Students use WikiMapping
We support students are using WikiMapping for their GIS coursework. Just contact the map team and tell us about your project. We will provide the functionality that you need for a limited time frame, such as a semester.
Blog
Guide – How To Request Functionality
Here’s a short, but important page, to help you understand how we prioritize updates. It will help you understand what happens when you ask for a feature or an improvement.
If you call or email us, here’s what happens
Our Map Team fills in a feature request using the “Feature Request” menu option in the Project Administration panel.
And, if needed…
Our Map Team writes a broader description in an email: FRQ- [Feature Request].
Information documented is
- Category: Feature Request or Bug
- Title
- Detail
- Willingness to fund
- Status: Submitted, Accepted, Done
We prioritize
- Does it fit with our vision and fulfill the needs of our core audience?
- How does the request affect existing projects?
- How will this impact the system (i.e. future coding)?
- Is it funded?
- Does it relate to priorities we’ve previously identified?
- Effort/long term benefit.
- Effort/short term benefit.
- Is there an immediate problem that needs fixing?
We discuss, and take action
- Make the change within a day or two.
- Discuss effort/cost, and add to short term schedule.
- Add to mid-range priorities.
- We respond to the person who submits the request.
Follow up
- Write a brief blog post
- Add to our guide (which is still in progress)
- Make a video if needed
- Either make the feature for everyone or just premium
New Premium feature – Spanish
We’ve added Spanish menus and dialogs as an option for WikiMapping. It’s a premium option, and you’ll need to let us know if you want to use it.
Of course, the next question people are going ask is, “Can a single project be bi-lingual?”