About localdb

editWhat is localdb?

Localdb is the easiest way to build a local database about your interest, and see it mapped at yourinterest.localdb.com.

editHow does it work?

editIn tech-speak

Localdb is a wiki in which pages are given geo coordinates and keyword tags for searching, mapping, and aggregating similar pages.

editIn other words

Localdb is an open, collaborative local guide. Anyone can sign up and contribute any kind of local information.

The information is stored in pages, which are flexible and easy to update. You can assign keywords and a city/zip-code to each page, which will help other people find it.

A page can be protected so that only the creator can update it, or can be left so that anyone can contribute information to it.

editWhat should I use localdb for?

A multi-page guide for visitors to your town
A list of happy hours, good vegetarian restaurants, etc.
Pages about buildings by a fine architect like Mies Van Der Rohe
Build a national guide for your real-world interest, and see entries on the map at yourinterest.localdb.com
Contribute information you know/see to pages you come across.
Put your local blog on the map (rss features coming soon, we hope)
Other things we couldn't anticipate

editObjectives

Enable user-powered guides to cities and towns
Create an open, free platform for collaboratively building a database of local information.
Enable user-defined, global collections of local info via "folksonomies"
Global and local maps of documents about my interests, for a geogrphical view
Make it easy to find local information about any topic near any locale.
Make it easy to integrate, link to, or aggregate other existing data on local guides, reviews, events, blogs, venues, listings, groups, etc.
Let the community link/rate/fix/correct/block the best/worst/incorrect/phoney data
Help community members express themselves

editThe technical details

Localdb was made with:

Linux
Apache
MySQL
Perl
- CGI::Wiki
- Burp registration module
- Apache::SimpleTemplate
Google Maps