> What if we did want to have content for the points? To me, contextless
> points don't serve much of a function. I understand that some issue
> maps should be extremely simple/iconic, like NYCDOT's Chinatown study.
> But I think we should do this in a way that's scalable, and other
> issue maps would definitely benefit from content as they'll ask more
> that simply "where" but also "why" (like bikeshare). Would there be a
> way of doing points w/ content in a more lightweight way than I
> described?
> -Andy
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Chris Abraham <cabra...@openplans.org>
> wrote:
> > Andy,
> > Is this for the issue maps that Frank talked about for TFP portals? If
> so,
> > I imagined a solution that was lighter weight. Storing each point as a
> post
> > in Wordpress is quite heavy. Frank mentioned to me that he didn't think
> > points would need any content, just a lat/lon, date and issue type. So
> > there is probably an easier way to do this that wouldn't suffer from
> > performance issues that you might see if you use post types.
> > Chris
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Andrew Cochran <acoch...@openplans.org>
> > Date: Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 6:31 PM
> > Subject: PlanningPress
> > To: Chris Abraham <cabra...@openplans.org>, Frank Hebbert
> > <fr...@openplans.org>
> > Chris, when you have a moment, I'd like to go over my plan for how to
> > do adding points to maps. Here's my sketch
> > CUSTOM POST TYPE
> > register_post_type 'mappoint'
> > add_post_meta 'latitude', 'longitude'
> > TAXONOMY
> > register_taxonomy 'pointtype'
> > insert extra fields in taxonomy edit form
> > - add_post_meta 'color', 'icon' (sets how the 'pointtype' looks on front
> > end)
> > - HOW TO:
> http://www.codehooligans.com/2010/07/07/custom-meta-for-new-taxonomie...
> > MAP TEMPLATE ADMIN
> > add_post_meta 'zoomlevel','latitude', 'longitude' (for default
> pan/zoom)
> > add_post_meta 'droppable' (can users drop pins on map? regardless,
> > admins can on back end.)
> > associate 'pointtype' taxonomy terms with post
> > MAP TEMPLATE (front-end)
> > get list of 'pointtype' taxonomy terms associated w/ post
> > loop through all CPT 'mappoint' posts w/ those terms, for each:
> > - get_post_meta 'latitude' & 'longitude'
> > - put a marker on the map
> > - bind the_content to the marker's popup
> > if post_meta 'droppable' = true
> > - add 'pointtype' buttons to map UI for each associated term
> > - buttons trigger placement of draggable marker in center
> > - confirm button opens form for adding the_content
> > // doesn't require bikeshare.sql script
> > // optionally req WP's subscriber role (if !is_logged_in, 'pointtype'
> > buttons open registration form)
