January 7, 2009, Wednesday, 6

Adding a Map to Wiki Pages

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Adding a Map to Wiki Pages

The Guides section now includes a tool for adding a Google Map to pages such as the guides areas so to make this work you need to know the following:

  • Create or edit the page you want to add the map to as normal.
  • Under the normal toolbar you'll see a "make a map" link.
  • Click the link and you'll get the Map Editor at the top of the Wiki editing page.
  • Zoom in to the area you need (if it's not already set using the tools on the map.
  • To set a point on the map you simply left click on the map.
  • To include a link that will display for the point you've created, you simply use the usual markup in the description.
  • Then click "save & close".
  • Repeat until you've put all your points in place.
  • IMPORTANT: You need to remember to copy the code generated by the map into the relevant point in the main editing window. The Map editor does not do this for you automatically.

That's about it...

For additional information you can read the original code authors notes here: GoogleMaps:Syntax