[Geowanking] Need a location app

[Daniel Haran]

Hi Mark,

I would not be the least bit surprised if *someone* was creating a
ready-made solution in Postgres/Ruby on Rails.

Just saying ;)

-Daniel.

On 1/5/06, Mark Simpkins <nodalpoints at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are in need of the following app:
>
> We have a database of services (Civic renewal, self help, citizens advice
> etc). All these services have a postcode (UK based) we want to be able to
> return the data for a specific topic search (ie. debt problems) ordered in
> terms of nearest to the searchers postcode.
>
> The initial dataset will be limited to a relatively small location to start
> with (Hull in the North East of England).
>
> We have a server that we could run MySQL 5 on and have PHP available. We can
> also source the relevant data sets for postcode to location data.
>
> So the first questions are:
>
> 1. Any suggestions on what apps etc. to use?
>
>    Would a bespoke PHP/MySQL5 app be best or is there some off the shelf
> stuff we could get and configure for our needs?
>
> 2. Anyone want to do it for us?
>
>     We have a small budget to build this, you would probably have to be UK
> based (but that is not absolutely necessary).
>
> Email me at work (yes its a work thing) mark . simpkins AT bbc . co . uk for
> more info, ideas, comments (polite :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> mark
>
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