Progress

Found map interface for project
Inserted Candidate XML data into MySQL Database
Scrape Summary State Data from Web
added 9,354 bills from congressional 2005 data (loading and parsing 9,354 separate XML files turned out to be easier than pulling individual files from the live site)
created a preliminary interface (currently only some of the data is hooked up. None of the bills data is in this local version; it's 9 megs and needs to be inserted from the command line. I will get to this Monday) http://www.gradualstudent.com/CS8903/final/ (This should now be fixed in IE6 as well)
Most of the interface is functional now (Use Firefox to check it)
figured out how to generate maps on the fly. Unfortunately this involves writing to a text file, which I am not comfortable with doing on the live server. So right now the server shows only the Republican donations map, but I will demo the rest from my laptop on Tuesday
Implemented bills search by keyword
implemented mock up of notes feature which displays notes in the database, but does not allow for entry at this time.

Integrate Dashboard with backend database (done for the local version and almost complete for the server version)

Create a "dashboard" for viewing political candidates and what factors contribute to how they vote on particular issues. Particularly, using a map interface along with contribution data to draw correlations between their contributors and the bills that candidates sponsor.

Final Projects last edited on 13 May 2007 at 12:31 pm by churchlady.cc.gatech.edu