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help / color / mirror / Atom feedFrom: Claire McLister <[email protected]>
To: Robert Treat <[email protected]>
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Cc: Marc G. Fournier <[email protected]>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnulf Christl <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL User Map
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 15:15:45 -0800
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I think our emails may have crossed. We do have the email list soln.,
with the email->ip->geocordinates thing all worked out.
So, if you want to go with Google maps, I'd be happy to help out.
Claire
http://www.zeemaps.com
On Mar 2, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Robert Treat wrote:
> FWIW I was just dusting off my google maps code about two nights
> ago. After
> looking over a bunch of things I was planning to just go with my
> original
> scheme which was integrating a google maps interface into the
> postgresql
> website. I tend to favor this over the different external
> solutions we have
> seen, and even though its not postgis based, which I know a lot of
> people
> would like, it's not like it's an anti-postgresql oriented
> solution, and we
> don't really need to have that much complexity in there, at least not
> initially; we can do developers, support companies and sponsors all
> with out
> it. The one idea I have seen that was really slick was the tagging
> of the
> email lists onto a map, and even this could probably be done using
> google
> maps if we can get the ip->geocoordinate mapping worked out.
>
> Hmm.. all that said there is one thing I needed to test before I
> could commit
> what I have now. If there aren't any objections I'll proceed with
> that plan.
>
> On Thursday 02 March 2006 17:26, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>> On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> [ CC to www list.]
>>>
>>> I am thinking we need to do something automated with the existing
>>> email
>>> lists. It seems self-registration isn't working or isn't prominent
>>> enough.
>>
>> Huh? Trying to put this is context with what is below, and can't
>> see how
>> they relate :(
>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> -----
>>> --
>>>
>>> Arnulf Christl wrote:
>>>> Hey,
>>>> I didn't want to spam lists with this issue again, sorry to go
>>>> at you
>>>> directly.
>>>>
>>>> This thing is up now for some time but it seems as if no one is
>>>> really
>>>> seeing or even using it. We are still committed to what we said
>>>> and I
>>>> dunno - maybe you are still interested?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mapbender.org/index.php/PostgreSQL_User_Map
>>>>
>>>> In the meantime major things have been going on in the Geospatial
>>>> community and as we are strong promoters of PostgreSQL we have
>>>> made sure
>>>> that PG will be one of the core components of the newly
>>>> announced Open
>>>> Source Geospatial Foundation. Read more about what has been
>>>> going on
>>>> here: http://www.osgeo.org/
>>>>
>>>> We are planning to set up an Open Source geospatial infrastructure
>>>> software stack and it will contain a PostgreSQL PostGIS engine as
>>>> database core. I could imagine that you would be interested in
>>>> having
>>>> your user map hosted there for a starter, it would mean that you
>>>> do not
>>>> have to do anything in the sense of installing or maintaining the
>>>> software, just link it and be happy. The close linkage to the
>>>> Mapbender
>>>> project would also be loosened - if that would have been any
>>>> kinf of
>>>> problem.
>>>>
>>>> I did not discuss anything of this with the board of directors
>>>> yet but I
>>>> would if you say that this might be interesting to you.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Arnulf Christl.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us
>>> SRA OSS, Inc. http://www.sraoss.com
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