On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 1:36:40 PM UTC-5, Colin Law wrote: > > On 3 June 2014 19:29, James Davis, PhD <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > > > On Tuesday, June 3, 2014 12:35:51 PM UTC-5, Colin Law wrote: > >> > >> On 3 June 2014 17:28, James Davis, PhD <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > WD, Thanks for the reply. I am familiar with geocoder and use it > >> > already > >> > but it only helps for service providers already in my database. I am > >> > looking for a solution that essentially allows me to externalize the > >> > storage > >> > of heathcare provider information (anything from dentists to massage > >> > therapists). > >> > >> What does 'externalize the storage of ...' mean? I thought you wanted > >> to store it in the db. > >> > >> Colin > > > > > > Good question, sorry if it was not clear. I want to capture which > service > > providers a user selects. I do not want to maintain a list of all > > healthcare providers in the US for the user to select from. > > OK, so you are looking for an external source of all healthcare > providers in the US along with their locations. Can't help there I am > afraid. > > Colin >
Not true. The information is there in the form of 'locations' or 'places' via Google or some other mapping service. Suppose you wanted to show users a list of their local pizza restaurants. Instead of trying to build and maintaining a table containing every pizza restaurant in the country, just use a mapping service that allows them to select the restaurant. All I want to capture/maintain is which one the user selects. Now take the above example and replace 'pizza restaurant' with 'physician' or 'dentist'. That is what I want to do. The options come from the mapping service and I only capture the selection....essentially externalizing the healthcare_provider table. Excellent feedback. Thanks Colin & Walter. So my original question was which mapping service might work best for doing this? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/2dc45e36-a1b4-4454-a3bb-4ea55b978b86%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
