[TriLUG] How do you do this on the web?

[Blanchard Steven]

If you do not mind flash, have a look at http://worldkit.org/.  It is  
GPL and takes an RSS feed of coordinates and plots them.  Their  
documentation is excellent and it is quite easy to set up.

~Steven

On Oct 6, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Ron Joffe wrote:

>
> Can someone suggest some ideas/techniques for implementing the  
> following on a
> web page....
>
> I have a single graphic of several counties displayed on a web  
> page....I would
> like to read a set of data containing x.y coordinates and plot a  
> dot on the
> county graphic dynamically, realizing that the coordinates in the  
> data set
> would need to be translated to the coordinate set of the graphic.   
> I would
> also like to make the dot that just got plotted, a hot spot on the  
> graphic so
> when a user hover's over it or clicks on it, I can pop up a small  
> detail
> window with additional information.  The additional information and  
> x,y
> information will be contained in a flat file which will be updated
> periodically (say every x minutes).
>
> I am looking for two types of answers:
>
>  First - Just a general method of accomplishing this
>     (reply to list)
>
>  Second - Hey I know just how to do that, and the cost to implement  
> is $$
>    (reply directly to me)
>
> Any feedback would be appreciated.
>
> Ron
>
>
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