http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/link-to-MP-from-ISF-pages-tp211p215.html
well - for the record i'm officially requesting an RSS feed per MP. I
want it full of all the content / news that you gather. And I want it
across all of our ISF hotspots to our 12,000 users in Montreal. If
> Quoting Michael Lenczner <
[hidden email]>:
>
> > so cory - what do you think? do you know if / when you will have such
> > capabilities? Are you currently working on the project? - i'm sure
> > that time is an issue in terms of doing unpaid work.
>
> It sounds great... i'd like to do it ASAP, but free time is an issue.
> Fortunately adding new features is more fun than rewriting old ones, so
> you
> guys are in luck. We're planning more overhauls on our database and code, so
> structure is likely to change. Identifying MPs by a seemingly-random integer
> isn't any good -- i'd like to have a few options, perhaps by name, EDID, or
> anything else you guys would like.
>
> Things i'm considering:
> - hosting a Web Map Server (WMS) with the voting/attendance/etc data themed
> - providing a lat/long --> EDID / MP lookup service
> - improved RSS
>
> We do have RSS, but it is rather weak at the moment:
>
http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/rss-info.php>
> I intend to use the geogratis 2004 shapefile, but will need permission
> to run it
> for the WMS (horray!, free data that we aren't allowed to actually
> _use_). Doing the lat/long --> EDID lookup I can likely get away with,
> without
> permission -- since i'm not really reproducing their data (but since i'm
> already getting permission...).
>
> We're definitely getting provincial data as well (in a few months), so
> it makes
> sense to provide these integrated services.
>
> XSLT I don't know anything about... will research as time permits.
>
> Anyways, i'd love more input...
>
> Cheers,
> Cory.
>
>