World map can be edited on your website
Collective mapping is not a new idea. It all started with the Google Maps service, which supported the import of extraneous layers. Any user could edit his own layer and display the Google Maps interface with this layer on his website. Perhaps a similar technology existed before the advent of Google Maps, but after the publication of the software interfaces of this service, this technology became well-known.
Pretty quickly, thousands of different layers were created on the basis of Google Maps, which can be found on thousands of websites on the Internet.
The second step towards a collective mapping service was to bring together users. There are services for collective editing of geographical maps, such as an editable map of Moscow MosDVA , to which anyone can add an object.
Approximately the same is a social mapping site Platial , only on it a map is made not of one city, but of the whole world, and it is based on the Google Maps engine.
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Platial service has been around for a long time. For example, only for Moscow, users have edited 127 objects ( RSS-feed ). For comparison, 52 objects are marked in Minsk , and 29 in Kiev .
Now the Platial social service can reach the next level of its development. From now on, map editing is available through special Mapkit widgets that can be installed on any site. Thus, the audience of potential authors-mapmakers is expanded by an order of magnitude.
To get the widget, you need to register on the site, specify the coordinates for centering the map and your key to access Google Maps. Then you are given code that you can implement on any site where the server allows JavaScript to run.
Pretty quickly, thousands of different layers were created on the basis of Google Maps, which can be found on thousands of websites on the Internet.
The second step towards a collective mapping service was to bring together users. There are services for collective editing of geographical maps, such as an editable map of Moscow MosDVA , to which anyone can add an object.
Approximately the same is a social mapping site Platial , only on it a map is made not of one city, but of the whole world, and it is based on the Google Maps engine.
')
Platial service has been around for a long time. For example, only for Moscow, users have edited 127 objects ( RSS-feed ). For comparison, 52 objects are marked in Minsk , and 29 in Kiev .
Now the Platial social service can reach the next level of its development. From now on, map editing is available through special Mapkit widgets that can be installed on any site. Thus, the audience of potential authors-mapmakers is expanded by an order of magnitude.
To get the widget, you need to register on the site, specify the coordinates for centering the map and your key to access Google Maps. Then you are given code that you can implement on any site where the server allows JavaScript to run.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4644/
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