Re: mapping

guys... whats the final product going to look like?

is it a free wifi map?



On 7/15/05, J. Kyllo <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think that is correct.  What I am building is a representation of the
> network structure with references to the node information that you are
> describing.  One use of the map is to display available hotspots.  For
> that purpose the information you have is perfect.  However, I would also
> like to be able to display the infrastructure, hopefully with the current
> status of links and nodes.
> 
> What I may do is work with hotspot information for now and move to
> infrastructure specific elements later.
> 
> I'll print out information about the various schemas involved to peruse
> while I am gone and try to work out an swn.rdf file afterwards.
> 
> I have found that the GoogleMaps documentation is somewhat limited.  It
> can draw lines in full color with alpha and it can display "markers" with
> custom icons.  It is my suspicion that the capability is there to draw
> polygons either through their API or at least assisted by it, but some
> delving into their .js files will have to be done.  Most likely, a cgi
> will be written to draw the polygons needed so an image can be overlaid on
> the map.
> 
> 
> > Well, it sounds like we are doing two different things here.
> >
> > You are more interested in documenting the *real* SWN, where I simply
> > have an rdf full of hotspots.
> >
> > I don't know if the meshesWith property would be ideal, as these are
> > point-to-point infrastructure links.  There should be one in wireless
> > ontology that specifies a link.  I used to keep them within the hotspot
> > rdf, but I gave up.
> >
> > We should probably maintain our network infrastructure in something like
> > swn.rdf ... If you want to supply  this document's url, maybe we can
> > work on getting it completed and up to spec.
> >
> > One last thing, can GoogleMaps draw lines or highlight polygons?
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [email protected]
> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J. Kyllo
> >> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:01 AM
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: RE: mapping
> >>
> >> Wow, I'm not sure how I missed that.  That's some good
> >> homework for namespaces.  Coordinates would be great, but
> >> they should probably supplement the address location rather
> >> than replace it.
> >>
> >> When I was writing my xml ditty, I went with a seperate
> >> section to store link data that specifies what nodes (what
> >> interfaces really) are being linked.  In the wireless network
> >> nodes ontology, is the "meshesWith"
> >> property to be used for specifying links to other nodes?
> >>
> >> Additionally I was hoping to go more general than just
> >> wireless and describe network links.  This allows for the
> >> specification of tunnels or other hardwired links (DSL, for example).
> >>
> >> That data is certainly useful.  Thanks for pointing it out.
> >> I just have to learn a little more about rdf!
> >>
> >> -Jeff
> >>
> >> > You might want to check out the wispot.rdf file which is
> >> featured on
> >> > the node list.
> >> > I could also make sure the addresses are resolved properly so you
> >> > don't have to bang geocoder.us to hell and back.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: [email protected]
> >> >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J. Kyllo
> >> >> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:30 PM
> >> >> To: [email protected]
> >> >> Subject: mapping
> >> >>
> >> >> I don't mean to reinvigorate the beating of a dead horse,
> >> but I have
> >> >> recently done some work towards using google maps for
> >> displaying SWN
> >> >> nodes.  I will be out of town for the next week and a half, but if
> >> >> anyone wants to take a look here you go:
> >> >>
> >> >> http://jkyllo.echospiral.com/map.html
> >> >>
> >> >> It is written in JavaScript so you can view the page source to get
> >> >> the code.  It is my first project in JavaScript, but it's
> >> a fun one.
> >> >> The data is currently just stored in an XML file and is grabbed by
> >> >> the app.  The idea is to update the xml from the wiki
> >> periodically.
> >> >> This is the reason for my recent posts about wiki xml data.
> >> >> Eventually, the app could just grab from the wiki directly, but I
> >> >> think this would cause undue overhead.
> >> >> There are currently issues with reading the wiki xml, but
> >> that's for
> >> >> later discussion.
> >> >>
> >> >> If anyone is interested in details we can email directly
> >> or what not.
> >> >> I will try to do a writeup for the wiki, but I don't know
> >> that I can
> >> >> do that before I leave.
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >> Jeff K.
> >> >>
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