Rather than travel physically, could you just move in the map, and program it to record your click locations in a map?
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 10, 2017, at 7:41 PM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Thanks - lots of useful info there. > > The big issue in this approach is (as you say) >> I would >> think it would be relatively simple to define a procedure (less simple >> to have the kids actually follow it) where the kids send you an email > In my case, I have a large number of addresses to define (say, 500) and a > small number of volunteers (say 2 or 3) - so I'm not able to distribute the > initial data gathering very well. The level of manual effort involved in > copy/paste URL, type name, type address would be OK for each Scout doing one > of them - but asking my volunteers to do a couple of hundred each is, um, > challenging :-) > > Also, I do have the addresses already collected - so I am hoping to import > that into Google maps (or other mapping system) ready for some human > interaction to define where each on is - and ideally to then require only one > click (or equivalent) to capture enough info for me to process it. > > A kmz file might be usable - but I'd need to generate it on the fly, because > I want to only show one (or at most a handful) of addresses - there's already > a lot of local concern about putting anything like this on the internet. > > Currently I have system (LC + revBrowser) working to define locations, though > I'd like to make it a bit smarter. > And a (very) initial display system - see > https://www.kilmelford.com/igniter.lc/basic/findaddress > (good examples to try for the search string are "glen", or "cuil" or "cuil > cottage" or .... > > This might work for me because one of my volunteers has access to a > high-definition map of part of the area, with house names already shown; but > for the other part I will probably need to do the GPS app for phone/tablet > and have them walk/cycle around. > > So - off to experiment with kmz files ... thanks !! > -- Alex. > > >> On 11/04/2017 00:12, Kay C Lan via use-livecode wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 10:58 AM, Alex Tweedly via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> I'm looking for any help or suggestions for existing apps that can do >>> (something like) what I want to do - could even be a clever way to use a >>> feature I've not found in Google maps, or pple maps, or ... >>> >> Hi Alex, I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to achieve but here >> is a scenario that might address some of your needs: >> >> You have a local Scout group and you want all the children in the >> group to know where all the other kids and group leaders live so you >> want to produce a map with place markers that can be easily shared. >> >> So I'd get all the kids to go home, get onto Google Maps and find >> their own home using Street View. Once they've found their home, they >> take a copy of the URL and have them email it to you. The entire URL >> will look like this: >> >> https://www.google.com.au/maps/@52.7810059,-1.7254772,3a,75y,38.54h,87.5t,358.22r/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sNB14D3D9SvOQvL8Efe9h8w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1 >> >> The format is pretty straight forward to decipher, the two numbers >> directly after the @ is the latitude and longitude. It would be easy >> to write an LC utility to strip the address to just the Lat and Long. >> >> Take this Lat and Long and paste it into Google Earth. Note I started >> out in "Maps" because of Street View - it is much easier to find your >> own home in Maps vs Earth. Obviously pasting the Lat Long into Earth >> will take you to exactly the same spot. In Earth you can then place >> multiple 'Placemarkers' and give them appropriate names and >> descriptions - that are like pop up tooltips. I'd name the >> Placemarkers after the kid's name, and for the description enter their >> proper address. >> >> Once you've entered all the Placemarker details, you can scale your >> view to cover just the area that includes all your Placemarkers. You >> can then save this as a .kmz file and send it out to everyone. When >> anyone opens the file they'll see exactly what you saw when you saved >> it; but it doesn't preclude them from zooming in and out or panning >> around. >> >> Google Earth is available on all the popular desktop and mobile OSes >> and is free. >> >> Lastly, .kmz files are basically an xml file as defined by Google. >> Again the format is pretty simple to decipher - or you could look it >> up on the internet and have it precisely described to you. I would >> think it would be relatively simple to define a procedure (less simple >> to have the kids actually follow it) where the kids send you an email >> with the body is in a format like: >> >> URL: qerpoqueoruqweouqeoruqoru >> Your fullname: oiu lh mnbmb >> Your Full address: 765 hohjjkl jhgjgh ouyiuy UYT 432 FHG >> >> and then have LC read the email, extract the relevant data and then >> automatically add the Placemarker data into the .kmz file. One problem >> I see is that someone might join who lives outside the original zoomed >> level of your custom kmz map so with each update to the kmz file you >> would have to actually open it and look at it in Google Earth and >> determine that the zoom level is correct to ensure that everyone is >> still within the bounds of display; before saving the file and sending >> it out as an update to everyone. >> >> Also, Google Earth allows you to create your own 'Tracks' that can be >> saved and shared. So for instance, you could save a Scout hiking trip >> and share it and so parents would know where to drop kids off and pick >> them up, and theoretically the kids can't get too lost on the route in >> between;-) >> >> HTH >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
