Google Maps API integration on people pages?

Bug #1261 reported by Brad Bollenbach
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Fix Released
Medium
Guilherme Salgado

Bug Description

Now that Google has exposed a Maps API:

    http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

I thought it might be an interesting bling idea to use this functionality in Launchpad. e.g. when looking at the page for a person, might it be cool to see where in the world they're located?

We could make the input for such information an optional configuration option for the person.

Thoughts?

Dafydd Harries (daf)
Changed in launchpad:
status: New → Accepted
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Jan Claeys (janc) wrote :

Bug #6562 asks something very similar: aggregated maps for launchpad groups. One example why this might be useful is for local groups that want to distribute Ubuntu CDs to illustrate pickup-points.

description: updated
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Joey Stanford (joey) wrote :

upgrading from wishlist to medium based upon the number of private requests for this I have received (which should have been in this bug).

Changed in launchpad:
importance: Wishlist → Medium
Changed in launchpad:
assignee: nobody → sabdfl
Changed in launchpad:
milestone: none → 1.2.6
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Francis J. Lacoste (flacoste) wrote :

The remaining branches implementing this feature will land once PQM re-opens.

Changed in launchpad:
milestone: 1.2.6 → 1.99
Changed in launchpad:
assignee: sabdfl → salgado
milestone: 1.99 → 2.1.8
Changed in launchpad:
milestone: 2.1.8 → 2.1.9
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Guilherme Salgado (salgado) wrote :

Landed on mainline r6914

Changed in launchpad:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething) wrote :

Now that this on Edge, I wanted to give a little feedback. While I like the idea, I think that it takes up a lot of valuable real-estate on the user page. Now when I first go to a user page the entire screen is taken up with mostly contact info/ map. In a development situation, those aren't necessarily the most important pieces of information about a person. I'd rather see what projects they are active in/ what teams they belong to.

Perhaps the map could be moved to the upper right of the page, across from the contact info, so as to take up less room. Just a though...

Changed in launchpad-foundations:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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