Indeed, it looks like old API Keys do not support the Earth plugin. I
replaced both variables with the new key I got today without problem.
A documentation about the new parameter names for display_point would be
welcome.
Another observation, the zoom parameter doesn't seem to be working for me.
Here is a query :
{{#ask:
[[Has page name::Page name]]
|?Has coordinates
|format=googlemaps
|width=300
|height=300
|zoom=6
}}
The map generated from this query has the same zoom, regardless of the
value of zoom= or whether I add 'autozoom' or not.
- Laurent
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From: "Yaron Koren" <yaro...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 7:23 AM
To: laur...@alquier.org
Subject: Re: [SMW-devel] Maps and Semantic Maps released
Hi,
The map-key location thing should be improved in the Maps extension -
there's no real reason why it should matter.
The new equivalent of #semantic_google_map is #display_point - there's
actually nothing semantic about the #semantic_google_map function, which is
one of the big reasons why I'm glad to be rid of it. :) Though the
parameters have changed - they now require parameter names. There should
definitely also be something in the "switching from SGM" documenation about
that.
I haven't had that problem with Google Earth - maybe it depends on when
your key is from? Perhaps Jeroen has more information on this.
-Yaron
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Laurent Alquier <laur...@alquier.org>
wrote:
Another point to investigate.
I was able to display maps using the same value for $wgGoogleMapsKey and
$egGoogleMapsKey.
However, when I tried to turn 'earth=on', Google basked that the API key
was not valid for this site. I had to request a new key for
$egGoogleMapsKey to get both types of map to work.
Other than that (and the compatibility issue with #semantic_google_map I
reported earlier), I like this extension a lot so far. very promissing.
- Laurent
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From: "Yaron Koren" <yaro...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 6:48 AM
To: "Sergey Chernyshev" <sergey.chernys...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [SMW-devel] Maps and Semantic Maps released
A few notes on the Google maps key: Laurent - do you have the key setting
after the inclusion of the Maps extension? If it comes beforehand, it won't
work.
Sergey - the decision was made to use $eg, since that's the correct
convention for setting global variables in extensions (though it hasn't
been followed in any SMW-related extensions until now):
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions#Extension_Functions_
and_Variables
It's true that $wgGoogleMapsKey is used in other extensions; Google Maps
and SRF (the Exhibit format) are the two that I know about (SGM and Google
Geocoder use it too, but the plan is for both of those to go away at some
point soon). Keeping it at $wg just for compatibility would be strange,
though, given that Maps also uses an $egYahooMapsKey, etc. The
documentation should probably at least be clearer, though, about the usage
of the two variables.
-Yaron
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Sergey Chernyshev
<sergey.chernys...@gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah, it's not a good idea to rename $wgGoogleMapsKey - it's sort-of
generic variable for all MediaWiki extensions that use Google Map
services.
Thank you,
Sergey
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On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Laurent Alquier <laur...@alquier.org>
wrote:
Last email for today
I thought I would give it a shot and install both Maps and Semantic Maps.
Unfortunately, it did not go as smoothly as I thought:
1- If I replace $wgGoogleMapsKey by $egGoogleMapsKey in my
LocalSettings.php file, SRF Exhibit stops displaying Maps.
2- If I keep both GoogleMapKeys variables, Maps throws an error - telling
me my Google API key is not valid.
Getting a dedicated API key for $egGoogleMapsKey doesn't work.
I will investigate that again later this week, probably Friday. Maybe it is
something I missed in the installation.
- Laurent
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From: "Laurent Alquier" <laur...@alquier.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 5:52 AM
To: semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [SMW-devel] Maps and Semantic Maps released
That was fast :)
Regarding the error I reported with IE6.
I am getting that error on this page : http://wiki.bn2vs.com/wiki/Maps
Both the Google Map demo page and the Yahoo Maps demo page are working fine
in IE6.
The Open Layers demo page is also throwing an error - however, I can visit
the OpenLayer website and view examples there with IE6 without error.
Maybe that will help troubleshooting the error.
- Laurent
----------------------------------------
From: "Sergey Chernyshev" <sergey.chernys...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 5:44 AM
To: laur...@alquier.org
Subject: Re: [SMW-devel] Maps and Semantic Maps released
Yeh, Jeroen created it and replied to me privately already ;) I'll try it
when I have spare time.
Thank you,
Sergey
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On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Laurent Alquier <laur...@alquier.org>
wrote:
Hi Sergey
I believe your answer is already available on the Extension:Semantic Maps
page :
Upgrading from Semantic Google Maps
If you have Semantic Google Maps installed, and want to upgrade to Semantic
Maps, these are the steps you need to follow:
Remove the SemanticGoogleMaps directory from your extension
directory.Remove (when you use it) Google Geocoder in a similar
fashion.Upload both Maps and Semantic Maps to your extension directory.
Make sure your API key's are in the right place
After doing all these steps, you should be done. Maps and Semantic
Maps are designed to be backward compatible with SGM, so all SGM code
should work on Semantic Maps. If you encounter some problem though, please
let the extension developers know.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Maps
- Laurent Alquier
----------------------------------------
From: "Sergey Chernyshev" <sergey.chernys...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 4:57 AM
To: "jeroen De Dauw" <jeroen_ded...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [SMW-devel] Maps and Semantic Maps released
Great job, Jeroen!
How do I go about upgrading from Semantic Google Maps? My
TechPresentations.org uses it a little bit.
Thank you,
Sergey
--
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http://www.sergeychernyshev.com/
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 9:56 AM, jeroen De Dauw <jeroen_ded...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Hey,
First of all, let me introduce myself.
I'm
Jeroen De Dauw, one of the GSoC students for Wikimedia foundation this
year. During the last 2 months I've been working on 2 new mapping
extensions for MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki [0] with Yaron Koren [1] as
mentor. You can read more about this at my blog [2].
The first version of both extensions has just been released. These are the
extensions:
Maps
Maps
[3] is an extension that provides the ability to display coordinate
data, using multiple mapping services, including Google Maps [4],
OpenLayers [5] and Yahoo Maps [6], and allows users to geocode addresses.
Semantic Maps
Semantic Maps
[7] is an extension that adds semantic capabilities to the Maps
extension, and therefore provides the ability to add, view and edit
coordinate data stored through the Semantic MediaWiki extension, using
multiple mapping services. These include Google Maps, OpenLayers and
Yahoo Maps. Semantic Maps and Maps are based on Semantic Google Maps
and Semantic Layers, and are meant to replace these extensions. For
this extension to work, you need to have both Semantic MediaWiki and
Maps installed.
You can download both extensions via
their documentation pages. Suggestions and feature requests are welcome.
[0] http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki
[1] http://yaronkoren.com/
[2] http://blog.bn2vs.com/tag/semantic-maps/
[3] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Maps
[4] http://code.google.com/apis/maps/
[5] http://openlayers.org/
[6] http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/
[7] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Maps
Cheers,De Dauw '[RTS]BN+VS*' Jeroen
Forum: code.bn2vs.com
Blog: blog.bn2vs.com
Xfire: bn2vs ; Skype: rts.bn.vs
Don't panic. Don't be evil.
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