Extension:SlippyMap

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SlippyMap Release status: beta
Implementation	Tag
Description	Easily embed OpenStreetMap maps, with marker support.
Author(s)	Harry Wood, Jens Frank, Grant Slater, Raymond Spekking, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Christian Becker, Aude and others
License	GPL
Download	Download snapshot[?] (Git | SVN) Git [?]: repo summary • tree • code changes SVN [?]: checkout-url • tree • code changes
Parameters $wgMapOfServiceUrl
Check usage (experimental) Bugs: list open list all report

As noted on the talk page, "Development on this extension will most likely not continue. You will be better off using Extension:Maps."

The SlippyMap extension allows embedding of slippy maps by bringing in the OpenLayers JavaScript library. It's pluggable so that (with the right configuration) multiple free map sources can be included, but it's being aimed especially at embedding OpenStreetMap maps.

It's a fork of the Slippy Map MediaWiki Extension hosted in OpenStreetMap SVN and is being hacked to allow it to be deployed on Wikimedia projects, but currently a lot of bugs are standing between it and that objective.

Installation

Checkout a copy of the SlippyMap extension code to

/extensions/SlippyMap

Add to the LocalSettings.php file

require_once( "$IP/extensions/SlippyMap/SlippyMap.php" );

Note: this extension is under active development, so is not stable.

Synopsis

The extension allows users to embed a slippy map using the following syntax in their wiki code:

<slippymap lat="52.1295" lon="-0.4644" zoom="13" w="400" h="150"/>

Deprecated older syntax like this (support should now be removed):

<slippymap>lat=51.485|lon=-0.15|z=11|w=300|h=200|format=jpeg</slippymap>

Users can discover suitable latitude logitude and zoom values by doing the following:

• Edit the page
• Use the slippymap syntax with any old values e.g. paste in the above example
• Doing a preview
• zoom/pan the right position,
• Use the 'Get wikicode' button
• Copy and paste the resulting wiki code into the editing box
• Save the page

Who's using it?

Please add your wiki here! Add it to the top, and feel free to add a link to your favourite article or two.

LinzWiki

LinzWiki is a wiki about the Upper Austrian city Linz and uses slippymap to show the location of streets and sights.

Map Kibera

The first complete, free and open map of Kibera, Nairobi

Wiki-Brest

We are beginnig to use this extension, waiting for improvements, and involved in OpenStreetMap community around Pays de Brest (exemple Quartiers de Brest)

openstreetmap.org

This is where this extension originated see 'Slippy Map MediaWiki Extension' page. Currently forked a version of the code in the OSM repo, but trying to re-sync (and swap to using the new syntax - using new syntax.)

Translatewiki:

Just to let others know where you live, or feed them misinformation... e.g.: Translatewiki:User:Raymond/Kölner Dom. Newish version (latest syntax)

Fürthwiki

We use OSM & SlippyMap whenever we describe streets, important buildings or sights: [1] (old version old syntax)

e4pedia

We use it for locating our bases and events (example)

Wikivoyage

We use the maps in the articles of the locations like Münster and at the MapSources special page like this for Innsbruck. The authors can use the OpenStreetMap template to put it to the articles in an easy manner.

Hitchwiki

Free content collaborative website for hitchhikers from hitchhikers with lots of information on hitchhiking and other alternative ways of transport as well as hitchhiking spots all over the world.

Altmarkwiki

regional wiki for the Altmark, a region in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Hamm Wiki

Wiki for the City of Hamm, Germany. One SlippyMap for each of the 1.800 streets and for POIs.

AW-Wiki

regional wiki for the administrative district Ahrweiler, a region in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Wiki Val d'Ille

We try to use this extension and involve in OpenStreetMap community on the Communauté de communes.

Development

• The buglist for this extension in MediaZilla. Please add bugs and feature requests there
• See /Static map generation for notes on generating static maps in Wikimedia context
• See /Cassini/Setup_notes for notes on setting up the whole stack on cassini.toolserver.org

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