cfis : Mapping with Ruby and Rails

Comment on Mapping with Ruby and Rails by Hugh Watkins

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:23:05 -0600

I really like http://www.walkingboss.com/ which allows you to upload GPX data from your GPS to create a map, it’s written in Rails.

I did read the Apress book about Google Maps on Rails, I think it’s pretty good but some reviewers pointed out that it’s weak on RJS which is true.

I’m very interested in YM4R, it seems like a nice plug in and I plan on converting my Secret Falls site over to it.

Hugh

Comment on Mapping with Ruby and Rails by Charlie

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:01:44 -0600

Hi Hugh,

Thanks for the links - your site looks great. I just sent you an email via its support link - if you don’t get it, mind dropping me a line at cfis at savagexi dot com?

Comment on Mapping with Ruby and Rails by Scott Becker

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:38:54 -0600

Hi Charlie,

At WeoGeo we’ve been Ruby, Rails, and Amazon Web Services to build an online marketplace for maps. WeoGeo provides map creators an easy way to make their products findable and available for sale over the web.

I’d also point out the excellent GeoKit plugin for rails by Andre Lewis. It extents ActiveRecord with automatic geocoding for models and easy distance calculations. Great stuff.

On the fun side, a couple friends and I recently created RubyBrigade.org - a geographically aware registry of ruby user groups around the world. This was built in a weekend for the RailsRumble contest.

Scott

Comment on Mapping with Ruby and Rails by Charlie

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:45:29 -0600

Hey Scott - Thanks for the excellent links. WEbGeo looks really interesting - I’d love to learn more about it. And GeoKit does look great also.

For MapBuzz, we made something similar - although with tighter integration with GEOS. Anyway, I’ll have to take a closer look at GeoKit.

Nice work on RubyBrigade - any interest in merging it into MapBuzz?

And are you going to Foss4g?

Comment on Mapping with Ruby and Rails by Scott Becker

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:04:57 -0600

I wish I was going to Foss4G - but I’m too busy to get away at the moment. I’ll be checking up and trying to read up on the presentations as they appear on the web afterwards though. :)

For RubyBrigade - we have json for all the brigades (well, we will again once I fix a stupid bug), maybe that could be consumed by MapBuzz?

After the RailsRumble contest is over we’re going to start working on it again and adding more user-group specific features.