Re: [GrooveApp-devel] Re: test

[Allen L. <ano...@gm...>]

What I can remember from talking to him last was a simple directed
graph where you choose a starting node and an ending node and there is
at most one or two directed paths from the start to end, passing
through multiple other nodes (which are sites of interest like towns,
post offices, scenic areas, mountains, rivers, etc.).  Each node of
interest has a constellation of metadata annotating it so we can track
overall elevation change between each node/leg of the journey,
distance between nodes, estimate the time it would take to travel by
foot between nodes given some default or user-specified velocity, and
so on.

Oh, also, I just read this page earlier regarding how the django
framework deals with url dispatching, thought it might be useful on
the list as well - maybe you've seen this already?

http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/url_dispatch/


On 3/3/06, Marcus Breese <mb...@gm...> wrote:
> How would it be calculated?
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> Is it something like this: Set defined trails.  Set defined waypoints alo=
ng
> said trails.  Set attributes for each leg of the trail.  Set other
> interesting things along trail like sights, resupply info, etc... ?
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> Something like that?  I'm just trying to understand the basic algorithm.
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> On 3/3/06, Allen Lee <ano...@gm... > wrote:
> > So there's this application that I was thinking about writing for my
> > friend for part of his http://www.trailfaqs.com website that's aiming
> > to be a useful informational resource for hikers - he wants a hike
> > planner that will let him select a startpoint, endpoint, and give him
> > more information about the area in between those two points like how
> > far resupply towns are spaced about, the overall elevation change,
> > etc.
> >
> > Anyways, the thing was, I was planning on writing this as an exercise
> > to learn RoR, but maybe it'd be useful as a testbed application for
> > exercising grooveapp as well.  There's no compensation really, other
> > than providing an application that other people will probably find
> > useful.  There's really nothing out there that does this kind of thing
> > for people wanting to hike the appalachian trail or the pacific crest
> > trail seriously (i.e., for months).
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> > Allen
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> > On 3/2/06, Marcus Breese <mb...@gm...> wrote:
> > > reply-to changed.
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> > > On 3/2/06, Marcus Breese <mb...@gm...> wrote:
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