+function scrapeNotices(user)
+{
+ var notices = [];
+ $(".notice").each(function(){
+ var notice = getNoticeFromElement($(this));
+ if (user) {
+ notice['user'] = user;
+ } else {
+ notice['user'] = getUserFromElement($(this));
+ }
+ if(notice['geo'])
+ notices.push(notice);
+ });
+
+ return notices;
+}
+
+function scrapeUser()
+{
+ var avatarURL = $(".entity_profile .entity_depiction img.avatar").attr('src');
+ var profileURL = $(".entity_profile .entity_nickname .url").attr('href');
+ var nickname = $(".entity_profile .entity_nickname .nickname").text();
+
+ return {
+ 'profile_image_url': avatarURL,
+ 'profile_url': profileURL,
+ 'screen_name': nickname
+ };
+}
+
+function getNoticeFromElement(noticeElement)
+{
+ var notice = {};
+
+ if(noticeElement.find(".geo").length) {
+ var latlon = noticeElement.find(".geo").attr('title').split(";");
+ notice['geo']={'coordinates': [
+ parseFloat(latlon[0]),
+ parseFloat(latlon[1])] };
+ }
+
+ notice['html'] = noticeElement.find(".e-content").html();
+ notice['url'] = noticeElement.find("a.timestamp").attr('href');
+ notice['created_at'] = noticeElement.find("abbr.published").text();
+
+ return notice;
+}
+
+function getUserFromElement(noticeElement)
+{
+ var avatarURL = noticeElement.find("img.avatar").attr('src');
+ var profileURL = noticeElement.find(".author a.url").attr('href');
+ var nickname = noticeElement.find(".author .nickname").text();
+
+ return {
+ 'profile_image_url': avatarURL,
+ 'profile_url': profileURL,
+ 'screen_name': nickname
+ };
+}
+
+function showMapstraction(element, notices) {
+ if(element instanceof jQuery) element = element[0];
+ if(! $.isArray(notices)) notices = [notices];
+ var mapstraction = new mxn.Mapstraction(element, _provider);