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===Map documentation===
This wiki contains information about the OpenStreetMap-based University Map. This information is aimed at anyone who wants to use the more advanced facilities that the map offers, or who want to contribute to the underlying OpenStreetMap data on which the map is based. The map itself provides [https://map.cam.ac.uk/help/ help on using the standard map service].
[[Map updating procedure(draft)]]


The map can be accessed at https://map.cam.ac.uk/.


==New Managed Wiki - {{SITENAME}} ==
There is an '''[[Introduction and examples|introduction and set of examples]]''' of what you can do with the map that you might want to start with.


{{SITENAME}} is a wiki, a user-editable Web site. You can treat it as a perfectly ordinary Web site, but if you have edit access for this wiki, you are able to make changes to any page that has an '''edit''' link at the top of it. The complete history of each page is stored, so if you make a mistake it can always be undone. If you want to experiment with editing, there's a special [[Sandbox]] page for this purpose.
Please report problems, issues, etc. to the UCS Service Desk [mailto:service-desk@ucs.cam.ac.uk servicedesk@uis.cam.ac.uk].


You can edit this page to replace this text with what you want on your main page. 
==Reference==


===Getting Started===
; '''[[The Map URL API|Linking to the map]]''' : How to link to the map to display various things


* If you want to create a new page, create a link to it by editing another page (enclosing the new page's  name in <nowiki>[[double square brackets]]</nowiki>), and then follow that link.
; '''[[The Embedding API|Embedding the map]]''' : How to easily embed the maps in other web pages  
* To rename a page, use the '''move''' link at the top.
* For a quick guide to editing pages, see [[Help:Editing]].


Wiki site administrators
; '''[[Map_Annotation|Interactive annotation]]''' : How to interactively add points, lines, areas and text to a map that others can display, using 'Annotate the map'
* To upload an icon see [[Special:LogoUpload]]
* To manage groups of users see [[Special:UserManagement]]


===Cambridge documentation===
; '''[[UCamGeoJSON|Programmatic annotation]]''' : How to automatically add annotation information to the map (using [[UCamGeoJSON]])


* [http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/managedwiki/ Managed Wiki Service]
; '''[[Map_Export|Exporting and printing the map]]''' : How to download sections of the map in PDF or PNG formats for off-line use and incorporation in printed materials
===MediaWiki documentation===


MediaWiki is the software which runs {{SITENAME}}
; '''[[The Tile API|Using the tiles]]''' : How to use the map tiles provided to create your own maps when other approaches are not suitable


* The full MediaWiki [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]  
; '''[[The Database API|Accessing the database]]''' : How to access the information database underlying the map
* There is also the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
 
; '''[[Terms and conditions, Copyright, Fair Use, etc.]]''' : The conditions under which we provide the map and its associated services, what you need to do if you use it, etc.
 
; '''[[Accessing OpenStreetMap]]''' : How to interact with the data in OpenStreetMap
 
; '''[[Case Studies]]''' : Examples and case studies from people using the map
 
; '''[[FAQ]]''' : Frequently (or at least occasionally) asked questions

Latest revision as of 16:34, 22 March 2024

This wiki contains information about the OpenStreetMap-based University Map. This information is aimed at anyone who wants to use the more advanced facilities that the map offers, or who want to contribute to the underlying OpenStreetMap data on which the map is based. The map itself provides help on using the standard map service.

The map can be accessed at https://map.cam.ac.uk/.

There is an introduction and set of examples of what you can do with the map that you might want to start with.

Please report problems, issues, etc. to the UCS Service Desk servicedesk@uis.cam.ac.uk.

Reference

Linking to the map
How to link to the map to display various things
Embedding the map
How to easily embed the maps in other web pages
Interactive annotation
How to interactively add points, lines, areas and text to a map that others can display, using 'Annotate the map'
Programmatic annotation
How to automatically add annotation information to the map (using UCamGeoJSON)
Exporting and printing the map
How to download sections of the map in PDF or PNG formats for off-line use and incorporation in printed materials
Using the tiles
How to use the map tiles provided to create your own maps when other approaches are not suitable
Accessing the database
How to access the information database underlying the map
Terms and conditions, Copyright, Fair Use, etc.
The conditions under which we provide the map and its associated services, what you need to do if you use it, etc.
Accessing OpenStreetMap
How to interact with the data in OpenStreetMap
Case Studies
Examples and case studies from people using the map
FAQ
Frequently (or at least occasionally) asked questions
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