Maps (MediaWiki extension)
| Category:MediaWiki extension Maps (MediaWiki extension) | |
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| Extension name | Maps |
| About this article / disclaimer | This is not official documentation |
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| Location of the main author | Gent, Belgium |
| Coordinates of the main authors | 51.053829, 3.725012 |
| Developers | Jeroen De Dauw, others |
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| Description | Maps is a MediaWiki extension that provides the ability to visualize geographic data with dynamic, JavaScript based, mapping API's. It has built-in support for geocoding, displaying maps, displaying markers, adding pop-ups, and more. |
| Mediawiki requirements | 1.17.* or higher for version 2.0, 1.21 alpha or higher or the 3.0 development version |
| Dependencies | ParamProcessor |
| Related extensions (documented here) | Semantic Maps |
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| Discussion | |
| Language support | Many |
| Status | |
| First release date | 2009/07/01 |
| Last release date (as of 2013/08/22!) | 2013/08/01 |
| Last version number | 2.0.1 (stable, 12/2012), 3.0 (alpha) |
| Programming language | PHP |
| Alternatives | |
| Website | home page |
| Publications | |
| Support websites | web site |
| Example websites | http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps |
| Last edited | 2013/08/22 |
Introduction
Maps is a MediaWiki extension that provides the ability to visualize geographic data with dynamic, JavaScript based, mapping API's such as Google Maps and OpenLayers in your wiki pages. It has built-in support for geocoding, displaying maps, displaying markers, adding pop-ups, and more. Maps allows extensive customization of your maps, either per map, or via a general setting affecting all maps on your wiki. It is used by the Semantic Maps extension. (Maps, retrieved Aug 2013.
Geocoding
Geocoding allows to work with addresses instead of coordinates, i.e. geocoding can convert something like 40 boulevard du Pont d'Arve, Geneva into coordinates.
Displaying Maps
In order to display map with one or more markers, you can either enter addresses (that will be resolved by a geocoding service) or coordinates.
One either can use a parser function:
{{#display_map:}}
Or XML code:
<display_map>...</display_map>
Simple examples
Most basic use example (result not shown):
{{#display_map:Genève}}
Below are some simple examples using height and width parameters.
{{#display_map:Geneva, Switzerland|height=200px|width=400px}}
{{#display_map:Geneva, Switzerland,|service=openlayers}}
Simple examples using multiple points
Some addresses of University of Geneva (a city "campus")
{{
#display_map:
40 bd. du Pont-d'Arve,Geneva, Switzerland;
Rue du Général-Dufour 24, 1204 Genève;
Rue De Candolle 5, 1205 Genève;
Bd des Philosophes 22, 1205 Genève;
Rue de Saint-Ours 5, 1205 Genève;
Rue de Candolle 2, 1205 Genève;
Route de Drize 9, 1227 Carouge;
Rue Michel-Servet 1, 1206 Genève;
Rue Barthélemy-Menn 19, 1205 Genève;
Quai Ernest-Ansermet 24, 1205 Genève;
Quai Ernest-Ansermet 30, 1205 Genève
}}
Google Maps layer map
Installation and configuration
Installation
In order to install a bleeding edge 3.0 alpha version, we did the following in this wiki:
- Upgrade PHP to 5.3.10 (i.e. the default in Ubuntu 12.04)
- Upgrade both the Wiki and all SMW extensions to developer (alpha) code
cd extensions:
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/DataValues.git
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/Validator.git
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/Maps.git
Configuration
You can use Maps out of the box. However, some services require API keys and according configuration settings in LocaSettings.php.