Draw and edit circles

[mmeinert]

Hi there,

I'd like to draw circles on my map so I activated it with [...]circle:!0[...] in mapbbcode.js. It works but I can't save my map(s) with circle(s) and I can't change colors of it when clicking on it.

What did I miss or what's missing ?

Thank you

[Zverik]

Hi! Alas, circles are not enabled, because 1) they are not in the MapBBCode specification, and therefore cannot be stored in the database; 2) circles and rectangles look strange on the planet surface and need a lot of computational resources to draw. Or simply, my library does not support proper drawing of them.

[mmeinert]

Hi Zverik, thank you for your fast answer.

Do you think possible to prepare circles of radius 50m-100m-200m and add them as "markers" ? As they are predefined, only the center of the circle should be geopositioned and this should fit in the database.

If you think that possible, where should I start hacking ?

Thank you

[Zverik]

That is not possible with this service, or its alternative, uMap. You would have to make a page yourself and upload it somewhere. For example, on Github Pages. This guide has everything you would need. For center coordinates, you can use share.mapbbcode to place center markers, and then export them as html: you will receive a page with leaflet map, and all you would need to do is to replace markers with circles.

[mmeinert]

Thank you, I'll try my best

[mmeinert]

Hi @Zverik, I opened a Stackexchange thread and found an answer to another thread very relevant. I'd like to hear your impression on the feasibility to add this to MapBBCode specification.