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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
On Aug 25, 2012 12:17 AM, "Tomasz W. Kozłowski"
odder.wiki@gmail.com
wrote:
> Hello all,
> it has come to my attention (although I cannot find a mailing list
> thread about it /yet/) that it was suggested that we should have a
> Google Maps plugin for Wordpress displaying maps for a certain region
> (a country/province/county/even municipality), with data being loaded
> from our erfgoed database.
>
> This being said, I have to admit that I am no good programmer, so I'd
> like to point you to an existing example of such a solution, which was
> developed last year by Nuno Tavares for use in the 2011 WLM in
> Portugal -- see
http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org.pt/monumentos.php.
> From the source code I can see that the maps are being loaded in a
> frame (<iframe />) with the help of a PHP script; but taking all the
> technical details aside, this is a great tool with a wonderful
> potential to be used on the national sites of the participating
> countries.
>
> So, my question here is: have you heard of such a plugin (it's always
> safe to ask, I presume :-)? If it doesn't exist yet, is there a
> volunteer here who might be willing to spend some time developing it?
> (I have no idea how hard it might be to create it.) What do you think
> about such a tool -- would you, as a national WLM organiser, use it on
> your website? Please let me know!
>
> Thanks,
> Tomasz
>
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