Dewald Botha
open source web thoughts
geolocation & spatial
serve maps, DIY style
Dec 19th
in this week i had lows and downs. i realised once again why the open source community has such a long way to go still. i was tasked to put together a ‘demo-able’ map server with client.
after about two days of reading i noticed there might be much more to google maps than just a couple of javascript command called to place a marker. mapping, and most important, correct, standards based mapping is a beast.
and i will show you how to tame it how to make it more tame…
ip’s, geolocations and whatnot (demo)
Nov 11th
so i took some time and did an ip2location lookup demo which will tie in very nicely with my next big post. this i’ve used in conjunction with a spatial system (explained in my previous post) done with google maps and a bit of black magic.
this service was developed in my time at azapi – and they were so kind to host it for me
so have a look at how this feature can be used – in a visually stimulating way
- oh, one more thing – this demo will only work completely if your in South Africa – my geo-ip database is More >