Hi all,
I use ImageMap [0] like Krabina suggested to do something similar. In my
opinion, ImageMap has some issues that hopefully get resolved like "mystery
meat navigation" [1][2] and no Visual Editor support or even on-wiki
editing, although there are some ways [3]. In my experience, this has
prevented all but the most dedicated users from using ImageMap and forces
them to use external tools if they do [4].
I did run across an interesting use of "maps" on a video game website [5]
that seems to be just overlaying an animated gif over a map at a coordinate.
[0]
Regards,
Bryan
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 7:10 AM Krabina Bernhard <krabina(a)kdz.or.at> wrote:
Hi,
yes, I think there should be the possibility in maps to have custom images
instead of an actual map where you can display points. I have never used
this myself, though.
There is another option:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap
cheers,
Bernhard
----- Am 8. Jun 2019 um 15:05 schrieb semediawiki-user
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Hi Yaron, thanks for responding and great
insights as usual. These are
times I
wish I had more programming experience.. I’d
enthusiastically take on
the task
of bringing points data entry and query back to
page forms. For us
Enterprise
MW users I would argue that this feature is
essential in every enterprise
application whether people know it or not, ha ha.. Being able to quickly
graphically annotate an image of parking lot or an exit plan or a Road
closure
.. These are Basic enterprise applications.
I would think you would want to recover this capability in page Foms
just to
keep all such data collection under one
extension. Otherwise some lesser
extension will come along and try to do it.
If you do decide to include this in page forms, do you have any thoughts
on How
many hours of effort to implement?
I’m not sure which I’m more excited about, the prospect of internal maps
added
to page forms or the project management extension
that you mentioned not
too
long ago. Please don’t ever underestimate your
contribution to the
enterprise
world. It’s amazing. You really have done and
continue to do great work.
________________________________
On: 07 June 2019 18:03, "Yaron Koren"
<yaron@wikiworks.com<mailto:yaron@wikiworks.com>> wrote:
Hi Rich,
It should be noted that the use of images as maps comprises two parts:
entering
the data, and viewing the data. I don't
believe either one is currently
possible, though I could be wrong. For data entry, I think the easiest
way to
add support for it would be to modify either the
"openlayers" or
"leaflet"
input types in Page Forms to allow for using an
uploaded image as the
map -
both OpenLayers and Leaflet inherently allow for
such a thing. And for
viewing
the data - Semantic MediaWiki has a
"leaflet" result format (via the Maps
extension), while Cargo has an "openlayers" format. Both could similarly
be
modified to allow for displaying query results on
an uploaded image.
It should be noted that, about ten years ago, both entry and viewing of
image-based maps were possible, via the extensions then called Semantic
Maps
and Semantic Forms. This is one of those features
that just stopped being
supported, due I guess to lack of interest. Which is too bad, because it
does
seem useful for a lot of different applications.
But it never really got
usage
before. Maybe now is a good time to bring this
feature back, if enough
people
show an interest in it.
I should also note that there's an extension called Semantic Image
Annotator:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mediawiki.org_wiki…
It lets you both add and query data, but the data it deals with is
rectangles on
an image and not points, so it may not be what
you're looking for. Maybe
it's
fine, though.
-Yaron
On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 12:08 PM Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) via
Semediawiki-user
<semediawiki-<mailto:semediawiki-user@lists.sourceforge.net
user@lists.source<mailto:user@lists.source>forge.net>
wrote:
Happy Friday - What extension is best for annotating interior floor
plans and
user maps uploaded as images?
Is anyone doing this? What do people here recommend?
I've been trying to learn how to use the "Maps" extension [1] but it's
not clear
to me if custom interior maps are possible with
Maps.
OpenLayers [2] and Cargo [3] look promising but I don't know how to get
started
with them for custom interior maps. I dive in and
learn it if I knew
upfront
that they had the capability. Can anyone tell me
what they're doing?
/Rich
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Maps<
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