[thelist] Dynamic Maps
Dean Mah
dsmah at home.com
Wed Mar 28 12:41:51 CST 2001
Using Perl, GD, and DBI you can take a static map and then update it
dynamically from the data within the database. It's pretty simple.
(I did a similar thing, without using zip code, in a couple hours for
my former employer.) You usually have to keep the maps static and
hardcode or come up with an algorithm for where to plot the
co-ordinates. But if you are doing this by hand already, it should be
no problem to come up with plotting co-ordinates.
Dean
Paul Dewey writes:
> To all:
> I hope someone out there can help me come up with an answer to this one.
> The current webpages I maintain have a Locator finder that is updated in a
> daily bases. The information about the stores (and what type of store they
> are) and where they are located in the US. The actual maps are static but
> the information is dynamic. Basically I want something like this: when the
> store information is taken form the database the map are dynamically
> produced and each store is plotted on the state map. Currently I have go
> into the source image and change it by hand and then update it to the web
> page. I want the maps to be able to dynamically update each night given the
> information in the database. the stores would be plotted on the map
> depending on their zips. Any idea? I will try to explain more if this is
> unclear. Thanks for any help ahead of time.
>
> -Paul
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