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In many cases you can get by using the [[Extension:Google Maps/Editor's Map|Editor's Map]], but understanding the underlying coding of the Google maps extension will unlock a few extra features for you.
This wiki site uses a MediaWiki extension called Google Maps. It's full syntax description can be found at its [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Maps/Syntax home site]. Here we will just describe the basic features typically used for this site for simplicity for our users
 
== Basic use ==
The Google map is invoked by using the following basic structure
<pre>
<googlemap options>
(optional and multiple possible) KML file locations
(optional and multiple possible) pin locations
</googlemap>
</pre>
 
This site prefers that routes/trails are kept in the KMLs and the pins/markers are specified within the extension on this site. By keeping the pins specified in the wiki markup, it is easier for users of this site to add/remove/modify them.
 
The specifics of each portion are explained below


== Extension options ==
== Extension options ==
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* scale (show the distance scale? ''yes'' and ''no'' (default).)
* scale (show the distance scale? ''yes'' and ''no'' (default).)
* overview (show the inset navigation map? ''yes'' and ''no'' (default).)
* overview (show the inset navigation map? ''yes'' and ''no'' (default).)
* icons (web address if the marker icon is customized. With "{label}" where the name of the icon will be inserted; defaults to "<nowiki>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker{label}.png</nowiki>")
* icons (web address if the marker icon is customized. With "{label}" where the name of the icon will be inserted; defaults to "<nowiki>http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker{label}.png</nowiki>")
* icon (web address if the marker icon is not specified; the default icon is [http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker.png http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker.png])
* icon (web address if the marker icon is not specified; the default icon is [http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker.png http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker.png])
* units ("meters" or "miles"; default is "meters".)
* units ("meters" or "miles"; default is "meters".)


All attributes are optional.
All attributes are optional. If it is not specified the above described default will be assumed.


So the final code might be:
So the final code to place just a map with no other features might be:


<pre>
<pre>
<googlemap lat="52.523777" lon="13.411896" zoom="12" width="500" height="400" type="map" controls="small">
<googlemap lat="36.500667" lon="-82.47797" zoom="12" width="500" height="400" type="map" controls="small">
52.499683,13.333907,Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
52.510019,13.369893,Berlin Philharmonie
</googlemap>
</googlemap>
</pre>
</pre>


== Icons ==
== KML files ==
:''See [http://mapki.com/wiki/Icon_Image_Sets Mapki's collection of icon images] for a several icons you can use.''
Before you specify any markers, you can add URL(s) that point to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language KML] files. Each URL should be on its own line, e.g.
:''See [http://www.awaycity.com/wiki/Dublin/Swimming Awaycity Swimming] for an example of how to use icons.''
 
<nowiki><googlemap></nowiki>
<nowiki>http://some.url/</nowiki>
<nowiki>http://other.url/</nowiki>
...
<nowiki></googlemap></nowiki>
 
These files will be dynamically imported into the map each time the map is loaded. For now any new KMLs must be emailed to the [mailto:webmaster@tehcc.org webmaster] for uploading to the site.
 
== Pins ==
Pins are added by using the following syntax within the <nowiki><googlemap></nowiki> tags:
<pre>
lat,lon,balloon title (title will be auto linked to a page on this wiki)
balloon text and/or images, can be multiple lines
</pre>
 
Full coding showing two pins, the first with a linked title and regular text and the second with no linked title but regular text and a small image:
<pre><googlemap version="0.9" lat="36.500667" lon="-82.47797" type="terrain" zoom="15" width="715" height="350" scale="yes" controls="large">
36.50013,-82.47760,WPSP Sinking Waters
Here is the location of the trail head
36.502891,-82.468700
Intersection to/from [[WPSP_Fall_Creek_Loop_Trail|Fall Creek Loop]]
[[Image:To D Backbone Trail.jpg|150px|Trail head sign]]</pre>


You can create your own collection of icons (markers) on your server.<ref>These icons have the same anchor points as Google's default icons.  For example, markerA will also be named markerA. </ref> 
The above commands can be used many times within a single map to create the pins needed


;Change the Google Maps default icon
== Pin icons ==
1. Add the icon address in quotes the googlemap tag, using '''icon''':  
Icons can be changed by two methods, changing all undefined icons to a specified one or invoking the custom icon list used on this site and then specifying pin by pin which icon to display for the pin
 
=== Default Pin Icons ===
The default icon used for pins can be changed by adding an icon command in the extension options:
 
1. Add the icon address in quotes to the googlemap tag, using '''icon''':  
  <nowiki><googlemap lat="36.072635" lon="-79.791975" icon="http://images.wikia.com/walkingdead/images/7/70/Markerfight.png"></nowiki>
  <nowiki><googlemap lat="36.072635" lon="-79.791975" icon="http://images.wikia.com/walkingdead/images/7/70/Markerfight.png"></nowiki>


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  <nowiki></googlemap></nowiki>
  <nowiki></googlemap></nowiki>


;Custom icons
=== Custom icons ===
This site has a list of custom icons that can be used. See the [[#Icons reference]] to know which letters will invoke which icon


1. Name the pictures with names such as:  
#Add the following extension '''icons''' option:  
:marker(letter of alphabet).png.  
##<nowiki><googlemap lat="36.500667" lon="-82.47797" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png"></nowiki>
:For example, markerA.png to create the "A" marker, markerC.png to create the "C" marker, markerR.png to create the "R" marker, etc
#Prefix the pin coordinates with (X) where 'X' is the letter for the pin icon desired
##<nowiki>(G) 36.502891,-82.468700</nowiki>


2. Upload the pictures which will serve as the icons to your server.  
Full coding of a custom icon map:
<pre><googlemap version="0.9" lat="36.500667" lon="-82.47797" type="terrain" zoom="15" width="715" height="350" scale="yes" controls="large" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png">
(E) 36.50013,-82.47760
Fall Creek Falls
[[Image:WPSP Fall Creek Falls.jpg|150px|Fall Creek Falls]]
(A) 36.502632,-82.482759
Parking along Fall Creek Road
(G) 36.502891,-82.468700
Intersection to/from [[WPSP_Fall_Creek_Loop_Trail|Fall Creek Loop]]
[[Image:To D Backbone Trail.jpg|150px|Trail head sign]]</pre>


3. Add the icons coding in quotes the googlemap tag, using '''icons''':
==== Icons reference ====
<nowiki><googlemap lat="53.35506" lon="-6.276283" icons="http://www.awaycity.com/images/mapfiles/marker{label}.png"></nowiki>
 
Full coding:
<nowiki><googlemap lat="53.35506" lon="-6.276283" icons="http://www.awaycity.com/images/mapfiles/marker{label}.png"></nowiki>
(B) 53.422237547104515, -6.2295109033584595, ALSAA - Aer Lingus Swimming Pool
Membership required
(A) 53.34089264525343, -6.357307434082031, Ballyfermot Swimming Pool (Sean Dunne)
Membership required
(Z) 53.325577, -6.265393, Rathmines Swimming Pool
Closed. Expected completion date: November 2009
(F) 53.36863302821816, -6.14659309387207, Bull Island Beach
<nowiki></googlemap></nowiki>
 
=== Icons reference ===
Icons in use at this site
Icons in use at this site
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; border=1"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; border=1"
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|}
|}
Search http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-icons/ for other icons to suggest, send to [mailto:webmaster@tehcc.org webmaster] for inclusion
Search http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-icons/ for other icons to suggest, send to [mailto:webmaster@tehcc.org webmaster] for inclusion
== Using <nowiki><googlemap></nowiki> in a template ==
If you would like to put a map inside a [[template]], then you will need to use a slightly different coding to get the coding to work properly.
The following is an example for including a map ''without'' markers.
BAD:
<nowiki><googlemap lat="{{{1}}}" lon="{{{2}}}"></nowiki>
GOOD:
<nowiki>{{#tag:googlemap|lat={{{1}}} lon={{{2}}}}}</nowiki>
This <nowiki>#tag</nowiki> technique only works with MediaWiki 1.12 and later.
if the above does not work, try
<pre>
<nowiki>
{{#tag:googlemap
|lat={{{1}}}
|lon={{{2}}}
}}</nowiki>
</pre>
== KML export ==
Beginning with version 0.9.0, there is a new tag called <code>googlemapkml</code>. This allows a visitor to your wiki to export (download to their computer) all of the maps on the current page to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language KML] file by clicking a link.<ref>The contents of the tag are the contents of the link.</ref> For example:
<nowiki><googlemapkml>Download KML</googlemapkml></nowiki>
[[File:Kml.PNG|300px|right|thumb|Pop up box asking the user to download the kml coding to their desktop. In this example, all the KML map coding from the page "Locations" will be downloaded]]
To allow readers to export (download) the KML coding from your map, use the "article" attribute, for example:
:<nowiki><googlemapkml article="Chicago">View in Google Earth</googlemapkml></nowiki>
This creates the link "View in Google Earth"
If the user clicks the link, "View in Google Earth", it opens a download pop up box, and downloads all the maps on your Chicago page to their computer.
{{-}}
==== KML import - export ====
Say for example, you have a wiki about a town. You have a map with theaters and a map with bus stations. You can merge these maps together, so that a visitor to your wiki can select which markers they would like to see (either from the theater map, from the bus stations map or both).
It is possible to merge the maps of some other articles within a new article’s map, but you must use the full url of GoogleMapsKML.
:<nowiki><googlemap></nowiki>
:<nowiki>http://your.wiki.url/index.php?title=Special:GoogleMapsKML&article=a_article</nowiki>
:<nowiki>http://your.wiki.url/index.php?title=Special:GoogleMapsKML&article=another_article</nowiki>
:...
:<nowiki></googlemap></nowiki>
== Map coding version "0" (default) ==
This section describes the "old coding", which is enabled by default. To force its use, set <code>version="0"</code> in the map attributes.
=== Markers ===
In the content of the tag, you can define one marker per line.
* Each line can optionally start with an '''icon''' name in parentheses; unless you set the "icons" attribute, icon names are the upper-case letters of the alphabet. ''example: (S)''
* the '''latitude''', then a comma, optionally a space, ''example: 42.711618,''
* then the '''longitude''', then a comma, ''example: -73.205112,''
* then the '''text for the pop up information balloon'''. The label can include wiki coding (and commas) ''example: The fabulous, famous <nowiki>[[Sawyer Library]]</nowiki>''
For example:
<googlemap lat="42.711618" lon="-73.205112" zoom="2" controls="small">
<nowiki>42.711618,-73.205112,the fabulous, famous [[Sawyer Library]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>42.711618, -73.205112, the fabulous, famous [[Sawyer Library]]</nowiki>
<nowiki>(S) 42.711618, -73.205112, the fabulous, famous [[Sawyer Library]]</nowiki>
</googlemap>
=== Paths ===
''This feature must first be enabled on your wiki; see [[Extension:Google Maps/Installation#Colored paths]]''
To connect multiple points with a colored path, start the line with a color in RGB hex format., for example:
<nowiki>#330000</nowiki>
<nowiki>42.711618,-73.205112</nowiki>
<nowiki>42.714779,-73.204544</nowiki>
This will connect the two points with a colored line. Any points not on a line should appear before all points on lines. For example:
42.711618, -73.25112, this point is not on a line
43.224024, -70.28301, neither is this one
#770077
42.202452, -72.83101, this is on a line of color #77077
45.214425, -72.48114, so is this
#668800
42.201324, -70.95811, this starts a second line
43.404142, -73.44514, this is also on the second line
Any text on the same line as, but appearing after, the color specification will be ignored.
You'll probably want to use the [[Extension:Google Maps/Editor's Map]] to generate this coding.
=== Areas ===
'''New in 0.8'''
Areas are enclosed paths with a colored filling. The coding is just like a path, except that the interior color should be specified in parentheses after the path color, like this:
#770077 (#668800)
=== Tabs ===
'''New in 0.7'''
A feature new to 0.7 are tabbed info balloons. Each tab should have a plain-text title surrounded by inward-leaning slashes (like /this\) followed by a caption that can include wiki mark-up. Tabs will be attached to the previous marker. Example:
  45.214425, -72.48114
  <nowiki>/Info\      This is where Ulysses Grant is buried</nowiki>
  <nowiki>/Directions\ [http://maps.google.com Click here] to get driving directions</nowiki>
That will create a point whose info balloon has two tabs. Note that you can put as much or as little space as you'd like between the title and the caption to make the coding more readable.
If a point has a regular caption ''and'' tabbed captions, clicking the point will only show the tabbed captions.
== Map coding version "0.9" ==
Starting with release 0.9.0, a new map coding is available. It differs only slightly from version "0". To use the new coding, you will need to set <code>version="0.9"</code> in the map attributes (the Editor's Map will do this for you). Benefits include:
* Multiline captions
* Specify opacity
* Titles that appear on mouse-over
The new coding is described below.
=== KML import ===
Before you specify any markers, you can add URLs that point to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole_Markup_Language KML] files. Each URL should be on its own line, e.g.
<nowiki><googlemap></nowiki>
<nowiki>http://some.url/</nowiki>
<nowiki>http://other.url/</nowiki>
...
<nowiki></googlemap></nowiki>
These files will be dynamically imported into the map each time the map is loaded.
=== Markers and Tabs ===
Markers can be specified in several ways:
No caption, just a point:
42.711618, -73.205112
A marker labeled "S":
(S) 42.711618, -73.205112
A title but no caption. The title can NOT contain wiki markup. It is displayed when a user mouses over the marker:
42.711618, -73.205112, Sawyer Library
Title plus a caption. The caption appears when a user clicks on the marker:
42.711618, -73.205112, Sawyer Library
<nowiki>[[Sawyer Library]], built in 1977</nowiki>
A caption can span multiple lines. However, the title is still optional, so this is okay too:
42.711618, -73.205112
<nowiki>[[Sawyer Library]], built in 1977</nowiki>
Finally, you can also create tabs. A tab's title should appear between inward facing slashes(/ and \). The content of a tab should be on a new line and can span multiple lines, just like captions.
latitude, longitude, title
/tab1\
caption1
/tab2\
caption2
...
=== Paths and Areas ===
You can connect multiple points  with a color line. However, in version 0.9.0., the color must now include '''opacity''' and '''width''' information, for example:
<nowiki>6#FF330000</nowiki>
In the example above the width is 6 pixel's wide, the opacity is #FF (opaque) and the color is #330000.
The ''6'' means that the path will be 6 pixels wide. The first two hex digits specify the opacity from #00 (transparent) to #FF (opaque). The final 6 hex digits are a "web color", for example #RRGGBB.
Similarly for areas, the interior color should be 8 digits instead of 6; the first two digits define the opacity, for example:
6#770077 (#BB668800)
==Advanced coding==
===Create a map list===
[[File:The walking dead google maps screenshot.png|400px|right|thumb|Google map, showing text in the list is the same in the info balloon]]
Google maps creates a list of all information in the info balloons.
{{-}}
[[File:Google maps list of all items in the template.png|right|thumb|400px|Text in the list is the same as text in the info balloons in google maps, and changes as the info balloon information changes]]
With Google Maps extension, a side by side list of all maps locations and descriptions, which changes when you edit Google maps, is also possible with advanced templates.
This list is possible with three templates:
# [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Map Map template with all information which appears in the map and list]
# [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Maptable List template which pulls the information from the map template]
# [http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Markers A template which explains the rules the templates follow and the formatting]
For the coding to do this, see the edit pages of the above links, or [[Extension:Google Maps/Syntax/list]]
===Changing the size of the balloon===
To change the size of the pop-up info balloon, put the contents of the info window into a custom div.  For example:
<nowiki><div style="min-width: 120px; min-height: 120px;"> Text for balloon </div></nowiki>

Revision as of 22:32, 9 April 2011

This wiki site uses a MediaWiki extension called Google Maps. It's full syntax description can be found at its home site. Here we will just describe the basic features typically used for this site for simplicity for our users

Basic use

The Google map is invoked by using the following basic structure 

<googlemap options>
(optional and multiple possible) KML file locations
(optional and multiple possible) pin locations
</googlemap>

This site prefers that routes/trails are kept in the KMLs and the pins/markers are specified within the extension on this site. By keeping the pins specified in the wiki markup, it is easier for users of this site to add/remove/modify them.

The specifics of each portion are explained below

Extension options

Available coding options are:

  • width (in pixels; default is 740)
  • height (in pixels; default is 600)
  • lat (the center latitude on the map)
  • lon (the center longitude on the map)
  • zoom (the zoom level; 0 is the furthest away, 21 is the closest in)
  • type ("normal" or "map", "hybrid", or "satellite"; default is "hybrid")
  • controls (small creates +/- zoom buttons, medium has zoom buttons and pan buttons, large has pan buttons with a sliding scale for zoom, and none has no buttons)
  • selector (show the map/hybrid/satellite selector? yes (default) and no.)
  • scale (show the distance scale? yes and no (default).)
  • overview (show the inset navigation map? yes and no (default).)
  • icons (web address if the marker icon is customized. With "{label}" where the name of the icon will be inserted; defaults to "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker{label}.png")
  • icon (web address if the marker icon is not specified; the default icon is http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/marker.png)
  • units ("meters" or "miles"; default is "meters".)

All attributes are optional. If it is not specified the above described default will be assumed.

So the final code to place just a map with no other features might be: 

<googlemap lat="36.500667" lon="-82.47797" zoom="12" width="500" height="400" type="map" controls="small">
</googlemap>

KML files

Before you specify any markers, you can add URL(s) that point to KML files. Each URL should be on its own line, e.g. 

<googlemap>
http://some.url/
http://other.url/
...
</googlemap>

These files will be dynamically imported into the map each time the map is loaded. For now any new KMLs must be emailed to the webmaster for uploading to the site.

Pins

Pins are added by using the following syntax within the <googlemap> tags: 

lat,lon,balloon title (title will be auto linked to a page on this wiki)
balloon text and/or images, can be multiple lines

Full coding showing two pins, the first with a linked title and regular text and the second with no linked title but regular text and a small image: 

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="36.500667" lon="-82.47797" type="terrain" zoom="15" width="715" height="350" scale="yes" controls="large">
36.50013,-82.47760,WPSP Sinking Waters
Here is the location of the trail head
36.502891,-82.468700
Intersection to/from [[WPSP_Fall_Creek_Loop_Trail|Fall Creek Loop]]
[[Image:To D Backbone Trail.jpg|150px|Trail head sign]]

The above commands can be used many times within a single map to create the pins needed

Pin icons

Icons can be changed by two methods, changing all undefined icons to a specified one or invoking the custom icon list used on this site and then specifying pin by pin which icon to display for the pin

Default Pin Icons

The default icon used for pins can be changed by adding an icon command in the extension options:

1. Add the icon address in quotes to the googlemap tag, using icon: 

<googlemap lat="36.072635" lon="-79.791975" icon="http://images.wikia.com/walkingdead/images/7/70/Markerfight.png">

Full coding: 

<googlemap lat="36.072635" lon="-79.791975" icon="http://images.wikia.com/walkingdead/images/7/70/Markerfight.png">
38.453857, -84.356461, Rick Grimes Shot
</googlemap>

Custom icons

This site has a list of custom icons that can be used. See the #Icons reference to know which letters will invoke which icon

  1. Add the following extension icons option:
    1. <googlemap lat="36.500667" lon="-82.47797" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png">
  2. Prefix the pin coordinates with (X) where 'X' is the letter for the pin icon desired
    1. (G) 36.502891,-82.468700

Full coding of a custom icon map: 

<googlemap version="0.9" lat="36.500667" lon="-82.47797" type="terrain" zoom="15" width="715" height="350" scale="yes" controls="large" icons="http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/marker{label}.png">
(E) 36.50013,-82.47760
Fall Creek Falls
[[Image:WPSP Fall Creek Falls.jpg|150px|Fall Creek Falls]]
(A) 36.502632,-82.482759
Parking along Fall Creek Road
(G) 36.502891,-82.468700
Intersection to/from [[WPSP_Fall_Creek_Loop_Trail|Fall Creek Loop]]
[[Image:To D Backbone Trail.jpg|150px|Trail head sign]]

Icons reference

Icons in use at this site

Letter Icon Meaning
A http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerA.png Parking
B http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerB.png Picturesque location
C http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerC.png Waterfall
D http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerD.png Alternate for picturesque
E http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerE.png Overlook
F http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerF.png Shelter
G http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerG.png Trailhead/intersection/point of interest
H http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerH.png Campground
I http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerI.png Cave
J http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerJ.png Water crossing - no bridge - rock-hopping
K http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerK.png Bench
L http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerL.png Trail bridge
M http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerM.png Cell Tower/Antenna
N http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerN.png Cemetery
O http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerO.png Playground
Q http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerQ.png Toilet
R http://tehcc.org/clubwiki/kml/markerR.png Tunnel

Search http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-icons/ for other icons to suggest, send to webmaster for inclusion

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