Additional OPA data in tooltip #3
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…yaddress.com. I'm interested in valuation per square foot, but OPA web service can return loads of information. These changes append an ajax callback to the tooltip to query the OPA web service and render the $ / sqft data inline with the other data. The only obtrusive change is the height of the tooltip, which must grow to accommodate the additional data.
…ddress.com. I'm interested in valuation per square foot, but OPA web service can return loads of information. These changes append an ajax callback to the tooltip to query the OPA web service and render the $ / sqft data inline with the other data. The only obtrusive change is the height of the tooltip, which must grow to accommodate the additional data.
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Hi @aaronbauman. Thanks very much for the effort here. Much appreciated. We've had a few requests to add more data to the parcel roll over. Rather than relying on the PhillyAddress API, I'm going to add more data to the base parcel layer and find a good way to expose it in the roll over without making the tooltip too big (a couple sites that have embedded the map have it pretty small, so I don't have too much room to work with for the tooltip). Thanks again. |
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Yeah, that approach definitely makes more sense, I used the API as a matter of expedience to not need to create my own data store. PDQ posted a map that appears to be based on AxisPhilly's, putting the tooltip in a fixed position in the upper right hand corner: That approach gives you more flexibility about the size of the tooltip and what goes into it... |
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There's probably a way you can update your tile store to expose this data, but without recreating the map layer altogether there was no way for me to do that. Instead, i'm using the address information to query OPA via the web service at api.phillyaddress.com. This returns a boatload of information, and I've built a proof of concept to expose $ / sqft information on the tooltip.
Whether or not this pull request gets included in your repo or not, I think it's worth exposing additional data in the map layer one way or another.
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