Hey guys. I''ve been trying to figure out where in my app this functionality should go, but I''m really not sure. Any suggestions? 1) A map can be created for a Neighbourhood or Property. 2) A map has zero or more markers. 3) A marker contains HTML formatted from a template, using a Property''s attributes. #1 means that the map functionality should be separate from Neighbourhoods and Properties, otherwise it won''t be DRY. IMO, this suggests that I should create a map model, or put the mapping functionality in a module in lib/ . #3 is related to views. The marker HTML template could go in a: -view helper. However, only views have access to view helpers, so the helper would only be accessible from the view. This would require putting business logic into the view. Ew. -partial. The Neighbourhood and Property controllers could then use #render_to_string to generate each marker''s contents. I don''t believe it''s possible [without an ugly kludge, at least] to get a model to call #render_to_string . My current line of thinking is: -Create a ''map'' model. -Put the map marker HTML template in a partial. -The Neighbourhood and Property controllers create a map instance. -The Neighbourhood and Property controllers add map markers. -Addng map markers calls #render_to_string to generate a marker''s contents. However, I feel like the Neighbourhood and Property models should be creating the map instance and adding markers. Any suggestions? I''m all ears! -Nick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---