Create embeddable map generator for council districts (or any geojson)

[eeeschwartz]

One sentence description

As a council aide, I want to create an embed snippet for a webmap of my district so I can add it to my district page on lexingtonky.gov

Link (more details/brain dump/alpha)

This could be a pure javascript app that connects to a geojson representation of the districts (we could include one on the data portal). The aide could then mouse-select the geojson feature that they want to export. They click a generate button and the app kicks out an embed snippet.

This should be generalized way to select a subset of geojson features to export a new webmap.

Project Needs (dev/design/resources)

Status (in progress, pie-in-the-sky)

Really doable.

[jmhollinger]

@eeeschwartz I think I'll take a stab at this one. I have some code I was using to make a parks finder that could be recycled. One caveat is that I think the City's CMS strips script tags when you publish, so it will probably need to be an iframe.

[eeeschwartz]

@jmhollinger ah yes I remember hearing about the lack of scripting. Iframe it is. Holler if I can help at all.

[eeeschwartz]

@jmhollinger one lingering idea: we could use a query parameter to point to the geojson file so that the tool can easily be used with any geojson dataset.

When we send the link to the aides (or post on the intranet, etc), the query param would point to the district geojson file so it'd fit their specific use case. If that makes any sense.