Rails - Jun 2008 - dynamic map/image showing property rental availability

I''m working on a rails app for a campground that rents cabins and
tenting spots.  I''d like to show a map or image of their property with
cabin icons or boxes or something that change color based on whether or
not they''re rented.

Does anyone know how to do anything like this?  Or even what to search
for to find out more information about this type of thing?  I tried
''dynamic maps'', but I''m just getting Google map
mashup stuff.

Please help!
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It sounds really awesome.  I too am working on a project with features
such as this.  I''m not sure what the BEST approach would be but if I
were going to take on something like this I would probably take the
map or image and slice it into smaller images.  A database driven
system would be awesome.  However I''m not sure what the best approach
would be via ror.  I''m interested in this too.  Keep in touch.

Ed

On Jun 2, 2:32 pm, Denise Robinson
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wrote:
> I''m working on a rails app for a campground that rents cabins and
> tenting spots.  I''d like to show a map or image of their property
with
> cabin icons or boxes or something that change color based on whether or
> not they''re rented.
>
> Does anyone know how to do anything like this?  Or even what to search
> for to find out more information about this type of thing?  I tried
> ''dynamic maps'', but I''m just getting Google map
mashup stuff.
>
> Please help!
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I''m interested in this too.  I''m sure it involves some
database
connectivity and a sliced up image.  Let me know what you come up
with.

Ed

On Jun 2, 2:32 pm, Denise Robinson
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wrote:
> I''m working on a rails app for a campground that rents cabins and
> tenting spots.  I''d like to show a map or image of their property
with
> cabin icons or boxes or something that change color based on whether or
> not they''re rented.
>
> Does anyone know how to do anything like this?  Or even what to search
> for to find out more information about this type of thing?  I tried
> ''dynamic maps'', but I''m just getting Google map
mashup stuff.
>
> Please help!
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How about Layers on top of a map indicating the locations of rentals?

On Jun 2, 2:32 pm, Denise Robinson
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wrote:
> I''m working on a rails app for a campground that rents cabins and
> tenting spots.  I''d like to show a map or image of their property
with
> cabin icons or boxes or something that change color based on whether or
> not they''re rented.
>
> Does anyone know how to do anything like this?  Or even what to search
> for to find out more information about this type of thing?  I tried
> ''dynamic maps'', but I''m just getting Google map
mashup stuff.
>
> Please help!
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Denise Robinson wrote:
> I''m working on a rails app for a campground that rents cabins and
> tenting spots.  I''d like to show a map or image of their property
with
> cabin icons or boxes or something that change color based on whether or
> not they''re rented.
> 
> Does anyone know how to do anything like this?  Or even what to search
> for to find out more information about this type of thing?  I tried
> ''dynamic maps'', but I''m just getting Google map
mashup stuff.
> 
> Please help!
Use a flat image of their campground as the background image of the main 
content div on the page. Then place images of cabins on top of that, 
using CSS to position them correctly on the map. The image you display 
will be either the "not rented" image or the "rented image"
depending on
the data you feed it. You could wrap the images in <a> tags to make them 
clickable to some page of information.

Just off the top of my head, I''m no css expert, but I think something 
along the lines of ...

views
campground.html.erb
<div id="campground">
 <%= render :partial => ''cabin_image'', :collection =>
@cabins %>
</div>

_cabin_image.html.erb
<%= cabin_image.rented? ? image_tag("cabin-rented", :class => 
"cabin#{cabin_image_counter}") :
image_tag("cabin-not-rented", :class =>
"cabin#{cabin_image_counter}") %>

controller should populate @cabins

cabin model should have
def rented?
 blah
end

css stylesheet should have
div#campground {
 position: relative;
 background-image: url(''images/campground_map'');
}

img.cabin1 {
 position: absolute;
 top: blah;
 left: blah;
}

img.cabin2 {
 position: absolute;
 top: blah;
 left: blah;
}
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That was very helpful!  In my situation I''m probably going to be using
a state map with counties and a pop up layer as you hover the county.
This was my thinking with it as well.  What do you think for my
application?

On Jun 2, 5:36 pm, Cayce Balara
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wrote:
> Denise Robinson wrote:
> > I''m working on a rails app for a campground that rents cabins
and
> > tenting spots.  I''d like to show a map or image of their
property with
> > cabin icons or boxes or something that change color based on whether
or
> > not they''re rented.
>
> > Does anyone know how to do anything like this?  Or even what to search
> > for to find out more information about this type of thing?  I tried
> > ''dynamic maps'', but I''m just getting Google
map mashup stuff.
>
> > Please help!
>
> Use a flat image of their campground as the background image of the main
> content div on the page. Then place images of cabins on top of that,
> using CSS to position them correctly on the map. The image you display
> will be either the "not rented" image or the "rented
image" depending on
> the data you feed it. You could wrap the images in <a> tags to make
them
> clickable to some page of information.
>
> Just off the top of my head, I''m no css expert, but I think
something
> along the lines of ...
>
> views
> campground.html.erb
> <div id="campground">
>  <%= render :partial => ''cabin_image'', :collection
=> @cabins %>
> </div>
>
> _cabin_image.html.erb
> <%= cabin_image.rented? ? image_tag("cabin-rented", :class
=>
> "cabin#{cabin_image_counter}") :
image_tag("cabin-not-rented", :class =>
> "cabin#{cabin_image_counter}") %>
>
> controller should populate @cabins
>
> cabin model should have
> def rented?
>  blah
> end
>
> css stylesheet should have
> div#campground {
>  position: relative;
>  background-image: url(''images/campground_map'');
>
> }
>
> img.cabin1 {
>  position: absolute;
>  top: blah;
>  left: blah;
>
> }
>
> img.cabin2 {
>  position: absolute;
>  top: blah;
>  left: blah;}
>
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Eddie Sherman wrote:
> That was very helpful!  In my situation I''m probably going to be
using
> a state map with counties and a pop up layer as you hover the county.
> This was my thinking with it as well.  What do you think for my
> application?
> 
> On Jun 2, 5:36�pm, Cayce Balara
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
Everything in CSS is a block so county maps with irregular shapes become 
a bit more difficult. You could use image maps 
(http://www.wickham43.supanet.com/tutorial/imagemaps.html) to get it 
just perfect, but what a load of work that is gonna be (mapping out all 
the coords).

Instead, personally, I would go for a small hoverable icon or text link 
in the middle of each county and when the user hovers that a nice AJAX-y 
popup comes up in the shape of the county or something with add''l info.
Just a personal preference but I avoid imagemaps unless I absolutely 
have to use them.
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Eddie,
You might want to look at google maps for that.  I''ve heard that you
can
do a lot of groovy things with the api, but it didn''t really apply to
my
issue.


Cayce,
Thanks so much for the specifics.  This is a completely new puzzle for 
me.  The details in your post will help a lot.

Denise
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Why are you averse to using google maps (look for the ym4r plugin)?

1) You get accurate maps, directions, your clients can search for
restaurants and other stuff near the campsites, etc.  Basically you
get a ton of features for free.
2) Use different colored pins and icons to indicate taken/available
campsites.
3) You get little pop-up dialogs with more information about each site
that you can control.

You can even mark hiking trails, all kinds of stuff.

On Jun 2, 6:31 pm, Eddie Sherman
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wrote:
> That was very helpful!  In my situation I''m probably going to be
using
> a state map with counties and a pop up layer as you hover the county.
> This was my thinking with it as well.  What do you think for my
> application?
>
> On Jun 2, 5:36 pm, Cayce Balara
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Denise Robinson wrote:
> > > I''m working on a rails app for a campground that rents
cabins and
> > > tenting spots.  I''d like to show a map or image of their
property with
> > > cabin icons or boxes or something that change color based on
whether or
> > > not they''re rented.
>
> > > Does anyone know how to do anything like this?  Or even what to
search
> > > for to find out more information about this type of thing?  I
tried
> > > ''dynamic maps'', but I''m just getting
Google map mashup stuff.
>
> > > Please help!
>
> > Use a flat image of their campground as the background image of the
main
> > content div on the page. Then place images of cabins on top of that,
> > using CSS to position them correctly on the map. The image you display
> > will be either the "not rented" image or the "rented
image" depending on
> > the data you feed it. You could wrap the images in <a> tags to
make them
> > clickable to some page of information.
>
> > Just off the top of my head, I''m no css expert, but I think
something
> > along the lines of ...
>
> > views
> > campground.html.erb
> > <div id="campground">
> >  <%= render :partial => ''cabin_image'',
:collection => @cabins %>
> > </div>
>
> > _cabin_image.html.erb
> > <%= cabin_image.rented? ? image_tag("cabin-rented",
:class =>
> > "cabin#{cabin_image_counter}") :
image_tag("cabin-not-rented", :class =>
> > "cabin#{cabin_image_counter}") %>
>
> > controller should populate @cabins
>
> > cabin model should have
> > def rented?
> >  blah
> > end
>
> > css stylesheet should have
> > div#campground {
> >  position: relative;
> >  background-image: url(''images/campground_map'');
>
> > }
>
> > img.cabin1 {
> >  position: absolute;
> >  top: blah;
> >  left: blah;
>
> > }
>
> > img.cabin2 {
> >  position: absolute;
> >  top: blah;
> >  left: blah;}
>
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Definitely not adverse, but I don''t think it will work for this case. 
This is a single camground - not multiple locations.  It''s one big 
wooded area out in the middle of nowhere.  One address separated into 
lots of individual slices by the owners.

Am I wrong?  Would google maps still be a good solution?

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While it may workfor what I am looking to do (a directory of an entire
state and all counties), it probably wouldn''t work for Denises
application.  I am envisioning something like the Disney World iPhone
web app for this situation... http://www.wdwpinpoint.com/iphone/mk/index.jsp

On Jun 3, 10:44 am, Denise Robinson
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wrote:
> Definitely not adverse, but I don''t think it will work for this
case.
> This is a single camground - not multiple locations.  It''s one big
> wooded area out in the middle of nowhere.  One address separated into
> lots of individual slices by the owners.
>
> Am I wrong?  Would google maps still be a good solution?
>
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Denise Robinson wrote:
> Definitely not adverse, but I don''t think it will work for this
case.
> This is a single camground - not multiple locations.  It''s one big
> wooded area out in the middle of nowhere.  One address separated into 
> lots of individual slices by the owners.
> 
> Am I wrong?  Would google maps still be a good solution?
No I think you''re right on for your app - Google maps not really 
applicable.
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I created something similar (not online now) to show exhibit booths for a
conference floor plan.

The original map was created in Illustrator with each booth as an image map
area. The resulting html was used to create the left, top, height, and width
(this is not exactly how it came out of illustrator). Most booths were
squares.

There was a special layout template that had a background image of the map
with all the booths removed.

The code below drew a block over each booth with a colored div. I am sure it
could be done cleaner but this did work in Firefox (not cross browser
tested).

<% for booth in @booths %>

<a href="http://<%=booth.organization.hyperlink%>"
title="Booth
<%=booth.number%> - <%=booth.organization.firm_name%>">

<div style="position:absolute; left:<%=booth.left%>px;
top:<%=booth.top%>px;
width:<%=booth.width%>px; height:<%=booth.height%>px;
background-color:
<%=booth.color%>">

<p></p>

</div></a>
<%end%>

Sunny

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Eddie Sherman
<eddie.sherman-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
> While it may workfor what I am looking to do (a directory of an entire
> state and all counties), it probably wouldn''t work for Denises
> application.  I am envisioning something like the Disney World iPhone
> web app for this situation...
> http://www.wdwpinpoint.com/iphone/mk/index.jsp
>
> On Jun 3, 10:44 am, Denise Robinson
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > Definitely not adverse, but I don''t think it will work for
this case.
> > This is a single camground - not multiple locations.  It''s
one big
> > wooded area out in the middle of nowhere.  One address separated into
> > lots of individual slices by the owners.
> >
> > Am I wrong?  Would google maps still be a good solution?
> >
> > --
> > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >
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Are any of your examples online to view?  Thanks, Eddie

On Jun 3, 1:29 pm, "Sunny Beach"
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wrote:
> I created something similar (not online now) to show exhibit booths for a
> conference floor plan.
>
> The original map was created in Illustrator with each booth as an image map
> area. The resulting html was used to create the left, top, height, and
width
> (this is not exactly how it came out of illustrator). Most booths were
> squares.
>
> There was a special layout template that had a background image of the map
> with all the booths removed.
>
> The code below drew a block over each booth with a colored div. I am sure
it
> could be done cleaner but this did work in Firefox (not cross browser
> tested).
>
> <% for booth in @booths %>
>
> <a href="http://<%=booth.organization.hyperlink%>"
title="Booth
> <%=booth.number%> - <%=booth.organization.firm_name%>">
>
> <div style="position:absolute; left:<%=booth.left%>px;
top:<%=booth.top%>px;
> width:<%=booth.width%>px; height:<%=booth.height%>px;
background-color:
> <%=booth.color%>">
>
> <p></p>
>
> </div></a>
> <%end%>
>
> Sunny
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Eddie Sherman
<eddie.sher...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > While it may workfor what I am looking to do (a directory of an entire
> > state and all counties), it probably wouldn''t work for
Denises
> > application.  I am envisioning something like the Disney World iPhone
> > web app for this situation...
> >http://www.wdwpinpoint.com/iphone/mk/index.jsp
>
> > On Jun 3, 10:44 am, Denise Robinson
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> > wrote:
> > > Definitely not adverse, but I don''t think it will work
for this case.
> > > This is a single camground - not multiple locations.
 It''s one big
> > > wooded area out in the middle of nowhere.  One address separated
into
> > > lots of individual slices by the owners.
>
> > > Am I wrong?  Would google maps still be a good solution?
>
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