Searchable bookmobile schedule

Was wondering if anyone has created a php or coldfusion
bookmobile schedule where users can search by an address or
date and link to a map. I was going to do a coldfusion
schedule and started looking at php and wondering which
would be easier/better??? If you could point me to ones
you've seen/or do, that would be great! Thanks.

Susan Hansen, MA, CIRS, 
Librarian
Rochester Public Library
101 2nd Street SE
Rochester MN  55904-3776

susanrochester.lib.mn.us
www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org
Aim & Yahoo screenname: RPLmnInfo  MSN: referencerochester.lib.mn.us

office phone: 507.285.8002
fax: 507.287.1910


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Our Mobile Library stops info on the webpage is neither
database driven
nor searchable through a search box, yet it still might be
of interest.

I used XML and XSLT to produce pages for each day of the
schedule, plus
two lookup tables. The end result is static html that
provides a
schedule for each day, plus a "Map These Stops"
link to a Yahoo! Maps
that pulls data from an XML file on our website to put the
pinpoints of
those stops on the Yahoo! map page. The lookup tables allow
one to
peruse the table by either day of week or stop name.  (my
guide for the
Yahoo! API was here:
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/simple/V1/reference.html
 )

Usability testing has not been done on  this so the
interface is a bit
rough.  I was glad that the Yahoo! Maps option worked as
well as it did
(and for free). Our library website is for the most part
free of
Javascript (by design) so I opted for links to maps. Those
inclined to
incorporate Javascript into pages could incorporate the stop
maps into
the pages themselves. 

A lookup by DATE would be nice, but I have not surveyed
users to see
what matters most to them. Neither am I aware whether our
Week A, Week B
type of schedule is typical for bookmobile services
elsewhere.

Please post your findings, a database might be something to
consider
for us, too. Thanks.

Bret Parker, Senior Applications Programmer Analyst (MLIS)
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
City of Stockton (California)
bret.parkerci.stockton.ca.us
(209) 937-7148

http://www.stockton.lib
.ca.us


>>> "SUSAN HANSEN" <SUSANrochester.lib.mn.us> 9/26/2006 10:58 AM
>>>
Was wondering if anyone has created a php or coldfusion
bookmobile
schedule where users can search by an address or date and
link to a map.
I was going to do a coldfusion schedule and started looking
at php and
wondering which would be easier/better??? If you could point
me to ones
you've seen/or do, that would be great! Thanks.

Susan Hansen, MA, CIRS, 
Librarian
Rochester Public Library
101 2nd Street SE
Rochester MN  55904-3776

susanrochester.lib.mn.us 
www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org 
Aim & Yahoo screenname: RPLmnInfo  MSN: referencerochester.lib.mn.us 

office phone: 507.285.8002
fax: 507.287.1910


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A specific URL for what I describe below is here:

http://www.
stockton.lib.ca.us/bookmobile/   (select 'Schedule' or
'Stops' -- either one has the Maps links)

Bret Parker, Senior Applications Programmer Analyst (MLIS)
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
City of Stockton (California)
bret.parkerci.stockton.ca.us
(209) 937-7148

http://www.stockton.lib
.ca.us


>>> "Bret Parker" <Bret.Parkerci.stockton.ca.us> 9/26/2006 1:41 PM
>>>
Our Mobile Library stops info on the webpage is neither
database
driven
nor searchable through a search box, yet it still might be
of
interest.

I used XML and XSLT to produce pages for each day of the
schedule,
plus
two lookup tables. The end result is static html that
provides a
schedule for each day, plus a "Map These Stops"
link to a Yahoo! Maps
that pulls data from an XML file on our website to put the
pinpoints
of
those stops on the Yahoo! map page. The lookup tables allow
one to
peruse the table by either day of week or stop name.  (my
guide for
the
Yahoo! API was here:
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/simple/V1/reference.html
 )

Usability testing has not been done on  this so the
interface is a bit
rough.  I was glad that the Yahoo! Maps option worked as
well as it
did
(and for free). Our library website is for the most part
free of
Javascript (by design) so I opted for links to maps. Those
inclined to
incorporate Javascript into pages could incorporate the stop
maps into
the pages themselves. 

A lookup by DATE would be nice, but I have not surveyed
users to see
what matters most to them. Neither am I aware whether our
Week A, Week
B
type of schedule is typical for bookmobile services
elsewhere.

Please post your findings, a database might be something to
consider
for us, too. Thanks.

Bret Parker, Senior Applications Programmer Analyst (MLIS)
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
City of Stockton (California)
bret.parkerci.stockton.ca.us 
(209) 937-7148

http://www.stockton.lib
.ca.us 


>>> "SUSAN HANSEN" <SUSANrochester.lib.mn.us> 9/26/2006 10:58 AM
>>>
Was wondering if anyone has created a php or coldfusion
bookmobile
schedule where users can search by an address or date and
link to a
map.
I was going to do a coldfusion schedule and started looking
at php and
wondering which would be easier/better??? If you could point
me to
ones
you've seen/or do, that would be great! Thanks.

Susan Hansen, MA, CIRS, 
Librarian
Rochester Public Library
101 2nd Street SE
Rochester MN  55904-3776

susanrochester.lib.mn.us 
www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org 
Aim & Yahoo screenname: RPLmnInfo  MSN: referencerochester.lib.mn.us 

office phone: 507.285.8002
fax: 507.287.1910


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Our Mobile Library stops info on the webpage is neither
database driven
nor searchable through a search box, yet it still might be
of interest.

I used XML and XSLT to produce pages for each day of the
schedule, plus
two lookup tables. The end result is static html that
provides a
schedule for each day, plus a "Map These Stops"
link to a Yahoo! Maps
that pulls data from an XML file on our website to put the
pinpoints of
those stops on the Yahoo! map page. The lookup tables allow
one to
peruse the table by either day of week or stop name.  (my
guide for the
Yahoo! API was here:
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/simple/V1/reference.html
 )

Usability testing has not been done on  this so the
interface is a bit
rough.  I was glad that the Yahoo! Maps option worked as
well as it did
(and for free). Our library website is for the most part
free of
Javascript (by design) so I opted for links to maps. Those
inclined to
incorporate Javascript into pages could incorporate the stop
maps into
the pages themselves. 

A lookup by DATE would be nice, but I have not surveyed
users to see
what matters most to them. Neither am I aware whether our
Week A, Week B
type of schedule is typical for bookmobile services
elsewhere.

Please post your findings, a database might be something to
consider
for us, too. Thanks.

Bret Parker, Senior Applications Programmer Analyst (MLIS)
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
City of Stockton (California)
bret.parkerci.stockton.ca.us
(209) 937-7148

http://www.stockton.lib
.ca.us


>>> "SUSAN HANSEN" <SUSANrochester.lib.mn.us> 9/26/2006 10:58 AM
>>>
Was wondering if anyone has created a php or coldfusion
bookmobile
schedule where users can search by an address or date and
link to a map.
I was going to do a coldfusion schedule and started looking
at php and
wondering which would be easier/better??? If you could point
me to ones
you've seen/or do, that would be great! Thanks.

Susan Hansen, MA, CIRS, 
Librarian
Rochester Public Library
101 2nd Street SE
Rochester MN  55904-3776

susanrochester.lib.mn.us 
www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org 
Aim & Yahoo screenname: RPLmnInfo  MSN: referencerochester.lib.mn.us 

office phone: 507.285.8002
fax: 507.287.1910


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Web4lib mailing list
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bjunction.org/web4lib/
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bjunction.org/web4lib/

A specific URL for what I describe below is here:

http://www.
stockton.lib.ca.us/bookmobile/   (select 'Schedule' or
'Stops' -- either one has the Maps links)

Bret Parker, Senior Applications Programmer Analyst (MLIS)
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
City of Stockton (California)
bret.parkerci.stockton.ca.us
(209) 937-7148

http://www.stockton.lib
.ca.us


>>> "Bret Parker" <Bret.Parkerci.stockton.ca.us> 9/26/2006 1:41 PM
>>>
Our Mobile Library stops info on the webpage is neither
database
driven
nor searchable through a search box, yet it still might be
of
interest.

I used XML and XSLT to produce pages for each day of the
schedule,
plus
two lookup tables. The end result is static html that
provides a
schedule for each day, plus a "Map These Stops"
link to a Yahoo! Maps
that pulls data from an XML file on our website to put the
pinpoints
of
those stops on the Yahoo! map page. The lookup tables allow
one to
peruse the table by either day of week or stop name.  (my
guide for
the
Yahoo! API was here:
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/simple/V1/reference.html
 )

Usability testing has not been done on  this so the
interface is a bit
rough.  I was glad that the Yahoo! Maps option worked as
well as it
did
(and for free). Our library website is for the most part
free of
Javascript (by design) so I opted for links to maps. Those
inclined to
incorporate Javascript into pages could incorporate the stop
maps into
the pages themselves. 

A lookup by DATE would be nice, but I have not surveyed
users to see
what matters most to them. Neither am I aware whether our
Week A, Week
B
type of schedule is typical for bookmobile services
elsewhere.

Please post your findings, a database might be something to
consider
for us, too. Thanks.

Bret Parker, Senior Applications Programmer Analyst (MLIS)
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
City of Stockton (California)
bret.parkerci.stockton.ca.us 
(209) 937-7148

http://www.stockton.lib
.ca.us 


>>> "SUSAN HANSEN" <SUSANrochester.lib.mn.us> 9/26/2006 10:58 AM
>>>
Was wondering if anyone has created a php or coldfusion
bookmobile
schedule where users can search by an address or date and
link to a
map.
I was going to do a coldfusion schedule and started looking
at php and
wondering which would be easier/better??? If you could point
me to
ones
you've seen/or do, that would be great! Thanks.

Susan Hansen, MA, CIRS, 
Librarian
Rochester Public Library
101 2nd Street SE
Rochester MN  55904-3776

susanrochester.lib.mn.us 
www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org 
Aim & Yahoo screenname: RPLmnInfo  MSN: referencerochester.lib.mn.us 

office phone: 507.285.8002
fax: 507.287.1910


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