Dynamic Google Maps

rubyonrails-talk
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My Rails application (Rails: V 2.1.0, Ruby: V 1.8.6) has on it, the ability for users to submit stories with their address information, which *will* be atomised into appropriate fields.

A front end form allows users to submit stories, these stories are saved into a database table. They are then approved by my client and are displayed on a map.

Currently, this map is static and has to be changed by my client and re-embedded every time a story, with a postcode, is submitted. So, the map displays markers in the position of the postcode that is submitted with the story.

My question is: what would you recommend as the most effective way to automate this process to omit the need for my client to re-embed this code?

If my request is not clear, please post whatever else you may need.

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You can use geokit (http://github.com/andre/geokit-gem) + (http://github.com/andre/geokit-rails) to geocode the story location and then use the YM4R-GM plugin to display the geocoded locations on a google map (http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm) .

This article might be a bit dated, but it goes how you can interact with the YM4R-GM plugin: http://www.developer.com/open/article.php/3757576/Adding-Google-Maps-To-Your-Rails-Applications.htm

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Patrick Robertson wrote:

You can use geokit (GitHub - andre/geokit-gem: Geokit has a new home) + ( http://github.com/andre/geokit-rails) to geocode the story location and then use the YM4R-GM plugin to display the geocoded locations on a google map ( GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github) .

This article might be a bit dated, but it goes how you can interact with the YM4R-GM plugin: Adding Google Maps To Your Rails Applications | Developer.com

Does this generate a new map with each post code that I will pass or will it add a marker to the existing map?

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I assume this is a result of me missing subversion. Is there another way to install this plugin.

Alternatively, can anyone tell me any better ways of finding the geocode from an address or postcode?

http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm is a port onto github that I’ve used in the past.

If your model is using geokit (acts_as_mappable) , lat/lng are attributes from a provided address. Otherwise you have to geocode from calling that geocode method. acts_as_mappable provides convenience on top ActiveRecords find method as well for a geocodable model.

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Patrick Robertson wrote:

I assume this is a result of me missing subversion. Is there another way to install this plugin.

Alternatively, can anyone tell me any better ways of finding the geocode from an address or postcode?

GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github is a port onto github that I've used in the past.

If your model is using geokit (acts_as_mappable) , lat/lng are attributes from a provided address. Otherwise you have to geocode from calling that geocode method. acts_as_mappable provides convenience on top ActiveRecords find method as well for a geocodable model.

Installing the plugin from that port causes an error:

script/plugin install GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github + ./opensearch.xml Plugin not found: ["http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm"\]

Is there a way to produce the process of automatically adding custom markers with info-windows onto Google Maps without a plugin or gem using a provided address and postcode?

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Pale Horse wrote: [...]

Installing the plugin from that port causes an error:

script/plugin install GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github + ./opensearch.xml Plugin not found: ["http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm"\]

You may need to tack ".git" on to the end of that URL.

Best,

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Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:

Pale Horse wrote: [...]

Installing the plugin from that port causes an error:

script/plugin install GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github + ./opensearch.xml Plugin not found: ["http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm"\]

You may need to tack ".git" on to the end of that URL.

Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org marnen@marnen.org

Thank you, Marnen.