer for a while, but it really wasn''t quite what I needed. In the end it turned I could go mostly with javascript code. Stephan snacktime wrote:> I''ve been looking for any modules/tools that are available for using > the google maps api in rails. I found a couple of quick examples, but > not much more. If anyone knows of good sites that cover using google > maps api in rails please post it here:) > > Chris-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On 7/2/06, Stephan Wehner <stephan@buckmaster.ca> wrote:> What are you trying to do? I went with Cartographer for a while, but it > really > wasn''t quite what I needed. In the end it turned I could go mostly with > javascript code.It''s for a web site where people can do a proximity search for doctors within X miles of their home. The search is in postgresql, then once we have all the points we want to display a map centered on the house with an icon overlay for each doctor. We also need driving directions. I like the google maps better than mapquest, but google doesn''t have driving directions and mapquest does. So if it''s not too much work we will use google for the maps and mapquest for driving directions. If anyone has done something similar I''d appreciate any feedback. This is for a client site and I''d like to get it all working within a couple of months.
Couple of months should be plenty and you can do this with Cartographer. What about the ads that Google wants to display with the maps at some point? I wanted to avoid redrawing/reloading the map all the time. So I assembled my own javascript to control the markers, which gets used by server responses (Ajax). Stephan snacktime wrote:> On 7/2/06, Stephan Wehner <stephan@buckmaster.ca> wrote: >> What are you trying to do? I went with Cartographer for a while, but it >> really >> wasn''t quite what I needed. In the end it turned I could go mostly with >> javascript code. > > It''s for a web site where people can do a proximity search for doctors > within X miles of their home. The search is in postgresql, then once > we have all the points we want to display a map centered on the house > with an icon overlay for each doctor. We also need driving > directions. I like the google maps better than mapquest, but google > doesn''t have driving directions and mapquest does. So if it''s not too > much work we will use google for the maps and mapquest for driving > directions. > > If anyone has done something similar I''d appreciate any feedback. > This is for a client site and I''d like to get it all working within a > couple of months.-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
On 03/07/06, Stephan Wehner <stephan@buckmaster.ca> wrote:> What about the ads that Google wants to display with the maps at some > point?I thought the situation was that they reserve the right to put ads with the maps, but don''t plan to. -Nathan
On 7/2/06, Stephan Wehner <stephan@buckmaster.ca> wrote:> Couple of months should be plenty and you can do this with Cartographer. > > What about the ads that Google wants to display with the maps at some > point? >When they do that, hopefully they will have a commercial version without ads that''s cost effective.
On Jul 2, 2006, at 6:43 PM, snacktime wrote:> I''ve been looking for any modules/tools that are available for using > the google maps api in rails. I found a couple of quick examples, but > not much more. If anyone knows of good sites that cover using google > maps api in rails please post it here:)You may want to check out the ym4r gem. http://thepochisuperstarmegashow.com/projects/#ym4r I switched my app to that from Cartographer recently. --Wade
hi, how I can obtain the coordinates when I do click in the map? thanks, 2006/7/2, H. Wade Minter <minter@lunenburg.org>:> > > On Jul 2, 2006, at 6:43 PM, snacktime wrote: > > > I''ve been looking for any modules/tools that are available for using > > the google maps api in rails. I found a couple of quick examples, but > > not much more. If anyone knows of good sites that cover using google > > maps api in rails please post it here:) > > You may want to check out the ym4r gem. > > http://thepochisuperstarmegashow.com/projects/#ym4r > > I switched my app to that from Cartographer recently. > > --Wade > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Juan Pablo Re. blog: http://ururails.wordpress.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060704/eeae0e8c/attachment.html
THis should help: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/index.html#Event_Listeners On 04/07/06, Juan Pablo <juanpare@gmail.com> wrote:> > hi, how I can obtain the coordinates when I do click in the map? > > thanks, > > 2006/7/2, H. Wade Minter <minter@lunenburg.org>: > > > > > On Jul 2, 2006, at 6:43 PM, snacktime wrote: > > > > > I''ve been looking for any modules/tools that are available for using > > > the google maps api in rails. I found a couple of quick examples, but > > > not much more. If anyone knows of good sites that cover using google > > > maps api in rails please post it here:) > > > > You may want to check out the ym4r gem. > > > > http://thepochisuperstarmegashow.com/projects/#ym4r > > > > I switched my app to that from Cartographer recently. > > > > --Wade > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > > -- > Juan Pablo Re. > blog: http://ururails.wordpress.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060704/de5a91e1/attachment.html
I think you can get a Google Maps In a Box now... http://www.google.com/enterprise/maps/ On 03/07/06, snacktime <snacktime@gmail.com> wrote:> > On 7/2/06, Stephan Wehner <stephan@buckmaster.ca> wrote: > > Couple of months should be plenty and you can do this with Cartographer. > > > > What about the ads that Google wants to display with the maps at some > > point? > > > > When they do that, hopefully they will have a commercial version > without ads that''s cost effective. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060704/19406afb/attachment.html
hi again, how I can obtain the coordinates when I do click in the map but using ym4r? thanks 2006/7/4, Geoff Hopson <geoff.hopson@gmail.com>:> > I think you can get a Google Maps In a Box now... > > http://www.google.com/enterprise/maps/ > > > > On 03/07/06, snacktime <snacktime@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 7/2/06, Stephan Wehner <stephan@buckmaster.ca> wrote: > > > Couple of months should be plenty and you can do this with > > Cartographer. > > > > > > What about the ads that Google wants to display with the maps at some > > > point? > > > > > > > When they do that, hopefully they will have a commercial version > > without ads that''s cost effective. > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >-- Juan Pablo Re. blog: http://ururails.wordpress.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060705/7d462fc5/attachment.html