I've had good luck with using GeoDjango and a custom Google Maps interface. The one included with GeoDjango was a bit sparse in features, but it did work. An easy way to get started might be to have GeoDjango generate you a map, and then take the generated code and use it as a starting point and put your own information in it.
What I do is I connect the 'move' event of the Google map to a little function that makes a GET request to a Django view with the lat/long of the four corners of the map as parameters. This returns a list of points inside the polygon formed by the four points, along with metadata, and I then iterate over that list and create GMarker instances on the map. It's a little more complicated, as it uses a MarkerManager to hide points that are off the map and a table of already-seen points to avoid adding them twice, but that's the general method. It seems to be working pretty well so far, though I could decrease server load by only querying the polygons that haven't been queried before. Have you written Javascript before? -David On Sep 13, 4:15 pm, TiNo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to do the same. I decided not to user GIS because of all the new > stuff I needed to install. Two Coordinates are good enough for the google > maps api. > I plan on using geopy (http://exogen.case.edu/projects/geopy/) for > translating addresses to coordinates. > > I also found these articles that should help you in the right > direction:http://www.developer.com/java/web/article.php/10935_3528381http://ajaxian.com/archives/geocoding-with-googles-maps-apihttp://www.instantdjango.com/chapter1.html > > Good luck, and please backpost when you build a cool app! > > TiNo > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 3:02 AM, chiggsy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm working on a little idea. I need to display data on a map. Now, > > I have been reading over the gis stuff in django, I've set up > > PostGIS , and now i'm trying to work out how do display the data. > > What are some opinons on Google maps vs yahoo maps, for ease of django > > development ? (I am brand new to this, so if i missed a handy map api > > pls lmk) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
