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OpenMap.me

OpenMap.me uses GPS enabled browsers to allow people to see where they are. By simply going to OpenMap.me and sharing a unique url OpenMap.me will broadcast the location of any browser viewing the url. Simply show up copy the url and text or email to a friend see each others location in real time.

Environment Requirements

OpenMap.me is a Node.js application written with the expressjs framework backed by mongoDB for object persistence.

Running

The default configuration assumes mongoDB is accessible on the local host. To run OpenMaps on localhost:3000 cd to the project root and pass app.js to node.

node app.js

(note: I really like using nodemon for development instead of node)

Environment Variables

Environment variables can be set to override the web apps defaults

Variable	Description	Default
PORT	Port the web application will run on	3000
MAP_PROVIDER_HOST	Host of database that provides maps	127.0.0.1
MAP_PROVIDER_PORT	PORT number of database that provides maps	27017
SEQUENCE_PROVIDER_HOST	Host of database that provides sequences	127.0.0.1
SEQUENCE_PROVIDER_PORT	PORT number of database that provides sequences	27017

License

The MIT License (MIT): http://rcpeters.mit-license.org/

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Start displaying users connection status

Lets add a connection status to the user object. When socket.io connects it is set to true, when socket.io disconnects, it's set to false. There is already "socket.get('userId',....) and socket.set('userId',....) that can be used.

Then we should have the V.NameLi change the associated google.maps.Circle color to reflect the connection status.