Mike, thanks for the response. I'm really starting to play around with SIMILE and get my feet wet with it.
I'm currently working on a way to load content more dynamically. Right now I'm loading it with a JSON call, and I wanted to see if there was a way to clear the current events and assign all new ones? This will reflect filtering by category options that I have in place for my maps already. I am able to rebuild the JSON string without any problems, but I'm having a hard time finding any very specific documentation. I also wanted to see, does anyone know a page that shows all of the event params that gives a desc of them? I'm currently going by example just viewing the sample timelines, but I was hoping there was something a bit more official and complete. Thanks! On Jun 13, 9:08 am, Michael Nosal <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > This is perfectly fine to do. > All that the Simile loaders do is extract data from a data source (JSON, XML, > SPARQL) create new Event objects and push into an EventSource object. It's > really easy to write your own function to do the same. > > With a little extra work, creating/editing/removing timeline elements is also > straightforward to do. You don't need to wipe out the entire timeline, just > manipulate the Events inside an EventSource and call .paint() when you're > ready to update the timeline display. You can create new events, edit > existing ones and remove old ones. This can be done with a little UI for the > user inside the browser, or you could be fetching updates from a server (e.g. > an RSS feed of events) for a dynamic display. > > --Mike > > On Jun 10, 2011, at 11:15 AM, John S wrote: > > > I'm just getting started with SIMILE, and I have to express that I'm > > very impressed with this. I'm currently working on a project that > > initially took me to the TIMEMAP project, but after looking at how it > > integrates with google maps, I decided this is where I should be > > working from directly. > > > I wanted to just get a bit of conversation moving on how feasible this > > sounds.. My project at the moment is a google maps wizard using v3 of > > their api. The wizard does a bit of everything, clustering, category > > filters, 2d sortable arrays of all visible markers, and a slew of > > other smaller features. I initially looked into TIMEMAP because it's > > built to use SIMILE, but after looking closer, they create a timemap, > > and create the map inside of it, which doesn't work for the additional > > functionality that I have in place already. > > > What I'd like to do.. I'd like to be create a custom loader that > > doesn't use xml, instead I'd like to send it an array of map markers. > > All of the same data from the xml can be inside the markers, and I'd > > just create my own loader. > > > The extended functionality I'd need would be the ability to load, > > modify, and remove items in the timeline on an individual basis - > > dynamically. As a worst case, I could wipe the timeline and have it > > reload the new info, though I'd rather not go that route. > > > I wanted to see what you guys thought about this, and if it's very > > possible? I know SIMILE is a pretty impressive tool, but I haven't > > been able to dig through it enough yet to see if some of these > > features already exist or not. What does everyone think about this? Do > > you see a lot of issues with something like this or does this sound > > like something pretty feasible? > > -- 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.
