[Owncloud] progress on map app

Fri Aug 2 14:17:52 UTC 2013

Heya, I’m at GUADEC (the GNOME conference) and met Mattias, GNOME GSoC
student working on a Maps app for GNOME. They have a great design
document up at https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Maps

If we work together, we can have the data synced between GNOME Maps,
ownCloud Maps and Marble.

Frank, can you create a repository at https://github.com/owncloud/maps
– then Qingping could push the first prototype and we can continue on
there.

On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Qingping Hou <dave2008713 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone, any update on the map app? I wrote a simple frontend demo
> with mock data in angular service:
> https://github.com/houqp/map
>
> I am still working on extending the leaflet directive. Once I finish
> that, I will start working on the backend.
>
> @Jan, will be helpful if you can create a map app repo in OC ORG.
>
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Qingping Hou <dave2008713 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Utku and Andrei, could you also include your mentors in the list? It
>> will be great if we can have support from them for the single map app
>> idea :)
>>
>> I am ready to start working on the frontend anytime next week. But
>> first we need to have a simple backend to fill with some test data. Or
>> I can just code up some mock services in Angular.
>>
>> As for the backend, I am still trying to figure out the best database
>> schema. If any of you want to have a IM discussion on IRC or gtalk or
>> whatever service, please let me know.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Alessandro Cosentino <cosenal at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Let me include Utku too in the thread. He is also working on
>>> owncloud<->marble integration.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Jan-Christoph Borchardt
>>> <hey at jancborchardt.net> wrote:
>>>> To keep everyone in the loop it’s best if we have this discussion in
>>>> the open, in case someone wants to participate. :)
>>>> I also included Andrei, who works on integrating Marbe and ownCloud.
>>>>
>>>> I think it’s pretty obvious we should collaborate here on _one_ simple
>>>> »Maps« app, using open formats and sync with Marble. Including sharing
>>>> is important as well, so you can work together on routes, or have
>>>> shared favorites, or just send a public link to a place.
>>>>
>>>> Design-wise full emphasis on the content, which is the map, favorites,
>>>> and routes. Hence the map needs to use the full app space, without a
>>>> permanent sidebar. Or rather, the sidebar should appear contextually,
>>>> and either be slightly transparent or have a bit of margin to the
>>>> edges so the map is always visible even on the left side. Take a look
>>>> at the new Google Maps if you haven’t seen it yet.
>>>>
>>>> You folks should get a repo at https://github.com/owncloud/maps and
>>>> start working together there, using Appframework as base.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 11:52 PM, Qingping Hou <dave2008713 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 6:20 PM, eMerzh <merzhin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On the leaflet topic:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Great to here you are getting familliar with leaflet api and the angular one
>>>>>> :) To display a route, leaflet can easily draw lines.... you can check an old
>>>>>> page i did some years ago : http://bmaron.net/rando/ (may not be the cleanest
>>>>>> / up-to-datest code ... but it can give you ideas)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks a lot, that's exactly the demo I need!
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW: do you also often do hiking in your free time?
>>>>>
>>>>>> For the source of the route, calculating it in owncloud seems really hard so,
>>>>>> i suggest to use 1 (or more?) external projects like
>>>>>> http://project-osrm.org/ or OpenRouteService
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, that's the way to go :) So my plan is:
>>>>>  * have Leaflet directive watch the route information in scope
>>>>>
>>>>>  * fetch route information from 3rd party and update the scope
>>>>>
>>>>>  * cross fingers and hope Leaflet directive update it automatically on the map
>>>>>    view
>>>>>
>>>>>> On the Marble GSOC topic : Let's see what others have to say .... but for me
>>>>>> it seems to be a little weird to have a special marble app and a different
>>>>>> map app ...  If the marble app can't display a map without our map app they
>>>>>> still somewhat rely on us so i don't really see the point...  But i also can
>>>>>> hear that they don't want to screw the work of a student if another fail to
>>>>>> give what's expected ...  so let's say that it seems reasonable to start with
>>>>>> 2 separated apps  but i don't see this a long term solution ... so it may be
>>>>>> interresting to hear what they need when we design our external api and
>>>>>> features.
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't get reply from their student regarding what features they will
>>>>> include in the Marble app yet. Maybe they will add a map also. But if they do
>>>>> so, we will have a big overlap and it's waste of labour ;p
>>>>>
>>>>> In fact, I think the sync only Marble app does make sense. For example, the
>>>>> user might only want to backup/sync their Marble data in OC. In that case, they
>>>>> don't need to install a huge map app.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the Hook system topic :
>>>>>> Yeah hook system seems more appropriate to have other apps registering there
>>>>>> points to the map app ...
>>>>>> Maybe the JS hook can be used as we do with file actions?
>>>>>> For this and app framework , Ping Raydiation
>>>>>
>>>>> OH, I overlooked the JS hook, will take a look at it :)
>>>>>
>>>>> As for the PHP Hook, yeah, I have discussed it with Raydiation on IRC.
>>>>> I guess he is busy writing paper now ;p
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a great weekend too :D
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Qingping
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Qingping Hou <dave2008713 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Brice,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been playing with AngularJs this week, really impressed by it's
>>>>>> design ;)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> == Leaflet
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I am planning to use angular-leaflet-directive in the app:
>>>>>> http://tombatossals.github.com/angular-leaflet-directive/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The directive is still very simple now, it only supports:
>>>>>>   * one marker binding
>>>>>>   * center view point binding
>>>>>>   * zoom level binding
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have submitted couple of patches to it and will keep extend it in
>>>>>> following
>>>>>> days. Things that I plan to add includes:
>>>>>>   * multiple marker binding (can be used to show a set of bookmarked
>>>>>> points)
>>>>>>   * path biding
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, I have a question on leaflet regarding routing: what's best way for
>>>>>> me to
>>>>>> display a route on the map?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> == Marble GSoC collabration
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have talked with KDE side regarding the possiblity of collabrating.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My original plan was I write the OC server side for marble and they focus
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> client side.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, it truns out that their mentor had really bad experience
>>>>>> collabrating
>>>>>> with other GSoC project and does not want to depend on other projecs this
>>>>>> time.
>>>>>> So we (me and marble's potential student) decide to collabrate in other
>>>>>> way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They will still write a Marble app for OC, and our map app will interact
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> their app:
>>>>>>   * pull data from Marble app and display in map app
>>>>>>   * update data in Marble app so update sync, it can be updated in Marble
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do you think about that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> == Hook system
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have looked into it a bit. So here is my understanding of the system,
>>>>>> correct
>>>>>> me if I am wrong ;p
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * Every class can register a method with an event
>>>>>> * Every class can emit it's own events
>>>>>> * When a event is emitted, methods registered with that event will ba
>>>>>> called
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My question is this system is great for controlling other apps in map app.
>>>>>> But
>>>>>> when an app want to pull data from map app can we still use the hook
>>>>>> system?
>>>>>> Say the contact app wants to fetch a small embeded map and display it
>>>>>> inside
>>>>>> contact's info page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also since we will be using appframework and it's current API hasn't
>>>>>> provide
>>>>>> method that wraps around the hook api yet, I need to firtst submit pathes
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> appframework. Will work on that in following days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> === Misc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW: should I also CC to Jan and Raydiatin next for email regarding GSoC
>>>>>> project?
>>>>>
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