Using GeoKit? Tell us about it
Mar 13, 2007 by
Andre
If you are using GeoKit, drop me an email. I am going to put up a "Who's using GeoKit?" page at geokit.rubyforge.org, and I'd love to hear:
- how you're using GeoKit
- what site or service you're using it on, with a link that I can put up on Rubyforge
- how GeoKit made your life (or at least your project!) easier
Send me an email at andre {at} earthcode {dot} com. Thanks!
Comments
Johannes de Jong on Mar 14
Definitely in the planning for MaltMaps but most likely will only ready for release in aug/sept, yeah I know my day job takes priority :-)
Hugh Watkins on Apr 10
Andre,
I'm using GeoKit for my Secret Falls website, although it's still a work in progress. I use the hostip lookup to figure out where you are coming in from and then show you the closest hiking trail (using acts_as_mappable).
There are a couple of things (well more than a couple) I need to do.
1) Need to figure out the best way to override the start location if hostip can't find IP address. (It would be nice to allow the user to enter location to hostip, so it's database gets better)
2) User needs to be able to select another location, I'm sure there is some simple JavaScript or AJAX way of doing this, just haven't found it yet.
I am having one issue with the cookie that gets set, it seems to lose it's information after a while even though the cookie is still there. I think it might be tied to the Rails session expiring, but I'm not sure. Have you seen this issue before?
Thanks for writing GeoKit, it's been very helpful.
Vince W on May 07
Hi Andre,
Just relaunched buyindie which I first put out in 2004. The site is way way more powerful now thanks largely to Geokit. Thanks!
FWIW, we're doing some magic foo in the URL to help caching as well.
Xin on May 25
Andre,
We've used geokit for findtoddlergroups.co.uk
Geokit is used to find records closest to a point. It has really sped up our development time. Geokit is also is very easy to use. Thank you so much for releasing it.
I've also emailed this comment.
Xin
Tinu on Oct 15
Hello Andre
Hostip does not seem to be a reliable service - it does not locate the user correctly. I have checked this with many of the my friends in different places. Can you provide an alternative to use??
Andre Lewis on Nov 11
Tinu: there are a variety of services out there, do a google search for "ip geolocation service". The paid ones will be more reliable than the free options.
Tom on Dec 17
Hello Andre,
thanks for writing GeoKit. I am currently working on CabChap.com, a market for on-demand transport. I just migrated to Rails 2.2, do you plan to adapt GeoKit? It seems to have a few bumps with 2.2 so far.
Thanks again,
Tom