[Squaredancing] Visualizing NSDC Registration Numbers

[Sandy Caldwell]

Great work, Ken.  I should  learn how to do this.

Sandy

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Ken Robinson <kenrbnsn at rbnsn.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Most of us have seen the registration numbers for the next 3 National
> Square Dance Conventions that are displayed on the convention's web pages.
> They are listed in a nice table. I thought that it would be interesting if
> these numbers could be shown on a map. With the help of the GeoMap Google
> Visualization API <
> http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/geomap.html>,
> some PHP to screen scrape the pages to get the numbers, and quite a bit of
> Javascript (using the jQuery library <http://www.jquery.com/> to do the
> AJAX work), I came up with <http://www.rbnsn.com/nsdc/geo_reg.php>.
>
> The initial page shows the whole world. Clicking on the US will zoom in and
> the registration numbers by state will appear.
>
> By clicking the appropriate buttons, you can see the numbers for the 58th,
> 59th, and 60th conventions. You can also eliminate the "home state's"
> numbers.
>
> I've tested this page on Firefox3, MSIE7, and Chrome.  It should work on
> most modern browsers that support Javascript.
>
> Comment are welcome.
>
> BTW, I will be at the convention in Long Beach, CA in June if you want to
> talk to me in person about this site...
>
> Ken Robinson
> Baltimore, MD/Hillsborough, NJ
>
>
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-- 
Sandy Caldwell
Atlanta/Virginia Beach
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