Location, Maps, Drupal and You

Presented at Drupal for Enterprise, Sun Microsystems, May 2010

http://dfoenterprise2010-eorg.eventbrite.com/

Transcript

1. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! A Beginners Guide Andrew Larcombe e: andrew@andrewl.net t: @andrewl
2. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Location is everywhere...
3. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Location is everywhere...
4. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Location is everywhere...
5. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Location is everywhere...
6. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Oft-quoted statistic ahead... 80% of data has a location component
7. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Points
8. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Points • London
9. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Points • London • 45 King William St, London, EC4R 9AN
10. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Points • London • 45 King William St, London, EC4R 9AN • Your customers’ addresses
11. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Lines
12. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Lines • M40
13. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Lines • M40 • King William Street
14. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Lines • M40 • King William Street • River Thames
15. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Polygons
16. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Polygons • England
17. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Polygons • England • Surrey
18. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Polygons • England • Surrey • Russell Square
19. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Geodata + magic =
20. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Geodata + magic =
21. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Geodata + magic =
22. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Geodata + magic =
23. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Geodata + magic = It’s not (just) about the map...
24. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What questions can it answer?
25. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What questions can it answer? • What’s nearest to this point?
26. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What questions can it answer? • What’s nearest to this point? • Is that point inside this polygon?
27. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What questions can it answer? • What’s nearest to this point? • Is that point inside this polygon? • What’s near to this line?
28. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Now in the real world...
29. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Now in the real world... • Where’s my nearest <insert your brand here>?
30. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Now in the real world... • Where’s my nearest <insert your brand here>? • What events are going on near me?
31. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Now in the real world... • Where’s my nearest <insert your brand here>? • What events are going on near me? • Which county is this user in?
32. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Now in the real world... • Where’s my nearest <insert your brand here>? • What events are going on near me? • Which county is this user in? • What’s along this route?
33. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Remember me? 80% of data has a location component
34. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! How do we do it?
35. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! How do we do it?
36. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! How do we do it?
37. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Structured data: Addresses, Postcodes
38. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Structured data: Addresses, Postcodes Geocoding Building Name: Regis House Street Address: 45 King William Street Town, County: London Postcode: EC1V 4VH Country: England
39. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Structured data: Addresses, Postcodes Geocoding Building Name: Regis House Street Address: 45 King William Street Town, County: London Postcode: EC1V 4VH Country: England -0.05,51.24
40. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Unstructured data: Free text Geoparsing
41. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Unstructured data: Free text Geoparsing
42. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Unstructured data: Free text Geoparsing 160.0,42.5
43. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Unstructured data: Free text Geoparsing 160.0,42.5 162.2,41.6
44. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Unstructured data: Free text Geoparsing 160.0,42.5 162.2,41.6 159.5,40.2
45. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Other data
46. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Other data EXIF tags...
47. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Other data EXIF tags... Social networks...
48. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Ambitious Live Demo Time... Starring Geo Location Geocode Geoparser OpenLayers and a host of extras...
49. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What you saw...
50. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What you saw... Geocoding of content
51. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What you saw... Geocoding of content Geoparsing of content
52. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What you saw... Geocoding of content Geoparsing of content Display on different styles of maps with popups etc
53. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What you saw... Geocoding of content Geoparsing of content Display on different styles of maps with popups etc Delivery of content based on location
54. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Example use cases
55. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Example use cases Geocode users’ to deliver relevant content based on their location (eg ‘news near you’)
56. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Example use cases Geocode users’ to deliver relevant content based on their location (eg ‘news near you’) Use maps as a visually appealing mechanism for displaying your data
57. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Example use cases Geocode users’ to deliver relevant content based on their location (eg ‘news near you’) Use maps as a visually appealing mechanism for displaying your data Enable site visitors to search for content based on location (eg ‘find events near EC1V 4AV’)
58. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Example use cases Geocode users’ to deliver relevant content based on their location (eg ‘news near you’) Use maps as a visually appealing mechanism for displaying your data Enable site visitors to search for content based on location (eg ‘find events near EC1V 4AV’) Analysis on users habits based on location (eg which forums are the most popular for those users in Scotland?)
59. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Thank you for listening Modules shown: geo location geocode geoparser openlayers Andrew Larcombe e: andrew@andrewl.net t: @andrewl w: www.andrewl.net Image credits Google, Yell, Microsoft, FourSquare, Yell, Yahoo!, Twitter