updates

Integrating filtering and a timeline onto the map was achieved with google maps. Including it into the main page instead of on a standalone page took some time because of some unexpected differences in the structure of how the data was passed. The filtering also had to be slightly reworked so that it would dynamically [...]

timeline, filtering, etc

Following from last month’s demo a number of tasks were identified. First is to improve the usability and ui. Next is to optimize the backend as it becomes slower with greater amounts of data. The remote calls should be able to retrieve the data incrementally instead of loading everything at once when the page opens [...]

maps and more

I’ve been using Open Layers to connect to Open Street Map. It’s very versatile and they had a lot of examples which was really helpful. I’m able to display geotagged messages on a map and annotate them using a popup. I’m able to set the location for a single message but I’m still looking at [...]

replies and locations

I still haven’t found an easy way to get the replies to a specific status on twitter. What I do at the moment is to listen to the statuses that mention the user then check their inReplyToStatusId. There’s also a way to paginate the results so I can search only until the most recent checked [...]

messages and replies

Facebook has their Graph API and they provide various objects, for example a post is an individual entry in a profile’s feed and from there you can get all the comments to the post. There is also a property to get a list of people mentioned in the post. Twitter’s API also provides ways to [...]