Fencing.Net - Your Guide to Fencing & Fencing Equipment

peet · 02-25-2006, 03:21 PM

Hi folks. I posted this in another thread, but it's hidden a bit down the thread, so here you go:

Ever wish you could get a visual indication of where all the tournaments are? Check it out:

FRED's map

If you filter by expected event rating, it takes a bit of time (~10 seconds) to return because that is a complex query on FRED's end. The map is in beta, so if you have user experience feedback, perormance issues, bug reports, etc. feel free to email me. peet@askfred.net

[geeks]
Using googlemaps API version 2 and AJAX to query FRED without reloading the page. Way cool......
[/geeks]

-p

darius · 02-25-2006, 07:49 PM

Peet -- freakin' brilliant. The Gmaps API is so much fun to play with; but this is incredibly useful, it's fun to figure out where there are decent events within a day's drive.

darius

peet · 02-25-2006, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darius

Peet -- freakin' brilliant. The Gmaps API is so much fun to play with; but this is incredibly useful, it's fun to figure out where there are decent events within a day's drive.

darius

And honestly, I ws just curious to see what FRED's coverage is like around the country. I mean, I kinda had an abstract sense of it, but never had a clear visualization before.

kinda cool...

-p

"Fence like a Cat" · 02-25-2006, 09:03 PM

It is interesting....

DJ Apostrophe · 02-27-2006, 05:08 PM

Peet,

This is pretty hot... nice job.

Question though: does it look at a short time frame in the future? Noticed that one of my events (junior/cadet sectionals for North Atlantic Section) isn't showing up, even though it has full address data.

-w

telkanuru · 02-27-2006, 05:11 PM

Awsome!

peet · 02-27-2006, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DJ Apostrophe

Peet,

This is pretty hot... nice job.

Question though: does it look at a short time frame in the future? Noticed that one of my events (junior/cadet sectionals for North Atlantic Section) isn't showing up, even though it has full address data.

-w

There are a few stragglers in the db that must have been last edited when FRED wasn't getting geocoding (lat/long) data for tournaments. FRED looks up the lat/long when the tournament is entered/edited, and stores it with the tournament

I edited your tournament (making no changes) so FRED's got the geocodes now.

-p

larkmaj · 02-27-2006, 07:30 PM

Really cool and useful, great job.