[Hidden-tech] App software...

[Lynn Scharf]

You might consider a leaflet.js map with MapBox data underneath.  Leaflet
is a nice open source library and MapBox provides free data up to 3000 page
loads per month and then is $5.00 per month up to 10,000 and you end up
with a beautiful product.  Transfers nicely to mobile apps as well.

Here is what something like that might look like -

Leaflet Biodiesel Map <http://www.maps.silverleafgeospatial.com/demos/>

Cheers,
Lynn
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On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Jeff Brand <jeff at deltafactory.com> wrote:

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> There are advantages to a platform-native app, namely a presence in the
> app store and improved usability and overall performance. That said, a
> mobile web version can often quite useable and will let you prototype
> the design and functionality, usually for a fraction of the cost.
>
> Adobe's PhoneGap offers a compromise between the two that many find
> agreeable.
>
>
> On 8/29/2014 9:22 AM, Rich Roth wrote:
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> > Do you really need an 'app' or is what you need really a good mobile web
> site with a map.
> > Your description seems to be of 2 different functions:
> >       1) restaurants providing their used cooking oil
> >               of use to people making biodiesel
> >       2) biodiesel stations
> >               of use to people who want biodiesel for their motor vehicle
> >
> > And what region do you want to map ?
> >
> > Once you have those databases - how big is #2 anyway ? even #1 is not
> that big for the
> > local region
> >
> > A good mapping display is just a nice bit of database driven javascript,
> > for example here is a map of all creative economy business in Franklin
> county:
> >           http://www.fosteringartandculture.org/creativeground/
> >
> > All that is need to be useful as a mobile web page is adding the
> javascript to read the
> > current location and zoom the map.
> >
> > So it seems what you need 1st is a spec for exactly what you need.
> > Email be directly if you want to discuss that more
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > On 8/28/2014 2:44 PM, Lynn Benander wrote:
> >> We are also interested in advice on app software.
> >> We'd like to have a smartphone app that can show you a map of nearby
> >> biodiesel stations and restaurants providing their used cooking oil to
> >> make it.  Any recommendations?
> >> Lynn Benander
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