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To create a new editable map you will have to create the actual map page, as well as a geojson page to hold all the data for pin ect.
To create a new editable map you will have to create a map page, as well as a geojson page to hold all the data for the pins and markers.


 
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== Step By Step Guide ==
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1. First Create a geojson page. After the page is created, save the page. The name must not be in use if you want to create a new map. Example: "geojson:RadensMapInfo"<div style="float:left"><inputbox>
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3. Save the GeoJson page. This is were the pins and markers information will be stored.
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4. Next create a regular page were your map will be. The page name must not be in use if you are creating a new map. Example: "Radens Map"<div style="float:left"><inputbox>
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| style="width: 97.3068%; height: 23px;" | Save the GeoJson page. This is were the pins and markers information will be stored.
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| style="width: 97.3068%; height: 23px;" | Next create a regular page were your map will be. The page name must not be in use if you are creating a new map. Example: "Radens Map"
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placeholder=Enter the page name
placeholder=Enter the page name
buttonlabel=Create Page
buttonlabel=Create Page
preload=Map Template
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| style="width: 97.3068%; height: 23px;" | <nowiki>When the page code loads, edit the line called " |geojson=<name> " and replace <name> with the name of the GeoJson page you created.</nowiki>
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| style="width: 97.3068%; height: 23px;" | <nowiki>Example " |geojson=RadensMapInfo "</nowiki>
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You can protect your maps from being edited by protecting both GeoJson page and map page. To protect click "more"  on the top right, followed by "protect". Note: you will not be able to edit the map if it is protected, you will need to un-protect the map to be able to edit it again.<br>
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|You can look for your geojson page using this link: https://verra.vip/index.php/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=&namespace=420
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For more info on the map extension we use, check out the documentation site:
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https://maps.extension.wiki/wiki/Maps_for_MediaWiki
6. Add the code bellow to the page. Make srue to replace <name> with the name of your GeoJason.
 
<nowiki>{{#display_map: | GeoJson=<name>}}</nowiki>


replace <name> with the name of the geojson page you created. Example "geojson=RadensMapInfo"
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Latest revision as of 22:10, 21 November 2024

To create a new editable map you will have to create a map page, as well as a geojson page to hold all the data for the pins and markers.


Step By Step Guide


1.
 First Create a geojson page. After the page is created, save the page. The name must not be in use if you want to create a new map.



Example: " geojson:RadensMapInfo "


2.
 Save the GeoJson page. This is were the pins and markers information will be stored.


3.
 Next create a regular page were your map will be. The page name must not be in use if you are creating a new map. Example: "Radens Map"





4.
 When the page code loads, edit the line called " |geojson=<name> " and replace <name> with the name of the GeoJson page you created.


Example " |geojson=RadensMapInfo "




You can protect your maps from being edited by protecting both GeoJson page and map page. To protect click "more" on the top right, followed by "protect". Note: you will not be able to edit the map if it is protected, you will need to un-protect the map to be able to edit it again.

Protect-Map.png

You can look for your geojson page using this link: https://verra.vip/index.php/Special:PrefixIndex?prefix=&namespace=420


For more info on the map extension we use, check out the documentation site: https://maps.extension.wiki/wiki/Maps_for_MediaWiki

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