[Cc-webedit] swoop map

[david at vannen.com]

I trust Jim Dog's judgemet re. security issues. Hence, as nice as I believe 
a Google map may be, I can't go ahead if he thinks it's a risk.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: <theinnercityhippy at riseup.net>
To: <cc-webedit at lists.aktivix.org>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Cc-webedit] swoop map


>
> keep in mind that we need to host the map on our own server, ideally only
> accessible with an ssl connection and we need to avoid storing any cookie
> info from the users of this page.
>
> An external service like google maps really isn't suitable for this
> unless the map request is rerouted as coming from our server as we run
> the risk of users being identified by ip and winding up with so called
> evidence of conspiricy which we need to guard against. Remember, people
> need to trust that we have thought of this and are taking steps to
> minimise the risk or it could backfire badly.
>
> If the maps are stored and accessed from our server, we have the removeip
> apache mod running so it will look like all the requests have come from
> the localhost in the unlikely event of these application logs being seized
> (though ideally they should be pointed at /dev/null )
>
> feel free to message me off list if you need more advice
>
> solidarity
>
> jimdog
>
>> Sounds great David, go for it.
>>
>> I look forward to seeing the results :)
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> On Sun, 2009-09-27 at 21:01 +0100, david at vannen.com wrote:
>>> Unless somebody who's really in touch with with Google Maps would
>>> rather do it, I can take this on, and have it done by Tuesday eve. the
>>> basic map is a quick job, the overlays a bit longer.
>>>
>>> I agree about the need for a printable map.
>>>
>>> DV
>>>         ----- Original Message -----
>>>         From: Alistair Alexander
>>>         To: cc-webedit at lists.aktivix.org
>>>         Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:39 PM
>>>         Subject: [Cc-webedit] swoop map
>>>
>>>
>>>         There's been a request for an interactive map of the Swoop to
>>>         be put online.
>>>
>>>
>>>         My understanding is that it would need to be more than a
>>>         google map and would need to show:
>>>
>>>               * Ratcliffe and surrounding area
>>>               * Bloc starting points with big arrows showing suggested
>>>                 routes
>>>               * Mouseover boxes detailing points of interest
>>>
>>>         In the time available, it seems like a pretty tall order - do
>>>         we know any web designer who might be able to do this (very
>>>         quickly)?
>>>
>>>
>>>         I'd suggest we also need a PDF map for printing out.
>>>
>>>
>>>         Alistair
>>>
>>>
>>>
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