Archive for November, 2008

Mapanui v1

Friday, November 28th, 2008

It’s been about a year since I started at Mapanui, in its current form, so I’d like to take it out of beta and into a v1. It’s still a first version, so it’s far from perfect. I’ve got some minor updates planned, a bit of tweaking (Google Ajax api loading) and optimization, some additional functionality (local search), some major enhancements later on.

A v2 is also in the back of my head, but for that I might need the help of others. Thinking of ways to extend Mapanui with extra, external data, as noted on my Ignite Spatial/Barcamp presentation. If you’re interested, get in touch!

Then there’s still the idea of doing an open source bookmarklets framework, which adds extra functionality cross-browser/cross-platform, kindof like IE8 Accelerators or Oomph in the browser.

If only a day would have more hours…

Ignite Spatial Presentation Video

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

The Ignite Spatial preso video was put online at YouTube. It is kind of dark though.

It was a really hard presentation format to do, 15 sec per slide. I kind of messed it up at the beginning and at the end, but looking back at it, the main content was alright.

Fixed and improved: Google Maps link and others

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Fixed: oversight where the Google Maps link in the info tabs would just send you to Google Maps, without the coordinates. Added the coordinates so Google Maps will show you the Mapanui location too.

Fixed: the height of the maps container to equal height of the iframe.

Improved: load JavaScript after showing “Loading Mapanui…” text. Else it would take a while before the iframe showed anything. Added loading animation eye candy.

Improved: use dropdown element for map type selection to preserve screen real estate.

Improved: as requested, different zoom level based on search including the street name. More zoomed in when it is included, less zoom when not included.

Am looking into adding Google Local Search, which ads 65KB. Though the Mapanui pane itself is pretty small to display the extra info.

WSG’s Some links for light reading (18/11/08)

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Mapanui made it into the weekly Web Standards Group’s “Links for light reading” of November 18.

Max Design – Some links for light reading (18/11/08)

Presentation at Barcamp Sydney 4

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Today I repeated my Ignite Spatial presentation at Barcamp Sydney 4.

Lots of positive feedback!

At Ignite Spatial

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Tonight I’ll present Mapanui in 5 minutes, Ignite style: 20 slides, 15 seconds per slide.

Come say hi at Ignite Spatial.

Edit: Hmmm, not too happy with my presentation, that’s pretty hard, needed more practice.
Anyway, here’s the presentation at Slideshare:

Mapanui at Ignite Spatial

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: mapplet javascript)