Ajay,<br><br>This seems like a very interesting approach. I believe that the community thus created would not only help to put together a big order as you have mentioned there, but also enable many groups to collaborate on many areas thereon - content creation, localization etc.
<br><br>I'd suggest each entry on the map to also encourage putting down a link to a page on the wiki of the interested school/organization/individual page where they could write up about what they are doing, their plans for implementing etc.
<br><br>thanks,<br>Arjun<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ajay Kumar</b> <<a href="mailto:ajay@classapart.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
ajay@classapart.org
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dear All,<br><br>In various forums, OLPC or not, a need has been felt and expressed for
<br>the OLPC community to be able to come together on wikis, forums etc. As<br>one possible solution, some friends and I are creating a mashup [link:-<br><a href="http://www.classgrid.com/laptop" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.classgrid.com/laptop
</a> ], using google's maps and feeds for<br>those interested in just getting the laptops, and knowing others in<br>their neighborhood.<br><br>With this, one should be able to place a marker on the map displaying<br>
their physical location, contact information etc. for others near them
<br>to be able to contact them.<br><br>I am looking for two things from the list.<br><br> 1. feedback on the feature set.<br> 1. Would you like something else to exist on the website.<br> 2. Please do let me know what more could you need.
<br> 2. The XO child icons, the images at various zoom levels (home,<br> friends, neighbourhood), and the laptop images in orange and green.<br> 1. We would like to place the XO images as markers on the map
<br> for those who have expressed interest.<br> 2. Unfortunately, my current virtualbox setup is messed up<br> since upgrade to ubuntu 7.10. So, can not boot up and take<br> screenshots to get the images.
<br> 3. So, if you have any of these handy, it would be great if you<br> could pass them to me.<br><br><br><br>The system in a sandbox form is currently deployed on<br><a href="http://www.classgrid.com/laptop" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.classgrid.com/laptop</a> . Since it is a sandbox, feel free to<br>add as many fictional entries to the database as you like. And you can<br>use your google / gmail account to sign into the system to add and edit
<br>the entries.<br><br><br>Would really appreciate your feedback and inputs.<br><br><br>Kind Regards,<br>Ajay<br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>India mailing list<br><a href="mailto:India@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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<br>-- <br>Arjun Sarwal <<a href="mailto:arjun@laptop.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
arjun@laptop.org</a>>