January 2011
3 posts
OpenBlock Admin UI Plans →
This page on the OpenBlock developer wiki describes the features we’d like to implement in the administrative UI. Some of this stuff comes for (almost) free, just by enabling various bits of the standard Django Admin UI. Some of it will require more work. Discussion welcome, as always, over on the ebcode google group.
OpenBlock REST API plans →
This page on the developer wiki describes what we’d like to see in an OpenBlock REST API, and current status. Comments welcome over on the ebcode google group.
Hackathon revisited
Two notable followups of the 2010/10/30 Boston Hacks/Hackers hackathon:
Adam Marcus and Tim Danford have continued trying to extract OpenBlock’s geocoder into a standalone package. Their work is on github, called djeocoder. They are working on removing dependencies on postGIS and other specific parts of the OpenBlock stack, so it can be used by a wider audience. We’ve talked a...