POIShare

An adapted project allowing users to pin POIs (Points of Interests) and storing those locations in a database. Credits to Michael Katz at http://www.raywenderlich.com This project includes the iOS App itself and also the server written in Node.js. The current project works with the most up to date tools in the package.json file:

{
  "name": "tour-server",
  "version": "1.0.2",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "4.*",
    "jade": "1.*",
    "mongodb": "2.*",
    "body-parser": "1.*"
  }
}

Dependencies/Tools needed:

Node.js (https://nodejs.org/download/)
MongoDB

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)" brew update first then brew install mongodb

Set-up

Clone the repository/Download as a zip
Download/Install Node.js and MongoDB
cd to the POIShare/server and type in terminal npm update
MongoDB is on port 27017, and to start MongoDB type cd /usr/local/opt/mongodb; sudo mongod a. Alternatively, you could add: alias [Name of alias]='cd /usr/local/opt/mongodb; sudo mongod' in ~/.bash_profile
Once you have MongoDB started up, navigate with a new terminal window to POIShare/server/ and run node index.js; This will start the server that communicates to the MongoDB
After you have the server and the MongoDB up and running, open the Xcode project and run the app.

Features to Add/TODO:

Add User Profiles (Facebook, Google+) with OAuth and persist user info into the MongoDB
Add Ratings to locations, other user's comments on pins.

Known Bugs:

When separating pinned locations into categories on Map View, the locations are filtered but when initiating a drag event, the Map View reloads itself and queries all location points, thus removing category filter.
When a picture is added to a pinned location, once the user exits the app, re-enters, and clicks on a pin and the information icon: (i), the picture is gone.

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