Very cool, thanks for the pointer Paul. I'm working on several RoR geo-based projects as I learn my way and this will be much better than the "amateurish doubles" (well put ;) )
Andrew On 2/1/06, Paul Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like so, perhaps? > > http://rubyforge.org/projects/georuby > > On Feb 1, 2006, at 12:29 PM, Scott Davis wrote: > > > Any reason why you're not considering PostGIS to handle the > > geodata? It's *way* more mature than the native MySQL stuff. > > > > http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/PostgreSQL > > > > So ActiveRecord/Postgres seems to be doable. Getting the PostGIS/ > > OGC data elements out seems to be the next hurdle. Java and C > > bindings are native to the project. Maybe some SWIG magic to add > > ActiveRecord support? Or as someone previously mentioned in this > > thread, there are Ruby bindings for ogr2ogr out there in the wild. > > > > My $0.02, > > s > > > > Scott Davis > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > On Feb 1, 2006, at 1:03 PM, Tom Longson (nym) wrote: > > > >> No team, nothing found yet. I put out a call on the Ruby on Rails > >> list. > >> > >> Would be interested in getting this knocked out at least for POINT. > >> > >> The syntax is dead simple imo. > >> > >> CREATE TABLE narf (egad POINT); > >> INSERT INTO narf (GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)')); > >> SELECT x(egad), y(egad) FROM narf; > >> > >> (I think that's it, I didn't double check the syntax) > >> > >> nym > >> > >> On 2/1/06, Kevin Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> wondering if any of you wankers were playing with it. It > >>>>> doesn't seem > >>>> > >>>> /me waves > >>> > >>> At the cost of sounding cliché, me too! > >>> > >>>>> like it has support for MySQL's spatial datatypes/functions > >>>>> unfortunately. I was hoping to be able to throw up a geo app > >>>>> quickly > >>>>> yet avoid the amaturish thing of storing x and y coordinates in > >>>>> double > >>>> > >>>> It's often quicker that way (database wise). > >>>> > >>>>> fields. I'm thinking about trying to extend rails to support these > >>>>> datatypes but wanted to see if anyone was doing similar work > >>>>> first. > >>>> > >>>> Not that I know of, interesting idea. Ping the Rails list? > >>> > >>> As a relative new Rails developer, but thoroughly assimilated, I > >>> have been > >>> curious about this too. It might be something fairly easy to add > >>> if you're > >>> very familiar with the geospatial features in MySQL. I'm still > >>> looking at > >>> the geo functions in MySQL, and haven't had a chance to interface > >>> with it > >>> directly yet, but I'm interested. Perhaps we can team up and > >>> chunk out some > >>> code. Have you put together a small team or found something > >>> existing yet? > >>> > >>> Kevin > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Geowanking mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Geowanking mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > -- Andrew Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] 42.4266N x 83.4931W http://highearthorbit.com Northville, Michigan, USA _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
