Geolocalization in Koha

[Pablo A. Bianchi]

Hi!

Does anyone ever thought of adding Geolocation[0] to Koha? Probably
using also Google Maps API.
Having branches spread over a large territory make this very useful,
making the records of the searched material more near first in the
result list. Is possible to add some heuristics based on what people
usually search for on that zone.
There are some freely available databases, but also is possible to
create and improve one over time, based on location established on
registered and logged users, associating it with their IP address.

Regards,
Pablo

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geolocation
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[MJ Ray-2]

"Pablo A. Bianchi" <pbianchi@...>
> Does anyone ever thought of adding Geolocation[0] to Koha? Probably
> using also Google Maps API.

I see no particular reason why not.  I feel it would be nicer to use
the openstreetmap.org APIs, or at least offer them as the default
option where the mapping is complete enough.

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[Pablo A. Bianchi]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:02 AM, MJ Ray <mjr@...> wrote:
>> "Pablo A. Bianchi" <pbianchi@...>
>> Does anyone ever thought of adding Geolocation[0] to Koha? Probably
>> using also Google Maps API.
>
> I see no particular reason why not.  I feel it would be nicer to use
> the openstreetmap.org APIs, or at least offer them as the default
> option where the mapping is complete enough.

I totally agree using openstreetmap.org as default API.

Some extra fields for each Library should be added to database (aside
code for geolocation and sorting opac results) like longitude and
latitude, for example on Decimal Degrees, "DD". Is too late to add
this to Koha 3.2?

Cheers,
Pablo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees
http://www.ipinfodb.com/ip_location_api.php
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Pablo A. Bianchi asked:
> Some extra fields for each Library should be added to database (aside
> code for geolocation and sorting opac results) like longitude and
> latitude, for example on Decimal Degrees, "DD". Is too late to add
> this to Koha 3.2?

It seems like a minor enhancement to the current Library branch
feature, rather than a major new feature itself, so I'd expect
it could sneak in if it's quick, but I'm not Release Manager.

Hope that helps,
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