Re: Map of Cohousing Communities | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Robert Heinich (robertenocommons.org) | |
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:44:12 -0700 (PDT) |
Fred, >>> is there an archive of community listing that have been removed from the database for >>> historical / research purposes? I checked the Internet Wayback Machine, http://www.archive.org/web/web.php , on the URL http://www.cohousing.org/directory but it only does back to 2008. -Robert Heinich Eno Commons Cohousing Durham, NC http://www.enocommons.org where the weather is getting cool enough for me to ride my bicycle to work On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:32 AM, Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> wrote: > > Catya wrote (about why almost all states have with green pins) : > > > My assumption is that this is a holdover from the ic.org code, and > > it's showing a flag for any state that has any communities. > > That is the pins indicate states that have any kind on intentional > community listed with IC.org. Thank you for that explanation. > http://directory.ic.org/iclist/geo.php does not have any communies > listed for ND and WY which tends to support your explanation. > > In the cohousing directory 26 of the lower 48 states are listed in > the database as having cohousing communities. It's a good idea to > have the green pins on a map of the whole lower 48 US states on the > screen to give an overview of the distribution. > > If one could view the red pins at that scale (many of which would over > lap) would be almost as good. That may not allow as convenient > zooming in. It may be that Google does not reasonably support that > many pins on the display at one time; it many take too long to > display. > > The red pins at that scale would give a sense of how many communities > various region has. Ideally the green pins would have the number of > communities in that state in a custom green pin. > > I checked the red pins for Colorado. All 16 Colorado entries in the > database were on pins but not all commnunities have their own pin. > Curiously 3 are on one pin. The pin under highway route 7 NW of > Boulder has "Washington Village, Silver Sage Village and Lyons Valley > Village" (when you "hover" over the pin). Lyons is ways north of > Boulder (for some reason the map does not have the usual scale > displayed.) > > Note: How I got to view this. > After clicking the green Colorado pin, I clicked on the "+" > to zoom in 5 times after dragging Boulder to the center of the map > between each click. This gives a scale that one can see each red pin > individually around Boulder. > > I think the automated map is the way to go, hopefully improving or > eliminating the green pins. This would require a modification to the > code that generates the map. Do we need a volunteer for that?. Till > that can be done the description of the green pins should be re-worded > to explain the intent / descrepancy. > > Wiki like collaborative effort is best used to update the database. > Does the current system for authorizing an editor for a community > allow for there being a regional editor for those commnunities that > do not have an individual editor? > > The Cohousing Directory, on the Cohousing Website, is a sub-set of the > Intentional Community Directory maintained through the ICDC as a > self-serve online database. In the > "Instructions for Adding or Editing your Community Listing" > at http://directory.ic.org/neweditors.php#find > the assumption seems to be made that the editor is a resident > of the community in question but I note that there are exceptions and > there can be more than one editor for a given community. > Maybe a system of regional editors could be developed and encouraged > to update "orphaned" community listings. > > Another question that occurs to me is... is there an archive of > community listing that have been removed from the database for > historical / research purposes? > > Fred > > -- > Fred H. Olson Minneapolis,MN 55411 USA (near north Mpls) > Email: fholson at cohousing.org 612-588-9532 > My Link Pg: http://fholson.cohousing.org My org: > Communications for Justice -- Free, superior listserv's w/o ads > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > > >
- Re: Map of Cohousing Communities, (continued)
- Re: Map of Cohousing Communities Craig Ragland, August 17 2010
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Re: Map of Cohousing Communities rhmorrison, August 19 2010
- Re: Map of Cohousing Communities Catya Belfer-Shevett, August 20 2010
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Re: Map of Cohousing Communities Fred H Olson, August 20 2010
- Re: Map of Cohousing Communities Robert Heinich, August 20 2010
- Re: Map of Cohousing Communities Catya Belfer-Shevett, August 21 2010
- Re: Map of Cohousing Communities Fred H Olson, August 21 2010
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