parolkar / geo_mere_laal

Description:	Zero-effort creation of Location-aware Rails application based on W3C Geolocaton API. edit
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Wed Oct 28 10:10:18 -0700 2009

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name	age	history message
MIT-LICENSE	Mon Oct 19 11:54:56 -0700 2009	Created helpers [parolkar]
README.markdown	Wed Oct 28 10:10:18 -0700 2009	Thanks to Ruby5 (for Podcast) [parolkar]
Rakefile	Mon Oct 19 01:09:19 -0700 2009	Om Sree Ganeshaya Namah: [parolkar]
app/	Thu Oct 22 05:41:32 -0700 2009	falsified layout [parolkar]
config/	Wed Oct 21 00:29:41 -0700 2009	Added install script [parolkar]
docs/	Wed Oct 21 06:26:40 -0700 2009	added readme [parolkar]
init.rb	Tue Oct 20 06:16:04 -0700 2009	Added the reverse geolocation functionality [parolkar]
install.rb	Wed Oct 21 02:35:23 -0700 2009	Changes in install script [parolkar]
lib/	Wed Oct 21 06:00:44 -0700 2009	Added readme [parolkar]
tasks/	Mon Oct 19 01:09:19 -0700 2009	Om Sree Ganeshaya Namah: [parolkar]
test/	Mon Oct 19 01:09:19 -0700 2009	Om Sree Ganeshaya Namah: [parolkar]
uninstall.rb	Mon Oct 19 01:09:19 -0700 2009	Om Sree Ganeshaya Namah: [parolkar]

README.markdown

GeoMereLaal

(जियो मेरे लाल : ji-oo-me-re-laal : "Keep it up baby!")

GeoMereLaal plugin is all you need to create Location-Aware rails application based on W3C Geolocaton API.

Quick Audio Intro: Thanks to Ruby5 Podcast

What's Location-Awareness?

W3C proposed an API in which internet browsers can have capability to retrieve geo-location of the user via multiple sources (Wifi, LBS, IP, browser cookies) and share it with web apps so that apps can serve content based on user's location.

Who supports it?

Web Browser	Geolocation API support
Mozilla Firefox	supported in Firefox 3.5 and later versions.
Chrome	Supports thru Google Gears Geolocation API
Opera	Supported in nightly builds – download from this page
Safari	Support is coming soon in the IPhone’s Safari browser.
Internet Explorer	An experimental support available from IE8.

How do I use it?

Step 1 : Install

 script/plugin install git://github.com/parolkar/geo_mere_laal.git

Step 2 : Create form (as you always did but with new helpers)

Note: You may want to generate Address model this way script/generate model Address street:string locality:string city:string state:string country:string zip:string lat:string lng:string

   
<% form_tag('#') do  -%>
   <%= label :address,"street","Street" -%>
   <%= street_field :address, "street" %>    
    
   <%= label :address,"locality","Locality" -%>
   <%= locality_field :address, "locality" %>  

   <%= label :address,"city","City" -%>
   <%= city_field :address, "city" %>  

   <%= label :address,"state","State" -%> 
   <%= state_field :address, "state" %>      

   <%= label :address,"country","Country Name" -%>
   <%= country_name_field :address, "country" %>

   <%= label :address,"zip","Postal Code" -%>
   <%= postal_code_field :address, "zip" %>
    
<% end %>

Step 3: ...... there is no step 3 ;-)

The rendered form will auto fill the content with user's geolocation

Output