As of 8AM PST the map painter is back online. Thanks, much appreciated!
I haven't gotten the simple map view extension by Dan Lange working yet but I'll probably be headed in that direction so there aren't any external dependencies. I am hosting Exhibit at this point so getting the map painter working is more or less the last step. -Steve On Dec 19, 4:49 pm, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > If I'm reading things correctly, unfortunately, that's not a generic > solution as it requires specific technology from your ISP which mine > unfortunately, doesn't support. > > I think I'll need to investigate the thread where a client side > painter was posted as that seems like the only viable alternative. The > MIT painter URL is still down and has broken the app I've been working > on so I need to seek another solution. > > -Steve > > On Dec 19, 11:21 am, David Huynh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Robert Forkel wrote: > > > hi, > > > i took the opportunity today - simile.mit.edu being down - to get > > > exhibit plus timeline and maps extension to run independent of > > > simile.mit.edu. > > > while the necessary changes in the source code to work around hard > > > coded paths were pretty minimal (i have to clean up my code before it > > > can serve as a tutorial), the problem with the painter script was > > > harder. the map extension call a script running on simile.mit.edu to > > > create dynamic map markers on the fly. > > > i first replaced that script with a pretty basic python cgi script > > > using PIL to create rather primitive markers, but then found the > > > javascript here: > > >http://gmaps-utility-library.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/mapiconmaker/re... > > > which i simply substituted for the Exhibit.MapView._makeIcon function. > > > the only thing left to do now is replacing the calls to the painter > > > script used for the markers in the map legend. > > > regards, > > > robert > > > In case you still want to use "painter", then you can host it yourself > > at some URL and then tell Exhibit to use that service URL: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets/browse_thread/thread/84... > > <http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets/browse_thread/thread/84...> > > > David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
