[support] Building website with POI (Points of Interests)

[rebu2008-dru at yahoo.com]

Views will allow you to set up lists of data based upon specified criteria.
--ross




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From: Afan Pasalic <afan at afan.net>
To: support at drupal.org
Sent: Fri, January 21, 2011 9:38:08 AM
Subject: Re: [support] Building website with POI (Points of Interests)

I'm reading about Location, but how Views can help me? What's your idea?


rebu2008-dru at yahoo.com wrote: 
Look at the Location and Views modules. This may take care of most, if not all, 
your issues.
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From: Afan Pasalic <afan at afan.net>
>To: support at drupal.org
>Sent: Fri, January 21, 2011 9:08:35 AM
>Subject: [support] Building website with POI (Points of Interests)
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>Hi,
>I'm building a website about Route 66, for my own needs. Probably will 
>not go public.
>
>I made page (as in content type) for each State (8) Route 66 going 
>through. These pages will probably not have any content. More for Menu 
>purpose only.
>Similar, I plan to make a page (content type) for each city. Menu links 
>of these pages are actually sub-primary menu links:
>
>Primary menu:
>* Illinois
>    > Chicago
>    > Cicero
>    > Joliet
>    > ...
>* Missouri
>    > St. Louis
>    > Springfield
>    > ...
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>City pages will probably not have any content either.
>
>Now comes the pain: I have to start building POI (Points Of Interests). 
>POI has to have Name, Address, City, State, Description. Geo Coordinates 
>(Longitude & Latitude) - if known. I was thinking to create a content 
>type for each city and that way "group" POIs, but something's tellig me 
>it's not good idea.
>I know it's possible to create web form (I know there is module for 
>webform) to enter POI but never used it and I'm not quite sure how can I 
>group these entries by city?
>
>Also, I have to be able create something like Photo album about each POI 
>to add any picture I found interesting about this POI (download fro 
>Internet and upload to my Drupal site) and comment the picture. I need 
>ability to "update" POI with new information (text) but it could be as  
>a Comment on POI.
>
>I'm new in Drupal and I need help what directions I have to take? Which 
>modules I need to use here...
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Afan
>
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