[pct-l] Ultimate PCT Website Wishlist (a living document)

[sparkymeister at gmail.com (Mark Wright)]

Much of this is possible with mapserver
(http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/) and a postgis database (that's
postgres with the postgis spatial extension). You would store all the
data in the database with the coordinates stored as geometry data
types, mostly as points. The trail could also be stored in the
database as a vector linestring. It could also be stored as a
shapefile for map display but keeping it in the database allows you to
calculate distances with a simple sql query. You could also use Ka-map
to give the map a google maps type dragable navigation
(http://www.ominiverdi.org/ka-map/ka-map/htdocs/)


Mark



On 3/24/06, Mike Saenz <msaenz@mve-architects.com> wrote:
> Not necessarily in priority order:
>
> 1) Clickable map interface
> 2) Click on the map and the closest PCT mile marker (NOBO/SOBO) is
> indicated (with section designation) and elevation
> 3) Click on the map and a photo(s) of the location appears (panos would
> be perfect)
> 4) Click on the map and closest water source is indicated (SoCal)
> 5) Click on the map and a 10 mile section (on either side of the clicked
> location) is profiled to show elevation gain/loss 6) Click on the map
> and Long/Lat/UTM coordinate is indicated (closest point on the PCT to
> clicked location)
> 7) Click two points and the route of the PCT between these two points is
> highlighted with mileage between the two points indicated and GPS
> waypoints of this route are downloadable.
> 8) Click on two points and a link to the USGS 7.5' topo maps is shown
> where the map can be downloaded.
> 9) Click on the map and the closest resupply source is indicated
>
> I think these must be the minimum capability of the ultimate PCT
> website. All this info is available from many different sources already.
> What would make this the ultimate site, is to have all this in one,
> user-friendly, map interface.
>
> Additional features:
>
> 10) Links to PCTA.org, PCT-L, AsABat's water page, ADZPCTKO web site,
> Topozone.com and Casil (and any other important PCT data sites)
> 11) Some form of communication bulletin board for thru-hikers to log in
> and post a message and maybe a link which highlights the location on the
> map interface where they currently are at.
>
>
> Of course, there can be lots of other stuff that can be added. The site
> must be clean - easy to understand and efficient with bandwidth.
>
> Michael Saenz ,  Associate Partner
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