San Francisco Wireless Cafes
Jul 11 by
Andre
SF Wireless (http://wifi.earthcode.com) is a community-driven directory of cafes with wireless internet access here in San Francisco. This is a community effort, and the more listings it has the better -- so if you're in the San Francisco area, go ahead and add your favorite cafe.
SF Wireless is built in Ruby on Rails, and has served as a testing ground for my Rails/Google Maps development over the last couple months. I hope it will become a useful resource for others who enjoy getting out of the office and doing work in cafes.
Some things to note as you look around the site:
- Open listings: anyone can add or update cafe listings
- Google maps integration: the map view lets you see cafes citywide, or filtered by a specific San Francisco neighborhood
- GMaps "Zoom" control: if you're using Firefox, there's a nifty "zoom" control on the main map view, which lets you outline a region on the map to center and zoom. Safari users -- this feature is coming soon
- Ratings & collective opinion: there's a nice AJAXy rating system to aggregate collective opinion on important things like the availability of power outlets