Comments on: MapIt – a Freebase Google Maps builder (updated) http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/ Exploring the next wave of data-driven apps Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Will Moffat http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-2585 Will Moffat Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:49:46 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-2585 Thanks but we're working on a much more powerful version of this. Stay tuned to the blog.freebase.com Thanks but we’re working on a much more powerful version of this. Stay tuned to the blog.freebase.com

]]> By: spencer http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-2584 spencer Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:48:44 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-2584 hey will, i feel this is a really important app that should be running. need a programming friend? would love to help. hey will, i feel this is a really important app that should be running. need a programming friend? would love to help.

]]> By: Pascal Van Hecke http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-668 Pascal Van Hecke Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:32:23 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-668 I still didn't manage to get the other examples I thought would have been possible: parliaments, museums, Winter olympics locations… It would help if Addresses were "locatable" as well, but I guess you'll have to work on the Google maps API side then? I still didn’t manage to get the other examples I thought would have been possible:
parliaments,
museums,
Winter olympics locations…

It would help if Addresses were “locatable” as well, but I guess you’ll have to work on the Google maps API side then?

]]> By: Will Moffat http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-667 Will Moffat Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:19:13 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-667 Hi Pascal, glad you got it to work. I clearly need to re-think the GUI though. I just hacked together the first thing that came to mind since I wanted to prove the concept of a query builder. But now I would like to make it more intuitive. Hi Pascal, glad you got it to work. I clearly need to re-think the GUI though. I just hacked together the first thing that came to mind since I wanted to prove the concept of a query builder. But now I would like to make it more intuitive.

]]> By: Pascal Van Hecke http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-666 Pascal Van Hecke Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:09:58 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-666 Ahhh... indeed! The ... "Add ‘Capital City Of’ to query by clicking its blue info icon Make it required by clicking the check box" ... wasn't clear at all to me... I do get a map of capital cities indeed now: http://www.hamstersoup.com/freebase/projects/maps/MapIt/mapit.html?queryStr=%5B%7B%0D%0A++%22%2Fcommon%2Ftopic%2Fimage%22%3A%5B%7B%0D%0A++++%22guid%22%3Anull%2C%0D%0A++++%22limit%22%3A1%2C%0D%0A++++%22optional%22%3Afalse%0D%0A++%7D%5D%2C%0D%0A++%22%2Flocation%2Fcitytown%2Fcapital_city_of%22%3A%5B%7B%0D%0A++++%22limit%22%3A1%2C%0D%0A++++%22name%22%3Anull%2C%0D%0A++++%22optional%22%3Afalse%0D%0A++%7D%5D%2C%0D%0A++%22geolocation%22%3A%5B%7B%0D%0A++++%22latitude%22%3Anull%2C%0D%0A++++%22longitude%22%3Anull%0D%0A++%7D%5D%2C%0D%0A++%22id%22%3Anull%2C%0D%0A++%22limit%22%3A0%2C%0D%0A++%22name%22%3Anull%2C%0D%0A++%22type%22%3A%22%2Flocation%2Flocation%22%0D%0A%7D%5D&fieldStr=%7B%22Image%22%3A%7B%22label%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22ptr%22%3A%5B0%2C%22%2Fcommon%2Ftopic%2Fimage%22%2C0%5D%7D%2C%22Location%22%3A%7B%22label%22%3A%22Location%22%2C%22ptr%22%3A%5B0%2C%22geolocation%22%2C0%5D%7D%2C%22Name1%22%3A%7B%22label%22%3A%22Country%22%2C%22ptr%22%3A%5B0%2C%22%2Flocation%2Fcitytown%2Fcapital_city_of%22%2C0%5D%7D%7D Ahhh… indeed!

The …

“Add ‘Capital City Of’ to query by clicking its blue info icon
Make it required by clicking the check box”

… wasn’t clear at all to me…

I do get a map of capital cities indeed now:
http://www.hamstersoup.com/freebase/projects/maps/MapIt/mapit.html?queryStr=%5B%7B++%22%2Fcommon%2Ftopic%2Fimage%22%3A%5B%7B++++%22guid%22%3Anull%2C++++%22limit%22%3A1%2C++++%22optional%22%3Afalse++%7D%5D%2C++%22%2Flocation%2Fcitytown%2Fcapital_city_of%22%3A%5B%7B++++%22limit%22%3A1%2C++++%22name%22%3Anull%2C++++%22optional%22%3Afalse++%7D%5D%2C++%22geolocation%22%3A%5B%7B++++%22latitude%22%3Anull%2C++++%22longitude%22%3Anull++%7D%5D%2C++%22id%22%3Anull%2C++%22limit%22%3A0%2C++%22name%22%3Anull%2C++%22type%22%3A%22%2Flocation%2Flocation%22%7D%5D&fieldStr=%7B%22Image%22%3A%7B%22label%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22ptr%22%3A%5B0%2C%22%2Fcommon%2Ftopic%2Fimage%22%2C0%5D%7D%2C%22Location%22%3A%7B%22label%22%3A%22Location%22%2C%22ptr%22%3A%5B0%2C%22geolocation%22%2C0%5D%7D%2C%22Name1%22%3A%7B%22label%22%3A%22Country%22%2C%22ptr%22%3A%5B0%2C%22%2Flocation%2Fcitytown%2Fcapital_city_of%22%2C0%5D%7D%7D

]]> By: de tomKronieken » Blog Archive » links for 2007-06-05 http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-633 de tomKronieken » Blog Archive » links for 2007-06-05 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:17:36 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-633 [...] MapIt - a Freebase Google Maps builder (updated) « HamsterSoup - Recipes for Geeks (tags: google) [...] [...] MapIt – a Freebase Google Maps builder (updated) « HamsterSoup – Recipes for Geeks (tags: google) [...]

]]> By: Will Moffat http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-620 Will Moffat Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:06:18 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-620 Hi Pascal, hope my example helps. > expect a location field attached, do not have it… cities, buildings… My type hierarchy does not show co-types which does limit the possibilities. I'm working on this. > the application shows a flag also on the “image location” field, Image does actually have a valid Location field. I haven't been able to use this for mapping though, I keep getting timeouts. Hi Pascal, hope my example helps.

> expect a location field attached, do not have it… cities, buildings…

My type hierarchy does not show co-types which does limit the possibilities. I’m working on this.

> the application shows a flag also on the “image location” field,

Image does actually have a valid Location field. I haven’t been able to use this for mapping though, I keep getting timeouts.

]]> By: Will Moffat http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-619 Will Moffat Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:27:28 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-619 <strong>Step by Step example: capitals of the world</strong>   Think of an instance of a capital city*, let’s type ‘<strong>Berlin</strong>’ Click ‘Find topics’ The first topic shown looks like the one we want, so click it. Expand ‘City/Town’ Add ‘Capital City Of’ to query by clicking its blue info icon Make it required by clicking the check box Add ‘Location’ to query by clicking on the flag icon   We are now ready to display a map, but we can improve the map with the following Click on the label ‘Capital City Of’ and change it to ‘Country’ Expand ‘Topic’ Add ‘image’ to the query and make it required. Change max results to ‘0′ (unlimited) Click ‘MapIt’   <em>(* If you start by searching for London or Paris, you can see that they have a user-added type of ‘Capital’. But unfortunately they are the only two instances, so it’s not useful for our query here) </em> Step by Step example: capitals of the world
 
Think of an instance of a capital city*, let’s type ‘Berlin’
Click ‘Find topics’
The first topic shown looks like the one we want, so click it.
Expand ‘City/Town’
Add ‘Capital City Of’ to query by clicking its blue info icon
Make it required by clicking the check box
Add ‘Location’ to query by clicking on the flag icon
 
We are now ready to display a map, but we can improve the map with the following
Click on the label ‘Capital City Of’ and change it to ‘Country’
Expand ‘Topic’
Add ‘image’ to the query and make it required.
Change max results to ‘0′ (unlimited)
Click ‘MapIt’
 
(* If you start by searching for London or Paris, you can see that they have a user-added type of ‘Capital’. But unfortunately they are the only two instances, so it’s not useful for our query here)

]]> By: Will Moffat http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-618 Will Moffat Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:01:16 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-618 Hi Pascal, Thanks for the feedback. I added an error message with the Freebase log-in link and fixed the title. If you make any cool maps then please do post them in the comments. <a href="http://www.hamstersoup.com/freebase/projects/maps/MapIt/mapit.html?queryStr=%5B%7B%0D%0A++%22%2Fcommon%2Ftopic%2Fimage%22%3A%5B%7B%0D%0A++++%22guid%22%3Anull%2C%0D%0A++++%22limit%22%3A1%2C%0D%0A++++%22optional%22%3Atrue%0D%0A++%7D%5D%2C%0D%0A++%22id%22%3Anull%2C%0D%0A++%22limit%22%3A0%2C%0D%0A++%22name%22%3Anull%2C%0D%0A++%22place_founded%22%3A%5B%7B%0D%0A++++%22geolocation%22%3A%5B%7B%0D%0A++++++%22latitude%22%3Anull%2C%0D%0A++++++%22longitude%22%3Anull%0D%0A++++%7D%5D%0D%0A++%7D%5D%2C%0D%0A++%22type%22%3A%22%2Fbusiness%2Fcompany%22%0D%0A%7D%5D&fieldStr=%7B%22Image%22%3A%7B%22label%22%3A%22image%22%2C%22ptr%22%3A%5B0%2C%22%2Fcommon%2Ftopic%2Fimage%22%2C0%5D%7D%2C%22Location%22%3A%7B%22label%22%3A%22Place+founded%22%2C%22ptr%22%3A%5B0%2C%22place_founded%22%2C0%2C%22geolocation%22%2C0%5D%7D%7D" rel="nofollow">Companies</a> by Place Founded - 63 records. (You can use a href tags in the comments) Hi Pascal,
Thanks for the feedback. I added an error message with the Freebase log-in link and fixed the title.
If you make any cool maps then please do post them in the comments.
Companies by Place Founded – 63 records.
(You can use a href tags in the comments)

]]> By: Pascal Van Hecke http://blog.hamstersoup.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-617 Pascal Van Hecke Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:55:31 +0000 http://hamstersoup.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mapit-a-freebase-google-maps-builder-updated/#comment-617 When I said "works like a charm", that was about your prepared queries. I find it really hard to build meaningful queries though... Some things I tried but I didn't succeed: capital cities, parliaments, museums, Winter olympics locations... The problem seems to be that types, where you really would expect a location field attached, do not have it... cities, buildings... Oh btw: the application shows a flag also on the "image location" field, but that's not what it is supposed to do is it? When I said “works like a charm”, that was about your prepared queries.
I find it really hard to build meaningful queries though…

Some things I tried but I didn’t succeed:
capital cities,
parliaments,
museums,
Winter olympics locations…

The problem seems to be that types, where you really would expect a location field attached, do not have it… cities, buildings…

Oh btw: the application shows a flag also on the “image location” field, but that’s not what it is supposed to do is it?

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