http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/link-to-MP-from-ISF-pages-tp211p216.html
>Quoting Michael Lenczner <
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>>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.
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>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.
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>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
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>We do have RSS, but it is rather weak at the moment:
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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...).
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>We're definitely getting provincial data as well (in a few months), so
>it makes
>sense to provide these integrated services.
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>XSLT I don't know anything about... will research as time permits.
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>Anyways, i'd love more input...
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>Cheers,
>Cory.
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