Historical overview of Maps integration in Tiki
Later on, Google Maps arrived, providing an easy to use map integration to regular web sites, even without having to manage mapping data. Thus, Google Maps specific code was added to Tiki, which was convenient for a lot of people.
Then, after a community discussion, starting in Tiki7, OpenLayers (another option was Mapstraction) was added as a native way to handle maps, which permits the use of tiles from Google Maps, Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap (which is like Wikipedia but for maps), MapQuest (which serves OpenStreetMap maps), etc.
The Cartograf project further improved maps in Tiki8, Tiki9, Tiki10 and Tiki11. Many features were added, including Street View support.
In Tiki12, all Google Maps specific code was removed in favor of using OpenLayers, so Google Maps is accessible via the OpenLayers Google Layer. In addition the Natural Access project (no longer active) added further new capabilities to upload any existing line and polygon data as files and to be able to further customise how data objects were shown on the underlying map layer.
In Tiki15 all MapServer-specific code has been removed. Also OpenLayers 2.x continues to be used for the map layer and integration with Tiki to allow editable map objects to be overlaid on the map layer but experimentation has started with the integration of OpenLayers 3.x.
In Tiki20 integration with OpenLayers 3.x and higher was improved, and more features were exposed through the corresponding PluginMap parameters, as well as adding new tilesets, some of them using vector tiles instead of just the usual raster tiles.
Map-related documentation, as of summer of 2019, still makes reference to the different historical approaches but as it continues to be improved the older methods that are no longer used will be deprecated/removed. Volunteers to help with documentation improvement : please contact marclaporte at tiki dot org
Module map_edit_features
Introduced in Tiki9, this module allows to edit features on maps and adapt tracker input/markers to avoid internal conflicts in OpenLayers.
Usage
{MODULE(module=map_edit_features, parameter=value)}text {MODULE}
Parameters
Allows shapes to be drawn over the map.Required parameters are in
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| Parameters | Accepted Values | Description | Default | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
trackerId |
digits | Tracker to store the feature in. | ||
hiddeninput |
text | Hidden values to be sent over to the dialog. fieldName(value) | ||
editdetail |
int | Edit the tracker item's details through a dialog after the initial item creation. | 0 | |
insertmode |
text | Target mode to enter after successfully inserting an item | ||
standard |
int | Dispay the standard draw controls | 1 |
Related Pages
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- Module — Overall introduction and overview
- Module Admin — Introduction to the module admin pages for site-wide and individual module settings
- Assigning Modules — How to select a module to configure it
- Module Settings Interface — Interface for configuring individual module settings
- Module Settings Parameters — Explanation of standard parameter settings for modules
- Creating Custom Modules — How to create user modules
- Index of Modules — Links to the documentation of individual modules
- User Modules — How (if the feature is active) users can choose and place their modules
- Mods Type Modules — Links to modules that are installed as components