ProjectX Blog

Tim has created some examples of using GText to show the potential of what you can do.

Tim Haines have a look at example 1 for an answer to your question about zoom levels.

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We’ve just updated the API to enable users to add text directly on top of the maps. The new API function is called GText. You have the ability to customise the size and style of the text via css. Check out the example
page to see what you can do.

Kudos to Tim for his work.

Here is a simple guide to using Private places on ZoomIn. So lets work through an example. Let say you wanted to share the location of a party this weekend with your friends.

1. Add a place to the site.
2. Go to the privacy section of the place page (on the right hand side of the page under the map). Modify the privacy settings to suit.
   Note: If a place is private you won’t be able to view it or search for it unless you’re logged in.

That’s it!

Bonus tips: If you want to restrict access to the place to a group of people, you will need to ensure that you are a member of that group.

We’ve added a couple of cool features to zoomin.co.nz:

Private Places – now you can set a place that you created to be private, which means that only you will be able to see it.
Or you can set the place to be visible only to a certain group.

To do this, go to a place that you have created (or create a new place), and look on the right hand side of the page. You can alter the privacy settings under the ‘Privacy Settings’ heading.

Video Embedding – now you can embed Youtube and Google Video videos in your comments and place descriptions.

To insert a youtube video:

• find the video in youtube
• copy the URL of the page, it should be something like

• paste it into your comment text, between some youtube square brackets, like this:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46LQd9dXFRU[/youtube]

You can do the same thing with google videos, by adding something like this to your comments:

[google]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4147604860974111184[/google]

You can see an example of an embedded video at http://zoomin.co.nz/nz/wellington/rongotai/-wellington+airport/

We just added a tag cloud to zoomIn.co.nz. Now you can see all the tags we have.

One cool feature if hover over the tag you’ll get a tool tip of how many places feature that tag.

Enjoy!

I wanted to have a look at drilling into some of the stats of popular places on the site. Here are a few of the various popularity stats from zoomIn.co.nz.

1) Top 25 users of all time ranked by popularity of places that have created.

1. projectx
2. fourcorners
3. viewauckland
4. capital_soccer
5. buses_wgtn
6. benn
7. dineout
8. wotzon
9. willisst
10. tomek
11. tagg
12. dayout
13. wellingtonnz
14. tom
15. travelwise
16. cubast
17. divemaster
18. jac
19. jamespole
20. chart
21. seanduggan
22. nik
23. nzcoffee
24. shell
25. soccer2

2) Top 25 users of all time ranked by relative popularity of places. (ie the popularity of the places / number of places – minimum of 5 user places created to qualify)

1. tomek ( 1165 hits per place )
2. capital_soccer ( 565 hits per place )
3. staticnz ( 506 hits per place )
4. sminnee ( 466 hits per place )
5. willisst ( 364 hits per place )
6. milton ( 350 hits per place )
7. tom ( 320 hits per place )
8. hadinnerjoy ( 280 hits per place )
9. suzette ( 263 hits per place )
10. dubh ( 252 hits per place )
11. hindins ( 241 hits per place )
12. rosslin ( 226 hits per place )
13. barnaclebarnes ( 221 hits per place )
14. nedbedrock ( 219 hits per place )
15. grokbeer ( 218 hits per place )
16. ptorrsmith ( 209 hits per place )
17. dayout ( 193 hits per place )
18. wellingtonnz ( 191 hits per place )
19. nik ( 186 hits per place )
20. surreal ( 186 hits per place )
21. cubast ( 185 hits per place )
22. dingobill ( 181 hits per place )
23. threeta ( 169 hits per place )
24. businessdynamics ( 162 hits per place )
25. nzssra ( 162 hits per place )

3) Top 25 tags ranked by place popularity of tags used.

1. bay
2. food
3. park
4. restaurant
5. island
6. lake
7. cafe
8. bus
9. accomodation
10. bar
11. metlink
12. track
13. school
14. education
15. lodge
16. bed
17. breakfast
18. wine
19. motels
20. beach
21. station
22. house
23. sports
24. arts
25. nature

For those of us who are particular about our coffee, I have started building the ultimate coffee map. I have started to tag all the cafes around New Zealand with the coffee blend that they use. I need your help to tag the cafes around the country according to the coffee blend that they use.

I’ve already made a start, I have tagged coffee supreme, fuel espresso and Mojo.

Enjoy your caffeine fix and get tagging !

Let’s face it, the summer weathers pretty crappy. (Thanks to El Nino!), so why not make the best of the changable winds and hit the water.

There are plenty of options: Windsurfing, Kitesurfing, or find a Yacht , Boat or Cruising Club to hit the water.

Remember to be safe on the water and put on heaps of sunblock !

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You can now add a IFRAME ZoomIn map to your website for your favourite groups. (See the map of the Silicon Welly group on ZoomIn.)

Enjoy!

A quick look at our stats shows that our Australian cousins are getting in the Xmas spirit! Top page in Australia is Kenny Drive Christmas Lights Display in Duncraig, Perth.

Top location in ZoomIn NZ is Hutt Boyz Choppers.