Archive for September 2008

ProjectX now a Google Maps Enterprise Reseller for New Zealand

We’re delighted to announce that ProjectX is now officially a Google Maps Enterprise reseller in New Zealand. We working with a number of high profile companies to integrate Google Maps into their websites.
If you want to know anything about the different licensing models ie. Free, Premiere or Enterprise forĀ  Google Maps. Please contact us and [...]

Virtual earth release Reverse Geocoding and Landmark based routing

Microsoft have release a new version of Virtual Earth Web Service and Map control. There’s a swag of new features including:

New Mobile Support – Blackberry, Windows Mobile and iPhone
Internationalised versions – English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish for users in Western Europe.
New international reverse geocoding – Users can now find international addresses with reverse [...]

Free Seminar on Using Google Maps

We’re working with Zawadzki Limited to bring a high level seminar on “Using Google Maps”. The seminar is in Wellington on Friday 26th September 8:30am to 10:30am. The event is free, but you will need to register for the event.
Here is the overview for the seminar:
Using Google Maps
Google Maps is a great tool for making [...]

Xapian search – acts_as_xapian tip (II)

Further to my first post on using acts_as_xapian, I have been trying to make xapian work with pagination and association proxies properly
class Lesson < ActiveRecord::Base
# Index user_id as a term in xapian

belongs_to :user
def self.find_with_xapian(search_term, options={})
ActsAsXapian::Search.new([self], search_term, options).results.collect{|x| x[:model]}
[...]

Xlinks Digest – 20 / 09 / 2008

Here is a collection of interesting links as discovered by the ProjectX Team
7 accounting tips for beginning businesses
Added on 09/20/2008 at 11:47AM
Jason Frieds 10 things we learned at 37 signals
Added on 09/20/2008 at 11:47AM
How to never forget anything ever again
Added on 09/20/2008 at 11:46AM
Why small web design companies should think big
Added on 09/20/2008 at 11:45AM
Those [...]