Dogs Dig Drupal - A social network for dogs powered by drupal

SESSION OVERVIEW
A introduction to how pawmap.com used drupal to power it’s map oriented canine social network.
A glimpse on how google maps and services based flash integration deliver the wow (and bow wow) effect for the client.

TRACK
Marketing and Business - Case Studies

AGENDA

• Overview - project goals and description
• Phase #1
  • (fago style) social network
  • gmap integration
  • basic google based geocoding
  • jquery based breedbrowser
• Phase #2
  • Services based flash integration - exposing drupal to flash.
  • maxmind commercial geocoding from zipcode 2 map
  • Static import using purchased db’s.
  • Dynamic import using RSS & Leach

• Conclusion and community praise (hail mighty bdragon!)

GOALS
For people that have not entered the Flash/Flex/Services party or would like to see YADPM (Yet Another Drupal Powered Mashup) - the presentation will give an idea of what can be achieved using slick flash UI and the mighty drupal as a backend that powers the site and glues the various technologies together.
The presentation will also introduce google maps integration and how to use geocoding to derive additional information.