Comments on: Represent and GeoDjango http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/ Derek Willis' weblog on investigative and computer-assisted reporting. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:26:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha hourly 1 By: “Represent” Beta » E-Demokratie, Internationales, Transparenz » E-Demokratie.org http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/comment-page-1/#comment-138080 “Represent” Beta » E-Demokratie, Internationales, Transparenz » E-Demokratie.org Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:50:10 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5182#comment-138080 [...] ist eine nicht mehr ganz so neue aber dennoch sehr interessante Webapplikation der New York Times. Über die Verknüpfung von [...] [...] ist eine nicht mehr ganz so neue aber dennoch sehr interessante Webapplikation der New York Times. Über die Verknüpfung von [...]

]]> By: Rachel http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/comment-page-1/#comment-133175 Rachel Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:21:04 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5182#comment-133175 Congrats Derek (and Andrei)! 'Represent' is quite impressive indeed. This is just a quick response to Kevin's question: "I’d really love to see something like this employed locally. any ideas on furthering the application to locales outside of NYC?" I actually work for a GIS software firm based in Philly. We have developed a tool that would enable something like 'Represent' to be employed locally. We call our tool Cicero, which is basically an address-based legislative district boundary and elected official Web Services and API. We have over 90 major American cities + Canada in the system, and our team updates the data on a regular basis (monthly and after each elections). It's amazing the type of demand we've had for a tool like this! We certainly think Cicero could be used for an app as valuable as 'Represent, at a local level: http://www.avencia.com/cicero We've never seen such an app though, so that's a really interesting thought. Congrats Derek (and Andrei)! ‘Represent’ is quite impressive indeed. This is just a quick response to Kevin’s question: “I’d really love to see something like this employed locally. any ideas on furthering the application to locales outside of NYC?” I actually work for a GIS software firm based in Philly. We have developed a tool that would enable something like ‘Represent’ to be employed locally. We call our tool Cicero, which is basically an address-based legislative district boundary and elected official Web Services and API. We have over 90 major American cities + Canada in the system, and our team updates the data on a regular basis (monthly and after each elections). It’s amazing the type of demand we’ve had for a tool like this! We certainly think Cicero could be used for an app as valuable as ‘Represent, at a local level: http://www.avencia.com/cicero We’ve never seen such an app though, so that’s a really interesting thought.

]]> By: Tim http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/comment-page-1/#comment-133042 Tim Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:39:14 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5182#comment-133042 about the last note, I upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 and installation was a breeze. about the last note, I upgraded from 8.04 to 8.10 and installation was a breeze.

]]> By: Tim http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/comment-page-1/#comment-133024 Tim Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:26:13 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5182#comment-133024 Great stuff Derek! Note on Ubuntu from the GeoDjango site: The 8.04 (and lower) versions of Ubuntu use GEOS v2.2.3, which is incompatible with GeoDjango. Thus, do not use the binary packages for GEOS and/or PostGIS and build all prerequisites from source per the instructions in this document. It is okay to use the PostgreSQL binary packages. Great stuff Derek!
Note on Ubuntu from the GeoDjango site:
The 8.04 (and lower) versions of Ubuntu use GEOS v2.2.3, which is incompatible with GeoDjango. Thus, do not use the binary packages for GEOS and/or PostGIS and build all prerequisites from source per the instructions in this document. It is okay to use the PostgreSQL binary packages.

]]> By: Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » links for 2008-12-23 http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/comment-page-1/#comment-132959 Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » links for 2008-12-23 Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:30:31 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5182#comment-132959 [...] Represent and GeoDjango :: The Scoop Derek Willis, a member of the New York Times web development group, explains how to use GeoDjango to create the Represent project. All it took was Ubuntu, GeoDjango and some good design work. It's another argument for wise use of open source software. (tags: nytimes politics programming gis django ubuntu geodjango opensource) [...] [...] Represent and GeoDjango :: The Scoop Derek Willis, a member of the New York Times web development group, explains how to use GeoDjango to create the Represent project. All it took was Ubuntu, GeoDjango and some good design work. It's another argument for wise use of open source software. (tags: nytimes politics programming gis django ubuntu geodjango opensource) [...]

]]> By: kevin http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/comment-page-1/#comment-132938 kevin Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:51:08 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5182#comment-132938 Congrats on launching the site! I'd really love to see something like this employed locally. any ideas on furthering the application to locales outside of NYC? Congrats on launching the site!

I’d really love to see something like this employed locally. any ideas on furthering the application to locales outside of NYC?

]]> By: Represent from nytimes.com gives New York City residents information about their elected representatives « Inside Online Journalism http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/comment-page-1/#comment-132928 Represent from nytimes.com gives New York City residents information about their elected representatives « Inside Online Journalism Sun, 21 Dec 2008 12:06:16 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5182#comment-132928 [...] nytimes.com, and Derek Willis, a member of its web development group.  Derek Willis has written an interesting blogpost on Represent and GeoDjango — ‘…the part of Django that makes spatial work easy enough that even I [...] [...] nytimes.com, and Derek Willis, a member of its web development group.  Derek Willis has written an interesting blogpost on Represent and GeoDjango — ‘…the part of Django that makes spatial work easy enough that even I [...]

]]> By: Ben http://blog.thescoop.org/archives/2008/12/19/represent-and-geodjango/comment-page-1/#comment-132907 Ben Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:40:55 +0000 http://blog.thescoop.org/?p=5182#comment-132907 For anyone struggling with the installation of GeoDjango's dependencies, I would also recommend the guide provided by another product, GeoServer. http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/1.1.4+CentOS+(Red+Hat)+5.1+Install For me, the largest obstacle installation on production in CentOS was sorting out the GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH and GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH, which I now thing is covered in the GeoDjango docs. Nice work on Represent. Don't stop now. For anyone struggling with the installation of GeoDjango’s dependencies, I would also recommend the guide provided by another product, GeoServer.

http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/1.1.4+CentOS+(Red+Hat)+5.1+Install

For me, the largest obstacle installation on production in CentOS was sorting out the GEOS_LIBRARY_PATH and GDAL_LIBRARY_PATH, which I now thing is covered in the GeoDjango docs.

Nice work on Represent. Don’t stop now.

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