[Nodeshot] adding polygons and custom fields to geodata? workflow?

[Karma Kolabor]

Thanks, Federico for the answer! The telecom italia spa example comes
very near tyo what I have in mind!

I will take a deeper look at nodeshot, the django hstore usage is also
very interesting.

have nice day,
Karma

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 11:34 AM, nemesis <nemesis at ninux.org> wrote:
> Hello and welcome Karma,
>
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2015 00:09:03 +0200, Karma Kolabor <collaborista at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> nodeshot looks very good, thanks for open sourcing this!
>>
>> I would like to build a collaborative web mapping solution that comes
>> quite near to what I see in nodeshot.
>>
>> However, I  have some questions (of course):
>>
>> - is it possible to add polygons, not only points? I need people to
>> draw areas, not only points.
>
>
> The database and API allow it, although the frontend does not have this
> feature yet.
> From the backend (admin site, eg: /admin) you can verify that other
> geometries are allowed for nodes.
>
>> - how can I add custom fields to a point / area of interest? I only
>> need some text and number fields attached to the geolocation.
>
>
> This could satisfy your need:
> http://docs.nodeshot.org/en/latest/topics/nodes.html#nodeshot-nodes-hstore-schema
>
> Here's an example usage:
> https://isp.namex.it/#nodes/telecom-italia-spa
>
> The point of interest has many fields that are specific to ISPs.
>
>> - what about image upload for a geolocation?
>
>
> Also this feature is present in the backend and API but not in the frontend
> yet.
>
>> - is there a workflow integrated in nodeshot? I need at least a simple
>> approval workflow, so editors can check before publishing.
>
>
> There's an option here:
> http://docs.nodeshot.org/en/latest/topics/nodes.html#nodeshot-nodes-published-default
>
> Which allows a node to have published = 0 by default.
>
> Although I haven't tried it with real users yet.
>
>> - what about support for mobile (apps)?
>
>
> Nodeshot has a HTTP RESTful API, it also returns GeoJSON.
> You can build any user interface or mobile app with it.
> But there's no mobile app out of the box.
>
>> Thank you very much for your attention,
>> have a nice day,
>> Karma
>
>
> Welcome
> Federico
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