I feel like I'm hung up on one big step right now. Since this is all
done through ajax, I'm updating/creating/editing on the client side,
and I've been digging through the discussion pages and documentation,
and I found this code to help with dynamically handling events, but I
can't get them to load, and I'm really stumped on why.
var eventsJson = [
{
"start": timestart,
"title": title,
"icon": icon
}
];
eventSource.loadJSON({ "events": eventsJson },
document.location.href);
timestamp, title, and icon are all variables. the date is formatted
like this, 2007-05-05 22:00:00.
There aren't any errors being generated either, so I'm really not sure
why this isn't working, but I'd definitely appreciate any feedback
anyone might have.
On Jun 15, 11:53 am, John S <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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?
>
>
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