Goal

The goal of this project is to create a package that lets you edit a Google Map like a wiki, with some Flickr integration thrown in for spice.

This will take the best features of sites like WikyBlog-Maps, VirtualGoogleEarth, and GeoBloggers and merge them in to a package for hosting your own wikimap rather than having to use the existing services which are limited to their hosting, their feature implementation, and their look and feel.

A Road Map for the package is well underway. You can find it below. The engine will have to make extensive use of AJAX.

If you want to join in I'm not a professional programmer, but have faith, this is going to be sweet. If you do want to help out, well I guess you can email me wjames5 -at - nyc.rr.com or find me on irc #bitweaver.

Google Map Hacks to Include

• XMap Library
• GxMarkers Tools
• T-Labels
• PdMarker
• Custom Map Tiles
• Geocoding

References

http://mapki.com
Flickr API
Flickr API Key Application

Some Other Useful Stuff

• Bitweaver Class Tree
• ADODB Data Dictionary for PHP
• List of BW tables and structures
• Javascript and Navigating the Dom Tree

Puzzles

Caching Styles

Markers will have to have a way to track back to maps using their content and styles for caching purposes.

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Loose Bits

These are loose ends created that will eventually need to hook up with other parts of the package:

Permission variables referenced but not created yet:

home_bitmap

• default page when no map_id posted
• REF IN
  • index.php

bit_p_read_bitmap

• created based on SamplePackage - not clear that it is needed
• REF IN
  • index.php

bit_p_view_bitmap

• intended for alowing viewing of map page
• REF IN
  • bit_setup_inc.php

Templates referenced but not created yet:

menu_bitmap.tpl

• not sure what it is for
• SAME AS menu_blogs.tpl
• REF IN
  • bit_setup_inc.php

Files from Wiki edited for bitMapki:

package root bitmapki

• bit_setup_inc.php
• BitMapPage.php

admin

• schema_inc.php

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Basic Page Request Set by Step Outline

this is what must happen when a map page is requested.

Get page id via $_REQUEST

(Look up page id and get map page)

• Title
• Description
• Javascript
• Init Marker Set
• Init Polyline Set
• Init Polygon Set
• Marker Sets
• Polyline Sets
• Polygon Sets
• Comments (?)
• Get Marker Styles
• Get Icon Styles
• Get Polyline Styles
• Get Polygon Styles

Look up marker sets by id

• Create Set Arrays
• Get Marker ids per set

Look up markers by id

• Append Set Arrays
• Get Marker Data
  • name
  • javascript
  • icon style id
  • marker style id

Look up icons by id

(maybe there is a faster way to handle this...like maintain a list of icons in use for a map. Probably should do this for all styles.)

• Check if icon id is already available
• register id to Icon Style Array
• Get javascript

Look up polyline sets by id

• Create Set Arrays
• Get Polyine ids per set

Look up polylines by id

• Javascript
• Style id

Look up polygon sets by id

• Create Set Arrays
• Get polygon ids per set

Look up polygons by id

• Javascript
• Style id

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