[Semediawiki-user] Semantic Google Maps relaunched

[Yaron K. <ya...@gm...>]

Hi,

After almost a year of inactivity for the project, I've taken over the
Semantic Google Maps extension. This was done with permission from Robert
Buzink, the extension's creator, who says he's no longer doing semantic
programming. Today I released the overhauled version of the extension, which
you can read more about, and download, here:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Google_Maps

There are various changes and additions to the code:

- the '#insert_map' parser function, which displays a single point on a map,
has been renamed '#semantic_google_map' (the old name is still supported,
for backwards compatibility).
- the 'coordinatesmap' Semantic Forms input type has been renamed
'googlemap' (again, the old name is still supported for backwards
compatibility).
- the extension now defines a new SMW #ask query format, 'googlemap'. If
this extension is added, setting 'format=googlemap' in an #ask query will
display the resulting set of pages on a Google Map, assuming that one of the
fields being retrieved is of type 'Geographical coordinates'. This allows
display of many points on a single map. (Note that I believe SGM is now the
first extension to overload the 'format' parameter - hopefully this approach
will eventually be adopted by other extensions as well).
- the single piece of displayed text in the extension, "Look up
coordinates", has been put into an internationalization file so that it can
be translated into other languages.
- there were a few bug fixes.

Also, the code is no longer contained in a single file on the wiki - it's in
three files within a directory, and the code is now in the MediaWiki SVN
repository.

I encourage everyone who already uses this extension to upgrade to the
latest version, and everyone else to take a look at it.

-Yaron