Events on the map

[jancborchardt]

It would be cool to have events show up on the map when they have a location set and are in the near future (the next 4 weeks).

@MorrisJobke mentioned that GMaps does this. Would be a great way to inter-connect Nextcloud apps like this! cc @v1r0x @brantje and @georgehrke for Calendar

[andreasjacobsen93]

This would be a really cool feature, but I don't know how much it would be used.

[georgehrke]

I think we should implement a Calendar API in the server, just like the contacts API.
Implementing a CalDAV client with all the parsing XML logic would be an overkill for a maps app.

[jancborchardt]

@georgehrke sounds good!

@andreasjacobsen93 it's not a matter of being used intentionally, it's about connecting the apps and achieving convergence. This is one of the big points why people use Google and Apple apps.

[georgehrke]

Now that Caldav is integrated into the server directly one major problem regarding this feature is already solved?

We also implemented the calendar API as i suggested above.
Can be found at https://github.com/nextcloud/server/blob/master/lib/public/Calendar/ICalendar.php

[WNYmathGuy]

The Friendica federated systems have events calendars. I can see how sharing an event from there to a Nextcloud circle or contacts list/group could be useful in marketing a concert, live event, company picnic, flashmob, etc.

[jancborchardt]

This is mostly about seeing your own events on a map. See https://www.blog.google/products/maps/now-you-can-see-your-google-calendar-events-google-maps/

[WNYmathGuy]

Right, @jancborchardt but if my Nextcloud was pulling in a calendar from somewhere else by the "Subscription" feature, they would be my event's right?

[georgehrke]

The calendar API does not expose subscriptions at the moment, so no.
Feel free to open a feature request for that in the server repo.

[bkil]

Would be an interesting twist if it could be extended to a general Meetup-alternative:

• https://github.com/coderbyheart/open-source-meetup-alternatives

[h05hardman]

Are there any updates on the possibilities of this feature?

[LeidenSpain]

Hello everyone,

We use nextcloud to manage a travel agency, so it would be great to be able to put travelers' dates on the calendar, and when adding the location, it would be shown on the map.

It would serve to quickly locate where all travelers are, for emergencies as has happened in Morocco.

Is there news on this?

[wargreen]

Hi,
On our NC, we have many theater / music band and one music production.
We hope that this feature can born one day for the tours plannings !

Thanks a lot for all the work !