star-geocode feature

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Just noticed a bunch fo apparently auto-calculated +*geocode cards on http://thefarmschool.wagn.org/recent

 

I assume the idea is to use them to generatemaps, is there any tricky aspect to this, or will it be pretty obvious if I go look at some Google maps documentation?

 

Also, is this documented here anywhere (and if not is it okay to go ahead and do so), and is it part of core Wagn or is it a Pack?

 

this is not a supported feature, so I'd rather not document.


this "cucumber" test spells out how it currently works: https://github.com/wagn/wagn/blob/master/features/google_maps.feature.

 

But there is no guarantee that the functionality won't disappear altogether. I'm sure we'll eventually do it right, but I don't like our current implementation, and I'm definitely not assuming responsibility for making automated migrations to any new functionality. So this is "use at your own risk".

 

It was implemented before we had packs and is neither properly wagn core nor a pack, but an "old_module". I hope (but don't promise) to port the code to a pack before long.

 

Sadly, I don't think it will be straightforward with Google maps docs. It's just complicated stuff.

--Ethan McCutchen.....2013-04-19 15:13:48 +0000

Thanks! I'll let Peter know and we'll decide whether to give it a go. Is there a Wagn that's using it I can look at?

--John Abbe.....2013-04-19 17:54:57 +0000

this was used by the sustain hawaii sites at some point but is not currently in use afaik.

--Ethan McCutchen.....2013-04-19 18:21:55 +0000