Hi Mapstractors, over the past few months I''ve been frustrated by the fact that we occasionally get emails from people who have invested time and energy on playing with mapstraction, only to then realize they played with v1 not v2. The mistake is understandable in that currently http://mapstraction.com/ has loads of links to v1, and very few to v2. it''s easy to overlook. Added to that is the issue that much of the text, example links, etc is outdated, dead, etc. In my opinion it''s a rough first introduction to the project. So..... I asked one of my colleagues - Nomsa Buchholz, to put together a much simpler page. Please see the result here: http://www.opencage.co.uk/mapstraction/ v1 links are still available, but not prominent. Text is simplified and hopefully more maintainable. Please let us know what you think. Unless there is serious objection we''ll submit later this week.
Thanks for taking the initiative on this, Ed. And thank you Nomsa for your contribution. I think we should put it up. On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Ed Freyfogle <edf at sloan.mit.edu> wrote:> Hi Mapstractors, > > over the past few months I''ve been frustrated by the fact that we > occasionally get emails from people who have invested time and energy > on playing with mapstraction, only to then realize they played with v1 > not v2. The mistake is understandable in that currently > http://mapstraction.com/ has loads of links to v1, and very few to v2. > it''s easy to overlook. Added to that is the issue that much of the > text, example links, etc is outdated, dead, etc. In my opinion it''s a > rough first introduction to the project. > > So..... I asked one of my colleagues - Nomsa Buchholz, to put together > a much simpler page. > Please see the result here: http://www.opencage.co.uk/mapstraction/ > > v1 links are still available, but not prominent. Text is simplified > and hopefully more maintainable. > > Please let us know what you think. Unless there is serious objection > we''ll submit later this week. > _______________________________________________ > Mapstraction mailing list > Mapstraction at lists.mapstraction.com > http://lists.mapstraction.com/listinfo.cgi/mapstraction-mapstraction.com >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mapstraction.com/pipermail/mapstraction-mapstraction.com/attachments/20100914/0f6edb4b/attachment.htm>
Great, Ed, definitely an improvement! Some suggestions: The download link to should point to http://github.com/mapstraction/mxn/downloads. Would be nice to have a page linking to other Mapstraction projects/plugins, E.g., the WordPress and Drupal plugins. Perhaps a high level getting started page? The bullets, at least in Safari, need some left margin/padding. Rather than just the link to Twitter, include a simple Twitter widget to show latest Tweets, http://twitter.com/goodies/widgets On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Ed Freyfogle wrote:> Hi Mapstractors, > > over the past few months I''ve been frustrated by the fact that we > occasionally get emails from people who have invested time and energy > on playing with mapstraction, only to then realize they played with v1 > not v2. The mistake is understandable in that currently > http://mapstraction.com/ has loads of links to v1, and very few to v2. > it''s easy to overlook. Added to that is the issue that much of the > text, example links, etc is outdated, dead, etc. In my opinion it''s a > rough first introduction to the project. > > So..... I asked one of my colleagues - Nomsa Buchholz, to put together > a much simpler page. > Please see the result here: http://www.opencage.co.uk/mapstraction/ > > v1 links are still available, but not prominent. Text is simplified > and hopefully more maintainable. > > Please let us know what you think. Unless there is serious objection > we''ll submit later this week.Lev Tsypin _____________________ Level Online Strategy, LLC 503.342.8044 levelos.com | twitter.com/levelos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mapstraction.com/pipermail/mapstraction-mapstraction.com/attachments/20100914/6198c3b2/attachment.htm>
Pablo López Escobés
2010-Sep-14 17:56 UTC
[Mapstraction] proposal for new mapstraction website
Congratulations. Great idea Ed.
I agree to the Lev suggestions
Thanks for your collaborration.
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Saludos,
Pablo L?pez Escob?s
2010/9/14 Lev Tsypin <lev at levelos.com>
> Great, Ed, definitely an improvement! Some suggestions:
>
> - The download link to should point to
> http://github.com/mapstraction/mxn/downloads.
> - Would be nice to have a page linking to other Mapstraction
> projects/plugins, E.g., the WordPress and Drupal plugins.
> - Perhaps a high level getting started page?
> - The bullets, at least in Safari, need some left margin/padding.
> - Rather than just the link to Twitter, include a simple Twitter widget
> to show latest Tweets, http://twitter.com/goodies/widgets
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Ed Freyfogle wrote:
>
> Hi Mapstractors,
>
> over the past few months I''ve been frustrated by the fact that we
> occasionally get emails from people who have invested time and energy
> on playing with mapstraction, only to then realize they played with v1
> not v2. The mistake is understandable in that currently
> http://mapstraction.com/ has loads of links to v1, and very few to v2.
> it''s easy to overlook. Added to that is the issue that much of the
> text, example links, etc is outdated, dead, etc. In my opinion
it''s a
> rough first introduction to the project.
>
> So..... I asked one of my colleagues - Nomsa Buchholz, to put together
> a much simpler page.
> Please see the result here: http://www.opencage.co.uk/mapstraction/
>
> v1 links are still available, but not prominent. Text is simplified
> and hopefully more maintainable.
>
> Please let us know what you think. Unless there is serious objection
> we''ll submit later this week.
>
>
> Lev Tsypin
> _____________________
> Level Online Strategy, LLC
> 503.342.8044
> levelos.com | twitter.com/levelos
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mapstraction mailing list
> Mapstraction at lists.mapstraction.com
> http://lists.mapstraction.com/listinfo.cgi/mapstraction-mapstraction.com
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good feedback. comments inline below 2010/9/14 Lev Tsypin <lev at levelos.com>> Great, Ed, definitely an improvement! Some suggestions: > > - The download link to should point to > http://github.com/mapstraction/mxn/downloads. > - Would be nice to have a page linking to other Mapstraction > projects/plugins, E.g., the WordPress and Drupal plugins. > >great idea, pls send the links, will add.> > - Perhaps a high level getting started page? > >I''m all for it. Feel free to create it ;-)> - The bullets, at least in Safari, need some left margin/padding. > >will work on it> > - Rather than just the link to Twitter, include a simple Twitter widget > to show latest Tweets, http://twitter.com/goodies/widgets > > >On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Ed Freyfogle wrote:> > Hi Mapstractors, > > over the past few months I''ve been frustrated by the fact that we > occasionally get emails from people who have invested time and energy > on playing with mapstraction, only to then realize they played with v1 > not v2. The mistake is understandable in that currently > http://mapstraction.com/ has loads of links to v1, and very few to v2. > it''s easy to overlook. Added to that is the issue that much of the > text, example links, etc is outdated, dead, etc. In my opinion it''s a > rough first introduction to the project. > > So..... I asked one of my colleagues - Nomsa Buchholz, to put together > a much simpler page. > Please see the result here: http://www.opencage.co.uk/mapstraction/ > > v1 links are still available, but not prominent. Text is simplified > and hopefully more maintainable. > > Please let us know what you think. Unless there is serious objection > we''ll submit later this week. > > > Lev Tsypin > _____________________ > Level Online Strategy, LLC > 503.342.8044 > levelos.com | twitter.com/levelos > > > _______________________________________________ > Mapstraction mailing list > Mapstraction at lists.mapstraction.com > http://lists.mapstraction.com/listinfo.cgi/mapstraction-mapstraction.com > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mapstraction.com/pipermail/mapstraction-mapstraction.com/attachments/20100914/ee9ae2a7/attachment-0001.htm>
Hey, Why not use a MediaWiki install? This would allow everyone to help out with the documentation, and result into higher quality content. Cheers -- Jeroen De Dauw * http://blog.bn2vs.com * http://wiki.bn2vs.com Don''t panic. Don''t be evil. 50 72 6F 67 72 61 6D 6D 69 6E 67 20 34 20 6C 69 66 65! -- On 14 September 2010 19:47, Ed Freyfogle <edf at sloan.mit.edu> wrote:> Hi Mapstractors, > > over the past few months I''ve been frustrated by the fact that we > occasionally get emails from people who have invested time and energy > on playing with mapstraction, only to then realize they played with v1 > not v2. The mistake is understandable in that currently > http://mapstraction.com/ has loads of links to v1, and very few to v2. > it''s easy to overlook. Added to that is the issue that much of the > text, example links, etc is outdated, dead, etc. In my opinion it''s a > rough first introduction to the project. > > So..... I asked one of my colleagues - Nomsa Buchholz, to put together > a much simpler page. > Please see the result here: http://www.opencage.co.uk/mapstraction/ > > v1 links are still available, but not prominent. Text is simplified > and hopefully more maintainable. > > Please let us know what you think. Unless there is serious objection > we''ll submit later this week. > _______________________________________________ > Mapstraction mailing list > Mapstraction at lists.mapstraction.com > http://lists.mapstraction.com/listinfo.cgi/mapstraction-mapstraction.com >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mapstraction.com/pipermail/mapstraction-mapstraction.com/attachments/20100914/1a13f847/attachment.htm>
Pablo López Escobés
2010-Sep-14 18:00 UTC
[Mapstraction] proposal for new mapstraction website
Hi!
The links to the drupal modules are:
- Mapstraction: http://drupal.org/project/mapstraction
- Mapstraction CCK: http://drupal.org/project/mapstraction_cck
Great work!!
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Saludos,
Pablo L?pez Escob?s
2010/9/14 Ed Freyfogle <edf at sloan.mit.edu>
> good feedback. comments inline below
>
> 2010/9/14 Lev Tsypin <lev at levelos.com>
>
>> Great, Ed, definitely an improvement! Some suggestions:
>>
>> - The download link to should point to
>> http://github.com/mapstraction/mxn/downloads.
>> - Would be nice to have a page linking to other Mapstraction
>> projects/plugins, E.g., the WordPress and Drupal plugins.
>>
>>
> great idea, pls send the links, will add.
>
>
>
>>
>> - Perhaps a high level getting started page?
>>
>>
> I''m all for it. Feel free to create it ;-)
>
>
>> - The bullets, at least in Safari, need some left margin/padding.
>>
>>
> will work on it
>
>
>>
>> - Rather than just the link to Twitter, include a simple Twitter
>> widget to show latest Tweets, http://twitter.com/goodies/widgets
>>
>>
>>
> On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Ed Freyfogle wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mapstractors,
>>
>> over the past few months I''ve been frustrated by the fact that
we
>> occasionally get emails from people who have invested time and energy
>> on playing with mapstraction, only to then realize they played with v1
>> not v2. The mistake is understandable in that currently
>> http://mapstraction.com/ has loads of links to v1, and very few to v2.
>> it''s easy to overlook. Added to that is the issue that much of
the
>> text, example links, etc is outdated, dead, etc. In my opinion
it''s a
>> rough first introduction to the project.
>>
>> So..... I asked one of my colleagues - Nomsa Buchholz, to put together
>> a much simpler page.
>> Please see the result here: http://www.opencage.co.uk/mapstraction/
>>
>> v1 links are still available, but not prominent. Text is simplified
>> and hopefully more maintainable.
>>
>> Please let us know what you think. Unless there is serious objection
>> we''ll submit later this week.
>>
>>
>> Lev Tsypin
>> _____________________
>> Level Online Strategy, LLC
>> 503.342.8044
>> levelos.com | twitter.com/levelos
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mapstraction mailing list
>> Mapstraction at lists.mapstraction.com
>>
http://lists.mapstraction.com/listinfo.cgi/mapstraction-mapstraction.com
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mapstraction mailing list
> Mapstraction at lists.mapstraction.com
> http://lists.mapstraction.com/listinfo.cgi/mapstraction-mapstraction.com
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On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Ed Freyfogle wrote:> good feedback. comments inline below > > 2010/9/14 Lev Tsypin <lev at levelos.com> > Great, Ed, definitely an improvement! Some suggestions: > The download link to should point to http://github.com/mapstraction/mxn/downloads. > Would be nice to have a page linking to other Mapstraction projects/plugins, E.g., the WordPress and Drupal plugins. > > great idea, pls send the links, will add.Drupal Modules: http://drupal.org/project/mapstraction http://drupal.org/project/mapstraction_cck Wordpress: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/geopress/> > > Perhaps a high level getting started page? > > I''m all for it. Feel free to create it ;-)Afraid that''s not really up my ally :) Lev Tsypin _____________________ Level Online Strategy, LLC 503.342.8044 levelos.com | twitter.com/levelos -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mapstraction.com/pipermail/mapstraction-mapstraction.com/attachments/20100914/93f0c798/attachment.htm>
Hi, thanks for your feedback, glad you all like the page. I will add the links in the next days. concerning the bullets, actually, afaik typographically they should be hanging bullets, see e.g.: http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five-simple-steps-to-better-typography-part-2 :-) about the twitter widget: seeing as the twitter account only has three tweets I''m worried a widget would clutter up the page without really offering a lot of additional value. cheers, nomsa Lev Tsypin wrote:> On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:58 AM, Ed Freyfogle wrote: > >> good feedback. comments inline below >> >> 2010/9/14 Lev Tsypin <lev at levelos.com <mailto:lev at levelos.com>> >> >> Great, Ed, definitely an improvement! Some suggestions: >> >> * The download link to should point to >> http://github.com/mapstraction/mxn/downloads. >> * Would be nice to have a page linking to other Mapstraction >> projects/plugins, E.g., the WordPress and Drupal plugins. >> >> >> great idea, pls send the links, will add. > > Drupal Modules: > http://drupal.org/project/mapstraction > http://drupal.org/project/mapstraction_cck > > Wordpress: > http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/geopress/ > >> >> * Perhaps a high level getting started page? >> >> >> I''m all for it. Feel free to create it ;-) > > Afraid that''s not really up my ally :) > > Lev Tsypin > _____________________ > Level Online Strategy, LLC > 503.342.8044 > levelos.com <http://levelos.com> | twitter.com/levelos > <http://twitter.com/levelos>-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.mapstraction.com/pipermail/mapstraction-mapstraction.com/attachments/20100915/c93ff237/attachment.htm>
FYI I just submitted a pull request in git with the changes. Not clear to me how it now actually gets onto the server. Andrew? 2010/9/14 Ed Freyfogle <edf at sloan.mit.edu>:> Hi Mapstractors, > > over the past few months I''ve been frustrated by the fact that we > occasionally get emails from people who have invested time and energy > on playing with mapstraction, only to then realize they played with v1 > not v2. The mistake is understandable in that currently > http://mapstraction.com/ has loads of links to v1, and very few to v2. > it''s easy to overlook. Added to that is the issue that much of the > text, example links, etc is outdated, dead, etc. In my opinion it''s a > rough first introduction to the project. > > So..... I asked one of my colleagues - Nomsa Buchholz, to put together > a much simpler page. > Please see the result here: http://www.opencage.co.uk/mapstraction/ > > v1 links are still available, but not prominent. Text is simplified > and hopefully more maintainable. > > Please let us know what you think. Unless there is serious objection > we''ll submit later this week. >