Using Maps as adjunct to narrative

One path: use the gpsplotter as the starting point to create a map, and then add demonstration features.

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I want to click on a map and see pictures and stories, or lists of pictures and stories, that relate to the location clicked upon.

Two approaches

• The gpsplotter approach of 'named points.' Click on a named point, or mouse over, and see what there is to offer at that point.
• The proximity approach: click on the map, go to the server, and a list is assembled from some manner of proximity calculation.

1. Determine the coordinates of the target point (tp). This could, in theory, be complicated, but in practice for the map project it is a simple formula. The reverse of what was used to determine an X,Y point on the map to correspond to a give lat, long pair.
2. Select all items that are within the distance limit of the target point. This is subject to complexity, but not real difficulty, as it is dependent on data storage.
   • A query like this: select * from [places/pictures/stories] where lat between passed_lat-lat_offset and passed_lat+lat_offset and long between passed_long-long_offset and passed_long+long_offset
   • Or... Walk a geocoded file. For each line, calculate distance from TP. If it fits, you must include.

Javascript to preload an array of image thumbnails, then have a live map where mouse overs change the image in a navigation.