Do we have the plan of being able to configure the openstreetmap provider ?
Ludovic -- *Ludovic Dubost* *Founder and CEO* [email protected] skype: ldubost Blog: http://blog.ludovic.orgTry XWiki on the cloud <http://www.xwiki.com/en/products/try-xwiki-cloud> - Try Cryptpad: Secure realtime Wysiwyg Editing <https://cryptpad.fr> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Stéphane Laurière <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paul, > > uMap is very interesting indeed. It uses the same JavaScript library as > the one I intend to use for our macro: LeafletJS <https://leafletjs.com/>. > Technically, we'd have several tile providers for the OpenStreetMap > database such as the ones listed at <https://wiki.openstreetmap.or > g/wiki/Tile_servers>: openstreetmap, openstreetmapfr, openseamap etc. and > the ones provided by Mapbox. Note that uMap provides a Django layer for > creating collaborative maps: <https://github.com/umap-proje > ct/django-leaflet-storage>. We could think of an XWiki layer along the > same lines... > > Cheers > > Stéphane > > Paul Libbrecht: > > Stéphane, >> >> One of the very interesting derivative of OpenStreetMap is umap >> http://umap.openstreetmap.fr >> That’d be yet another provider, right? >> >> paul >> >> On 26 Jun 2018, at 20:44, Vincent Massol wrote: >> >> Hi Stephane, >>> >>> On 26 Jun 2018, at 20:37, Stéphane Laurière <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi devs, >>>> >>>> We have a MapMacro already [1], for displaying Google Maps. I'd like to >>>> create a distinct one for creating maps based on OpenStreetMap. Another >>>> option would be to enhance the existing MapMacro for supporting the display >>>> of OSM maps in addition, but this would make the code more complex, and in >>>> general an administrator willing to use maps in his wiki is likely to opt >>>> for one map type, probably not both, what do you think? >>>> >>> >>> Since this is not a large “component”, I think my preferences goes to a >>> single {{map}} macro, with a “provider” parameter (provider=“google”, >>> “openstreetmap”, “apple”, etc) and possibly aliases such as {{googlemap}} >>> {{openstreetmap}} which would simply be shortcuts for {{map >>> provider=“google”}} and {{map provider=“openstreetmap”}}. >>> >>> I think it would make it simpler from a user POV. I’d prefer to have one >>> recommended map macro that we try to support instead of a myriad of smaller >>> map macros that would not be recommended and at various levels of support. >>> >>> WDYT? >>> >>> Thanks >>> -Vincent >>> >>> If you agree, the proposed repo name and JIRA would be: >>>> >>>> - Repo: macro-openstreetmap >>>> - JIRA project: OSM >>>> >>>> [1] https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Map%20Macro >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Stéphane >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Stéphane Laurière >>>> XWiki www.xwiki.com >>>> @slauriere >>>> >>>> >>>> > > -- > Stéphane Laurière > XWiki www.xwiki.com > @slauriere > >
