Maps

Last week I released the first version of the DataValues library. This blog post serves as an introduction to that library, explaining the motivations behind it, and providing a historical context. A bit over a year ago, I wrote down…Read more ›

I just spend some time moving the Maps extension for MediaWiki to GitHub. The reason for this is that it simplifies development workflow and allows for easier integration with services such as Travis CI, coveralls.io, Packagist and Scrutinizer CI. And…Read more ›

Yesterday I released version 1.0.3 of the Maps and Semantic Maps MediaWiki extensions. This release re-introduces Google Earth support, this time for Google Maps v3, and enhances the KML/KMZ support for this mapping service as well. Many thanks go to Jon Povey for funding the implementation of these features! Since I didn’t make any release [...]

It’s been a little over half a year since the last mayor release of the Maps and Semantic Maps extensions, but now 1.0, featuring many new features and internal improvements, is here! This is the most significant release since version 0.1, which quite coincidentally, was released exactly 2 years ago today Let’s have a look [...]

It’s been a while since I posted an update on Semantic MediaWiki and extensions in general, and my work specifically. This is due to a pile of work that has been done on different components, each of which I’ll address at the point it’s released.  In this blog post I’ll provide you with a short [...]

Also check out the wiki version of this post. Version 0.7 of both the Maps and Semantic Maps extensions is now available for download. This release is made after 3 beta’s and a release candidate, so should be... Read More

Also check out the wiki version of this post. Version 0.7 of both the Maps and Semantic Maps extensions is now available for download. This release is made after 3 beta’s and a release candidate, so should be stable. The most notable new features in this release are tag extension support for all the Maps [...]

Also check out the wiki version of this post. Version 0.7 of both the Maps and Semantic Maps extensions is now available for download. This release is made after 3 beta’s and a release candidate, so should be stable. The…Read more ›

An early beta of the next big release of the Maps and Semantic Maps extensions is now available for download. The most notable new features in this release are tag extension support for all the Maps parser functions,... Read More

An early beta of the next big release of the Maps and Semantic Maps extensions is now available for download. The most notable new features in this release are tag extension support for all the Maps parser functions, more consistent error handling via Validator 0.4 and compatibility with the upcoming MediaWiki 1.17. Most changes are [...]