Jason King wrote: > My name's Jason, I live aboard a Dutch barge style narrowboat > called Bristol Fashion (currently moored near a good a pub in > Harefield) and I've not posted to this list before. > > But I'd appreciate your opinions on a boating website idea > I've been mulling over a project idea for some time... > > A website which incorporates a database and either Google > maps or Google Earth to enable travellers to plan and record > journeys. You'd mark your progress with a pin on a map. At > every stop you make you could upload photos and write a blog > entry about that place. It could be used to plan trips, > create a log of a journey, keep you in touch with other > travellers and be applicable to a person on any kind of journey. > > Importantly, the code would be made "open source" > meaning anyone could take it and insert it into their website > and use it for their own purposes. I'd use it to create a > boaters' log site; someone else might use it to track > cyclists or walkers. > > I've got > the web design and database skills to do this and the free > time next year. Any opinions/ideas/suggestions? And > importantly, does something like this already exist because I > don't want to reinvent it. Please send me your comments!
Have you seen Canalplan AC at http://www2.mihalis.net/canal/cgi-bin/index.cgi? David Mack Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
