[Owncloud] progress on map app

Tue Aug 6 08:10:27 UTC 2013

Hi Martin,

I also want to have this feature to keep track of my travel :) It
doesn't seem like a difficult task, but we need to get the basic
feature done first.

what location history services are you using right now?

I have created an issue to keep track of this, see:
https://github.com/owncloud/maps/issues/3

Please comment on that issue page for further discussion, thanks :)

On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Martin Babik <martin.babik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello <maps> app creators. I would like to give you some suggestions for
> your map app. It would be nice to have a "location history" feature
> integrated with owncloud and mobile client ... something like google's
> latitude for the users who do not like to share their location with the rest
> of the world inteligence... :-) personaly I am using location history for my
> monthly business trips accounting. Is this a big effort to create such a
> feature?
>
> Regards
>
> Martin
>
> Dňa 20.6.2013 18:00, "Jan-Christoph Borchardt" <hey at jancborchardt.net>
> napísal(-a):
>>
>> 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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