Re: [xwiki-devs] [Contrib] New repo and JIRA for an OpenStreetMap macro

One of the very interesting derivative of OpenStreetMap is umap http://umap.openstreetmap.fr That’d be yet another provider, right? paul On 26 Jun 2018, at 20:44, Vincent Massol wrote: Hi Stephane, > > On 26 Jun 2018, at 20:37, Stéphane Laurière <slauriere(a)xwiki.com> wrote: >> >> Hi devs, >> >> We have a MapMacro already [1], for displaying Google Maps. I'd like to >> create a distinct one for creating maps based on OpenStreetMap. Another >> option would be to enhance the existing MapMacro for supporting the display >> of OSM maps in addition, but this would make the code more complex, and in >> general an administrator willing to use maps in his wiki is likely to opt >> for one map type, probably not both, what do you think? >> > > Since this is not a large “component”, I think my preferences goes to a > single {{map}} macro, with a “provider” parameter (provider=“google”, > “openstreetmap”, “apple”, etc) and possibly aliases such as {{googlemap}} > {{openstreetmap}} which would simply be shortcuts for {{map > provider=“google”}} and {{map provider=“openstreetmap”}}. > > I think it would make it simpler from a user POV. I’d prefer to have one > recommended map macro that we try to support instead of a myriad of smaller > map macros that would not be recommended and at various levels of support. > > WDYT? > > Thanks > -Vincent > > If you agree, the proposed repo name and JIRA would be: >> >> - Repo: macro-openstreetmap >> - JIRA project: OSM >> >> [1] https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Map%20Macro >> >> Thank you, >> >> Stéphane >> >> >> -- >> Stéphane Laurière >> XWiki www.xwiki.com >> @slauriere >> >> >>