Hey,
I'd like to announce the latest release of Maps [0] and Semantic Maps
[1]. These new versions include a bunch of new features, as well as a lot improvements to
the code itself.
Some highlights:
* Strict parameter validation which allows you to get specific errors or warnings when
entering
invalid values or parameters. This functionality is obtained by relying
on the Validator [2] extension, which saw it’s first release today. This
makes Maps dependent on Validator. Every distribution of Maps does
include Validator, and Maps will automatically load Validator when it’s
not loaded yet, so no extra installation work is required (unless you
get the code from SVN).
* Static map support makes you able to display maps as plain images instead of via a
JavaScript (or other non-html language, for example flash) mapping API.
This is very important since it makes viewing the maps possible for
people who are browsing the web with a browser that does not support
JavaScript (or this other language), or simply have it disabled for
some reason.
* Added support for GUI parameter selection of Yaron’s new version of SMW’s Special:Ask
page to the query printers.
* Moved the geographical coordinate data type handling from Semantic
MediaWiki to Semantic Maps.
For a complete list of changes, see the relevant change logs [3], or my blog post about
this release [4].
I created some new documentation, in the form of 2 screencasts; one demonstrating the use
of display_map [5], and one covering display_point(s) [6]. The developer documentation on
how to extend Maps has also been completely rewritten.
To ensure maximum stability, I encourage everyone using Maps or Semantic Maps to update as
soon as possible.
If you have any suggestions, or find any bugs, let me know!
[0]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Maps
[1]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Maps
[2]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Validator
[3]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Maps/Version_history#Maps_0.5,
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Maps/Version_history#Seman…
[4]
http://blog.bn2vs.com/2009/12/17/maps-and-semantic-maps-0-5-released/
[
5]http://smw.referata.com/wiki/Maps_screencast:_display_map
[
6]http://smw.referata.com/wiki/Maps_screencast:_display_point
Cheers
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