Given your recent description, I would say MultiMaps does not suite your needs. The problem is that it needs some tile server hosting images that ensemble a map. So, it is more about virtual maps than adding some note on a file. I think that already mentioned ImageMap extension or Wikimedia Commons' gadget "ImageAnnotator" [1] are a better match. The gadget lets wiki users attach a note to a rectangular section of an image. Otherwise you might want to check out the list of potentially relevant extensions [2].
Tigerfell ---- [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-ImageAnnotator <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-ImageAnnotator> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Image_extensions <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Image_extensions> Jun. 11, 2019, 8:36 p.m. by [email protected]: > For my purposes, an extension that could add labeled points and shape > annotations to a single user supplied image would be ideal. I don't need all > the power of pan and scan map system that assembles image tiles to scale the > whole world and beyond. I just need to be able to upload a floor plan of a > building and mark out the location of an event. > > /Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 2:28 PM > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > <[email protected]> > Cc: Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Subject: RE: [MediaWiki-l] [Semediawiki-user] interior maps extension > > Hi Tigerfell, > > Are you saying that Multimaps currently has the ability to overlay points and > shapes on to user supplied images? > > I looked at the documentation on this extension and haven't seen anything > about custom maps. Eager to hear more. Can you elaborate? > > /Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: MediaWiki-l [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Tigerfell > Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2019 10:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MediaWiki-l] [Semediawiki-user] interior maps extension > > Hi, > > You might want to check out ImageMap [1], if you just use the annotation to > generate links to more specific room information, like when you have a map > (uploaded as an image) and then you click on some room in the map and then > you get to a different wiki page about that room like "There is a HD > projector and 150 chairs...". > The map extensions you mentioned will display small images with map pieces > called "tiles" made by externals in your wiki. There is something like a > "Wikipedia for maps" - OpenStreetMap [2] and you could consider adding your > data to their publically available database. This would require you to > release the data under OpenDatabaseLicense publically [3]. If you want to do > that, you would probably need to transform your data format to match theirs > and consult the community before importing [4] and finally you would need to > produce the tiles from their data, because standart display do not show the > indoor features. Further information is available from the relevant wiki page > [5]. This is pretty much what Wikimedia did with their custom "Kartographer" > [7]. Seems like a rather complex way for just showing a floor plan, but that > is essentially the infrastructure behind "Maps" and "OpenLayers". > >> Is anyone doing this? >> > I am currently working with "MultiMaps" [6], which is essentially working the > same way as Yaron already described but without Semantic MW. I am just > displaying the standard tiles provided by OSM. > >> What do people here recommend? >> > Sorry, I can not really recommend anything for you, because it depends on the > following facts How many maps do you have? (huge maps make the OSM approach > more interesting) What do you exactly expect from "annotations"? (simple > links, texts on top of the map, geometric shapes?) Can you publish the data > under ODbL? (see above) How often do you update the maps? (no updates, > continuous updates, real-time) Cheers, Tigerfell > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageMap> there is an example as > well on that page [2] https://www.openstreetmap.org > <https://www.openstreetmap.org> (personal disclaimer: I am involved in this > project) [3] https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ > <https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/> (comparable to CC-BY-SA as far > as I can judge) [4] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines> > [5] https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Indoor_Mapping > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Indoor_Mapping> > [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultiMaps > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MultiMaps> > [7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Kartographer > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Kartographer> > > > From: Yaron Koren: > >> 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://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Image_Annotator >> >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenLayers >>> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cargo >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Semediawiki-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-user >>> >> >> >> -- >> WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MediaWiki-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of MediaWiki-l Digest, Vol 189, Issue 4 >> ******************************************* >> > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
