This is the story of my morning. This WikiMapping project might have been inspired by the TED talk on Happy Maps. My daughter’s teacher, Mrs. Abdollahi, invited me to speak to the Jenkintown Elementary School third graders today. My goal was to share with the kids some of my favorite places and then to let […]
This video demonstrates how to replace a jpeg image with an svg file. Let’s make better WikiMapping banners. If you create WikiMapping banners using Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop and save it as a jpeg, there can be two problems. The banner shows up wider than the map The banner shows up narrower than the map Project administrators (anyone […]
The other day, a project administrator had a problem with GIS data that he imported. It’s a pretty simple issue to fix, but it is also something that others might have a problem with. Here’s the problem: When you import a line, you get unwanted text in the Initial Comment. It looks like this: Objective: To […]
Today I got a question, and I thought I’d share it. We have this feature called Agree/Disagree that started off as like/unlike. It was global, so all comments would either have “agree/disagree/abstain” or not. We’ve since changed it. Here’s the essence of the problem. A WikiMapping project administrator wants to let users add points and […]