AIDR real time tweet collection map

[heatherleson]

Are you an expert on back-end programming using Java EE? Are you an expert in front-end programming using ExtJS? The AIDR project is always looking for contributors who can help us bringing new and exciting capabilities to AIDR. We invite you to consider this is a self-organized community task.

It is not on the current roadmap. If you would like to work on this mini-project, please add your notes and we will follow-up.

Title: AIDR real time tweet collection map
Product: AIDR
Summary:
AIDR could display real-time tweets on a map for a given collection. This project could be in conjunction with the MicroMappers Map, but not exclusively.

Skills Needed: CSS, AIDR Stack. Mapping knowledge
==> Must : CSS, Jquery, html5, Mapping knowledge, map api (e.g. google map api, lefletJS and etc)
==> Nice to have : AIDR Stack, JAVA, J2EE, Web Socket

Mentors/contact: Ji Kim Lucas, Senior Software Developer Lead

Code guidance: To be determined

Some examples of live maps include:
http://gdeltproject.org/globaldashboard/
http://tweetping.net/
http://www.hypercities.com/?page_id=2#/mapping-twitter-in-realtime
http://trendsmap.com/
http://onemilliontweetmap.com/ (uses Elastic Search - http://elasticsearch-plugin.maptimize.com/)

See example screenshots from some of the above products. This project could also investigate a collaborating with other opensource projects.

Skills Required (Must have, nice to have)
Java, CSS, Knowledge of Twitter API
Self-directed project

[klyap]

Is there anyone currently working on this project? I'm potentially interested and would love to get more details about this project.

[jikimlucas]

so far, no one has started the project. if you are interested or are starting it, please update us!

[klyap]

I'll probably have time for this around August, if no one else has taken up on it!