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Flarum Map extension

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A Flarum extension. Display a map in flarum in those ways:

  • insert a BBCode in a post
  • upload a .gpx file to display it on a map and a download link
  • upload a GeoJSON file (.geojson of .json) display it on a map and a download link

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To include a map in your post, there's an icon in the bar when composing: Post icon

It will insert that BBCode:

[map provider=osm style=street zoom=13 title='Marker title' desc='Marker pop-up content. Leave title and desc both empty to hide the marker.']WHERE[/map]

The WHERE value can be any location:

  • Nonceveux, Liège, Belgium as a plain text place name.
  • 50.45626367636966, 5.744007900692774 as coordinates to pin point an exact place.

You can also change the zoom level by changing the zoom attribute within the BBCode:

# Zoom=13 can fit my village
[map provider=osm style=street zoom=13]Nonceveux[/map]

# Zoom=8 can fit my country
[map provider=osm style=street zoom=8]Belgium[/map]

Valid values for zoom are between 0 (world) and 18 (house).

How to customize the map

The post above was written like this:

# Mapbox satelite streets (need to register at MapBox.com to get a free API key) :
[map provider=mapbox style=mapbox/satellite-streets-v11 zoom=15]Nonceveux, Liège, Belgium[/map]

# GPX example:
[upl-file uuid=e89405b4-7c99-4af6-9fb3-8bd80df9ea64 size=2kB url=http://localhost/assets/files/2022-10-31/1667250318-401743-gpxexample.gpx]gpxexample.gpx[/upl-file]

# GeoJSON example:
[upl-file uuid=022d8589-8c9c-4e63-b0ad-1942b5a4b480 size=133kB url=http://localhost/assets/files/2022-10-11/1665509211-565647-trail-center-ambleve.geojson]trail-center-ambleve.geojson[/upl-file]

Supported tile layers

Free, no registration needed: OpenStreetMap.

Provider Style Tiles type Description
osm street Rasters OpenStreetMap, default.

MapTiler

Free, API key needed at https://www.maptiler.com/

Provider Style Tiles type Description
maptiler basic-v2 Vectors Basic (basic-v2)
maptiler basic-4326 Vectors Basic EPSG:4326 (basic-4326)
maptiler bright-v2 Vectors Bright (bright-v2)
maptiler openstreetmap Vectors OpenStreetMap (openstreetmap)
maptiler outdoor Vectors Outdoor (outdoor)
maptiler pastel Vectors Pasterl (pastel)
maptiler hybrid Vectors Satelite hybrid (hybrid)
maptiler streets-v2 Vectors Street (streets-v2)
maptiler toner Vectors Toner (toner)
maptiler topo Vectors Topo (topo)
maptiler topographique Vectors Topographique (topographique)
maptiler voyager Vectors Voyager (voyager)
maptiler winter Vectors Winter (winter)

MapBox

Free, API key needed at https://www.mapbox.com/

Provider Style Tiles type Description
mapbox mapbox/streets-v11 Vectors Streets (mapbox/streets-v11)
mapbox mapbox/outdoors-v11 Vectors Outdoors (mapbox/outdoors-v11)
mapbox mapbox/light-v10 Vectors Light (mapbox/light-v10)
mapbox mapbox/dark-v10 Vectors Dark (mapbox/dark-v10)
mapbox mapbox/satellite-v9 Vectors Satelite (mapbox/satellite-v9)
mapbox mapbox/satellite-streets-v11 Vectors Satelite streets (mapbox/satellite-streets-v11)
mapbox mapbox/navigation-day-v1 Vectors Navigation day (mapbox/navigation-day-v1)
mapbox mapbox/navigation-night-v1 Vectors Navigation night (mapbox/navigation-night-v1)

ThunderForest

Free, API key needed at https://www.thunderforest.com/

Provider Style Tiles type Description
thunderforest cycle Rasters cycle
thunderforest transport Rasters transport
thunderforest landscape Rasters landscape
thunderforest outdoors Rasters outdoors
thunderforest transport-dark Rasters transport-dark
thunderforest spinal-map Rasters spinal-map
thunderforest pioneer Rasters pioneer
thunderforest mobile-atlas Rasters mobile-atlas
thunderforest neighbourhood Rasters neighbourhood
thunderforest atlas Rasters atlas

Installation

Composer

Install with composer:

composer require jeromegillard/map:"*"

Configure extensions

  1. Enable the FoF Uploads extension.
  2. Enable the Map extension.
  3. Configure FoF Uploads to add the new GPX Template:
  • Write ^application\/.*(gpx|json|xml|geojson|geo.json) mime type upload adapter mapping.
  • Select Map as template.
  • Click the |+| button to add the mapping Setup FoF Upload MIME type
  1. Then add gpx,json,geojson extensions to this list: Setup FoF Upload MIME type
  2. ⚠️ Save changes (bottom of the screen)
  3. Configure the Map extension (optional).

Updating

composer update jeromegillard/map:"*"
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear

Go further

GeoJSON

FeatureCollection can be displayed.

As an example, to generate the GeoJSON file assets/GeoJSON.example.json to get a view of all trails of the Amblève Trail Center, follow those steps:

# Go to https://overpass-turbo.eu/
# Input that query:
[out:json][timeout:25];
(
  relation(13959062);>>;
)->.a;
rel.a;
out body;
>;
out skel qt;

# Click export, as GeoJSON

Development

I've prepared a all-in-one docker-compose.yml file to get up and running to develop this Flarum extension easily.

Prepare the environment

  1. create the flarum-dev.env.local file. There's an example just nearby.
  2. Spin the containers: docker compose up -d
  3. Enter the container: docker exec -it -w /flarum/app flarum-dev /bin/sh
  4. Allow local packages sources: composer config repositories.0 path "packages/*"
  5. Install the extension: composer require jeromegillard/map *@dev
  6. Wait for the container to start. It might be long stuck on last log "[INFO] Setting folder permissions", just wait.
  7. You can browse to http://localhost when logs shows "[INFO] End of startup script. Forum is starting."
  8. To rebuild the front-end, outside the container, go to the js folder and do npm install then npm run dev (you'll need npm installed on your computer).

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