OpenSUSE Community/Map

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Go to the map.

Add yourself

Find your coordinates

They are defined with latitude and longitude. If you don't know them, you can use http://www.multimap.com/ to find the values.

Example:

Enter in a search box on multimap.com: 1800 Novell Pl, Provo, UT

Look for "Map Information" and you will find:

Lat: 40:12:36N (40.2099)

Lon: 111:39:21W (-111.6557)

You should use decimal coordinates, ie. 40.2099 and -111.6557. Both numbers for latitude and longitude can be positive or negative so be careful not to forget the sign, or you marker can land somewhere else in the world.

Enter coordinates

When you have your location coordinates you have to create a string as follows:

{{map_user|<Latitude>|<Longitude>|<Label>|<Description>|<URL>}}

for instance:

{{map_user| 40.209|-111.656|Novell Inc|1800 Novell Pl, Provo, UT |http://www.novell.com}}

Where:

• map_user is the name of template ( don't change it ),
• Latitude and Longitude are your coordinates,
• Label is a description displayed when the map marker is selected. In our example it is the Novell name (our major sponsor). Note that all HTML tags except <br> are stripped from the description.
• Description additional description, in example is the address.
• URL is your blog, personal website, profile page on http://users.opensuse.org, user page on http://en.opensuse.org , or any of language wikis listed on http://en.opensuse.org/Translation . The rest will be removed from the map.

Add your data to map

Finally, when your line is ready, you can edit page Coordinates, add that line to the end of the page and save it.

Now you can view the map again.

Issues?

If your entry doesn't appear on the map, check the syntax again. Maybe you forgot to add a field? (Check for invalid lines) If you still see problems with openSUSE community map, please report on Cboltz's Talk page

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