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Location, Maps, Drupal and You

Location, Maps, Drupal and You

Presented at Drupal for Enterprise, Sun Microsystems, May 2010

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

Andrew Larcombe

May 26, 2010
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  1. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Points

    • London • 45 King William St, London, EC4R 9AN
  2. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Points

    • London • 45 King William St, London, EC4R 9AN • Your customers’ addresses
  3. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Lines

    • M40 • King William Street • River Thames
  4. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Polygons

    • England • Surrey • Russell Square
  5. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What do you mean? Geodata

    + magic = It’s not (just) about the map...
  6. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What questions can it answer?

    • What’s nearest to this point? • Is that point inside this polygon?
  7. 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?
  8. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Now in the real world...

    • Where’s my nearest <insert your brand here>?
  9. 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?
  10. 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?
  11. 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?
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Ambitious Live Demo Time... Starring

    Geo Location Geocode Geoparser OpenLayers and a host of extras...
  15. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! What you saw... Geocoding of

    content Geoparsing of content Display on different styles of maps with popups etc
  16. 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
  17. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Example use cases Geocode users’

    to deliver relevant content based on their location (eg ‘news near you’)
  18. 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
  19. 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’)
  20. 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?)
  21. Location, Maps, Drupal and You! Thank you for listening Modules

    shown: geo location geocode geoparser openlayers Andrew Larcombe e: [email protected] t: @andrewl w: www.andrewl.net Image credits Google, Yell, Microsoft, FourSquare, Yell, Yahoo!, Twitter