FREE WEB WIDGETS AND TOOLS
Royalty free code and mini-applications for embedding into websites
1. Postcode Finder
Description: Postcode Finder is a compact but fully functional widget that allows postcode look-up service to be embedded in any website with just a few lines of code. It supports searching by postcode number or by suburb/ locality, as well as filtering results by various postcode types.
Third Party Content: Postcode list courtesy of Australia Post
Instructions: Simply, copy the following code to your web page. See also all-things-spatial blog for more information and tips on how postcode finder widget works.
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2. YouTube Player (limited functionality alpha release)
Description: YouTube Player allows custom selection of YouTube videos and YouTube public playlists to be embedded and played on any website.
Third Party Content: All videos courtesy of youtube.com
Instructions: Copy the following code to your web page or simply link to YouTube Player via <a> HTML element. Default option is a player with no selected playlist. You can set a preferred playlist by adding the following code to the URL: ?playlist= (valid options are, for private lists: ?playlist=http://www.aus-emaps.com/ytp/playlist.xml where URL is a location of your private playlist, for YouTube public playlists: ?playlist=http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=34F56B479C370AB4, for specific YouTube search results list: #funny where text after '#' character is a search keyword). Ability to create custom lists will be added in the future releases of the widget. Meantime, just copy the format of the following file http://www.aus-emaps.com/ytp/playlist.xml. See also all-things-spatial blog for more information and tips on how to link to YouTube and private lists.
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3. Weather Lookup (advanced)
Description: Weather Lookup widget (advanced) displays current weather observations (temperature, dew temperature, barometric pressure, wind information, humidity, visibility and rain since 9am) and weather forecasts for 196 locations in Australia. Included is also a graph of temperature changes in the last 24 hours and animated image of cloud cover over Australia in the last 12 hours.
Third Party Content: Weather information is sourced from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and temperature graph is generated using free Google Chart service.
Instructions: Copy the following code to your web page. Default option is a page showing current temperature and forecast details for all capital cities. You can set the widget to display a specific location as a starting option by adding the following code to the base URL, eg: ?n=Sydney (valid names are any of the 196 locations referenced in our database – use input box in the widget to check if location of interest is available, just type in the name and auto-lookup function will show available cities). Default info tab is "Outlook" but you can set is as "Now" or "Today" by adding o= parameter, eg: ?n=Sydney&o=1 (valid input are "1" for "Now" tab, "2" for "Today" tab - temperature, "21" for "Today" tab - cloud cover and "3" for "Oublook" tab). Colours of the top bar and text can also be set with additional parameters, eg: ?n=Sydney&c=000000,cccccc (valid input are any hexadecimal values without #; default colours are c=336699,ffffff).
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4. Weather Lookup
Description: Weather Lookup widget displays current temperature and weather forecast for Australian capital cities.
Third Party Content: Weather information by weatherzone.com.au
Instructions: Copy the following code to your web page. Default option is Sydney current temperature. You can set a different capital city and indicate "forecast" as a starting option by adding the following code to the URL, eg: ?city=3000&wopt=forecast (valid numbers for "city" parameter are 5000 for Adelaide, 4000 for Brisbane, 2600 for Canberra, 0800 for Darwin, 7000 for Hobart, 3000 for Melbourne, 6000 for Perth and 2000 for Sydney).
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5. Natural Hazards Monitor
Description: Natural Hazards Monitor widget provides links to a set of four maps with information on the most recent earthquakes, reported emergency incidents, bushfire hotspots and weather conditions.
Third Party Content: Web services by Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Geoscience Australia, Fire Information for Resource Management System, United States Geological Survey, Emergency and Disaster Information Service and Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System.
Instructions: Copy the following code to your web page. Maps will open in a new window. Individual maps can also be linked to directly, see a separate instructions page.
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