Project Ideas/Update
It looks like Yahoo! Maps Beta is really slick and something that has really inspired me. They have done multipoint directions pretty well with the AJAX drag and drop to streamline routes. Due to my lack of programming knowledge, I may be coming up with ridiculous project ideas, but here goes:
Yahoo! Maps Beta
An interface that allows "depositing" addresses into Maps to create a map showing user-defined locations. As an example, I'm looking for places to rent next year on Craigslist - I have no idea where these places are until I map them each one by one. What a hassle. I wish I could just drag the links over and have them pop up as points. Then I could look at them all and perhaps make intial judgements such as eliminating places beyond 10 miles of UCSD. Next, perhaps be able to ask for multipoint directions automatically sorting destination sequence logically so I can swing by and have a peek at the house and the area.
Motorcycle-centered mapping might include searching for "twisties" based on data about road conditions, weather, traffic, elevation change, and shape/contour. Also for some scooter lovers, maybe taking the "avoid freeways" a step further and restrict by speed limit - "no faster than 40 mph, etc" - so they can choose to take the "long way" to wherever they are getting. The journey is/should be at least half the fun :) I'm not sure how this ties in with or related to the cylcing-oriented mapping.
Google Calendar
Considering a nicer front-end to present a Calendar feed as a "normal" web page sorting by viewer defined criteria instead of a time-structured calendar view. Example: CSSA events have 3 types - Professional, Academic, Social. A nice page that is automatically updated in response to CSSA Google Calendar changes (Feed) that can be styled and sorted by either time or event type. How about an attendees/RSVP system for calendar viewers? That would probably be apart from Calendar unless there is something more in the invitiation/attendees aspect I haven't seen or understood.
Yahoo! Maps Beta
An interface that allows "depositing" addresses into Maps to create a map showing user-defined locations. As an example, I'm looking for places to rent next year on Craigslist - I have no idea where these places are until I map them each one by one. What a hassle. I wish I could just drag the links over and have them pop up as points. Then I could look at them all and perhaps make intial judgements such as eliminating places beyond 10 miles of UCSD. Next, perhaps be able to ask for multipoint directions automatically sorting destination sequence logically so I can swing by and have a peek at the house and the area.
Motorcycle-centered mapping might include searching for "twisties" based on data about road conditions, weather, traffic, elevation change, and shape/contour. Also for some scooter lovers, maybe taking the "avoid freeways" a step further and restrict by speed limit - "no faster than 40 mph, etc" - so they can choose to take the "long way" to wherever they are getting. The journey is/should be at least half the fun :) I'm not sure how this ties in with or related to the cylcing-oriented mapping.
Google Calendar
Considering a nicer front-end to present a Calendar feed as a "normal" web page sorting by viewer defined criteria instead of a time-structured calendar view. Example: CSSA events have 3 types - Professional, Academic, Social. A nice page that is automatically updated in response to CSSA Google Calendar changes (Feed) that can be styled and sorted by either time or event type. How about an attendees/RSVP system for calendar viewers? That would probably be apart from Calendar unless there is something more in the invitiation/attendees aspect I haven't seen or understood.
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