Join us at 6:30pm on Thursday March 26, 2009 at Raincity Studios for the Vancouver League of Drupalers March meeting. Mack Hardy from Affinity Bridge is researching the current state of of geo location and mapping tools in drupal 6, and will report his findings to the group. And perhaps we can coax some DrupalCon DCers to discuss some highlights.
We still have a slot available for a mini-case study if someone wants to volunteer.
Date: Thursday March 26, 6:30pm
Location: Raincity Studios, 1 Alexander Street, Suite 400 in Gastown. [Map]
Cost: There is no charge and all are welcome
For those who don't need to leave right away there's typically a more social discussion at a local pub afterwards.
Agenda
Geo Data and Mapping in Drupal 6
Mack is researching the current state of of geo location and mapping tools in drupal 6, and will report his findings to the group. Geolocation of groups, listings and people (as well as mapping them) are some of toolkit we can use to provide geo-relevant content to users. Mack will review the version 3x of the location API, and look at the state of Gmap and KML intengraiton as well as exploring the new NiceMaps module for displaying the data.
Mack Hardy is the founder of Affinity Bridge, and has been building web based technology in java, perl and PHP for over 12 years. His specialties are information architecture and analysis, managing production environments and managing development teams. Mack is a regular and respected presenter in the Vancouver Drupal community.
Drupal Q&A
Bring your questions on anything related to Drupal from how to do something technical in PHP to what modules are needed to implement a feature you want.
Location Details
Raincity Studios
Raincity Studios are located at 1 Alexander Street, Suite 400 in Gastown. [Map]
There's a security intercom at the door, so you'll need to buzz to get in. Take the elevator to the top floor, then take the flight of stairs to the floor above that.
Thank You Raincity
Our thanks to Raincity Studios for making their office available for our meetings.
Drupal Association
We encourage everyone receiving value from Drupal and the Vancouver League of Drupalers to join the Drupal Association: http://association.drupal.org/membership
Not only does this directly support Drupal, it supports the groups.drupal.org website where our group's web presence is based.
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Meeting Video
Video of Mack's presentation is available at http://www.group42.ca/mack_hardy_geolocation_in_drupal_6
GeoWeb 2009 Conference
At the March meeting David Dodds mentioned an upcoming geo-web conference and a number of people expressed interest. David is having trouble getting his GDO account setup, so he asked me to post this information on his behalf.
GeoWeb 2009
http://geowebconference.org
GeoWeb conferences focus exclusively on geographic information systems, the Internet, and the economic potential associated with their convergence. GeoWeb 2009 will continue the tradition of focusing on the reciprocal impact of the Web and Geographic Information as well as the ever-increasing need for collaboration in light of global economic and environmental concerns. GeoWeb 2009 is for everyone! Representatives from both public and private organizations are invited to meet, discuss and learn about today's most innovative geospatial technologies. Be sure to save the date and join us this coming summer as we explore and unlock the future of the GeoWeb! Registration begins online April 2, 2009.
GeoWeb 2009 is taking place July 27-31, 2009 in downtown Vancouver, BC Canada at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.