additional_plugins/serendipity_event_osm

OpenStreetMap plugin for Serendipity

With this plugin you can implement one ore more interactive maps for geo tagged entries and uploaded *.gpx files. The map is build by OpenLayers, a high-performance JavaScript library.

Setup

Some plugins are needed to make it work.

serendipity_event_geo_json or Geo-JSON object

First you need a JSON object with all the geo information for your maps. This can be simple done with the plugin serendipity_event_geo_json or by hand as a JavaScript global constant like below.

const geo = {
	"entries": [
		{
			"title": "I love Bochum",
			"url": "/archives/12-I-love-Bochum.html",
			"date": 1536588060,
			"size": 211,
			"author": "surrim",
			"pos": [51.414369, 6.729898],
			"categories": [42]
		},
		/* (more entries) */
	],
	"uploads": [
		{
			"title": "2021-06-30-essen-bochum.gpx",
			"url": "/uploads/my-tour/2021-06-30-essen-bochum.gpx",
			"date": 1610319360,
			"size": 105144
		},
		/* (more uploads) */
	]
};

serendipity_event_static_osm

Next you need serendipity_event_static_osm. It's needed to include all OpenLayers scripts and stylesheets once. It can also remove all unnecessary things from *.gpx files like timestamps and metadata. This behavior is enabled by default. Enabling this is highly recommented to minimize traffic and for uploading tracked data, for example from OsmAnd or Garmin. Geo data (including altitudes) will be untouched.

serendipity_event_osm

This plugin can be used to include map instances. You can set a default map position, zoomlevel, one or more folders for the *.gpx files and categories. It inserts a div-element like below.

<div
	class="map"
	data-category="42"
	data-path="/uploads/my-tour/"
	data-latitude="45.76697"
	data-longitude="4.83519"
	data-zoom="4"
	style="height: 463px"
></div>

All the div-elements will be processed by the mentioned static scripts later. You can display the total distance of all *.gpx files by using a span-element like this.

Total distance: <span class="distance-counter" data-category="42">(calculating...)</span> kilometers.

How to use

Now you can enable the serendipity_event_geotag plugin to enter coordinates of your entries. When you paste data like "45.76697, 4.83519" it will be put into the latitude and longitude fields. After saving the changes the entry will be shown on the map. Uploading *.gpx files is even simpler. After uploading a file you will find it on the map.

Features

• Minimap For faster position changes
• Fullscreen mode To use all of the pixels of your monitor or smartphone display
• Zoom You can use the mouse wheel, double click, use the buttons or two fingers on touchscreens to zoom
• Scale Shown to make it easier to see distances
• Rainbow colors The date of the entries and *.gpx files is used to calculate its color by the day of the month. For example dates at the beginning or end of a month are red, dates in the middle of a months are cyan
• Interaction When you click on the map it will display a list of entries to read and tracks to download. Extra information like track length and date is shown as a tooltip

Author

Martin Sewelies ruhrtour@surrim.org