======== About ======== This is a web based server application that lets people geoblog. Using a web browser you signup for an account on the server and can then create maps and posts that go onto maps. You can also use a mobile client to talk to the web server as well if you wish (but that is a separate project). This is licensed under MIT, BSD and GPL3 - pick your poison. This application uses code from http://ushahidi.org, http://swiftapp.org, http://angel.makerlab.org and http://thingster.org. ============= Installation ============= This is a Ruby on Rails application. You should have Ruby on Rails Installed. Warnings! 1) This application relies on postgresql. 2) json-pure is erratic; you may have to comment it out in /controllers/application_controller.rb You will need a variety of plugins including: gem install tsearch2 sanitize postgresql json-pure compass sass Installation is similar to most Ruby On Rails apps. 1) Configure your config/database.yml file [ see config/database.yml.example ] 2) Configure your config/settings.yml file to use your own keys for various third party services please 3) Optionally you can seed the system with data by typing "rake db:seed" ============= Usage ============= There are a variety of simple functions that you can do: 1) Sign up 2) Go to your home page 3) Create a map 4) Create a place 5) Sign out 6) You can grant yourself administrative privileges and you can see an administrative page at "/admin" as well. ============== Resources ============== See http://github.com/anselm/locative for more details