Map Macro
Displays a geographical map provided by the Google Maps service, with which users can interact |
Type | XAR |
Category | Macro |
Developed by | Jean Vincent Drean, Sergiu Dumitriu, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica), Victor Rachieru, Gabriela Smeria, Zoubir Medjdoub, Guillaume Delhumeau, Stéphane Laurière |
Active Installs | 191 |
Rating | |
License | GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1 |
Description
Content
The content is optional and is used only with Google Maps for displaying information in a popup activated on click. With OpenStreetMap, a click leads to the OpenStreetMap routing service.
Parameters
Name | Mandatory | Values | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
location | Yes | * | - | Address of a place |
width | No | [0-9]+px or % | 500px | The width in pixels or in percent the map container will take |
height | No | [0-9]+px or % | 400px | The height in pixels or in percent the map container will take |
zoom | No | [0-9]+ | 15 (which is about the size of a block of houses) | The initial zoom the map will be focused at. Please refer to your provider API reference for intelligible values. |
errors | No | show / hide | show | Display a popup with the returned status code when it is anything other than "OK" |
locationType | No | address/latlng | address | address (default) or latlng ( in this case the location should be a geographic coordinate like : 47.156427, 27.576387) | Specify the type of location, possible values :
tiles | No | OSM tile server | URL scheme of the tile provider. Example: https://{s}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png (default). See also: OpenStreetMap tile servers. The tile provider can be set either from the map macro administration page (see below) or at the macro level. |
Administration
Examples
Map with default OpenStreetMap tiles
Code:
Result (as image):
Map using geographic coordinates and percent width
Code:
Result (as image):
Map with custom tiles
Code:
Result (as image):
Map with Google Maps tiles
In order to use the Google Maps tiles, head to the map macro administration section as explained above, and select "Google Maps" library. In that case, you don't need to fill in any tile server as it is automatically set to the Google Maps one.
A beautiful street in Paris
{{/map}}
Result (as image):
Google Maps Events
If you use the Google Maps library, the events listed below are available.
Name | Description |
---|---|
GMAPS:OK | Indicates that no errors occurred; the address was successfully parsed and at least one geocode was returned |
GMAPS:ZERO_RESULTS | Indicates that the geocode was successful but returned no results. This may occur if the geocoder was passed a non-existent address. |
GMAPS:OVER_QUERY_LIMIT | Indicates that you are over your quota. |
GMAPS:REQUEST_DENIED | Indicates that your request was denied. |
GMAPS:INVALID_REQUEST | Generally indicates that the query (address, components or latlng) is missing. |
GMAPS:UNKNOWN_ERROR | Indicates that the request could not be processed due to a server error. The request may succeed if you try again. |
Prerequisites & Installation Instructions
We recommend using the Extension Manager to install this extension (Make sure that the text "Installable with the Extension Manager" is displayed at the top right location on this page to know if this extension can be installed with the Extension Manager). Note that installing Extensions when being offline is currently not supported and you'd need to use some complex manual method.
You can also use the following manual method, which is useful if this extension cannot be installed with the Extension Manager or if you're using an old version of XWiki that doesn't have the Extension Manager:
- Log in the wiki with a user having Administration rights
- Go to the Administration page and select the Import category
- Follow the on-screen instructions to upload the downloaded XAR
- Click on the uploaded XAR and follow the instructions
- You'll also need to install all dependent Extensions that are not already installed in your wiki
In case of an upgrade of this macro from version 1.2.5 to version 2.0 or greater in XWiki strictly lesser than 10.7-rc-1, you will need to restart XWiki after performing the upgrade.
Release Notes
v2.1.7
The following translations have been updated with this release:
v2.1.6
The following translations have been updated with this release:
v2.1.5
The following translations have been updated with this release:
v2.1.4
v2.1.3
v2.1.2
The following translations have been updated with this release:
v2.1.1
The following translations have been updated:
v2.1
v2.0
v1.2.5
v1.2.4
v1.2.3
v1.2.2
v1.2.1
v1.2
v1.1
- Fixed wrong macro visibility (macro only worked for the Admin user)
- Fixed "not an inline macro" errors in the macro description page
- Bug: the Google Maps API is loaded more than once
- Codestyle improvements, faster startup
v1.0
Initial release
Dependencies
Dependencies for this extension (org.xwiki.contrib:xwiki-macro-map 2.1.7):
- org.webjars:leaflet 1.3.1