Maps

• Show locations on maps

Available map types

• Google maps
• Open street maps
• Map box
• Here maps

Features

• Show location on a map based on coordinates
• Show list of coordinates on the map
• Data sources Context, Static, XPath or Microflow
• Support for Multiple data sources
• Addresses are not supported
• Support actions when a marker is clicked:
  • Open Page
  • Call Microflow
  • Call Nanoflow
• Customize the display of the marker. If the marker can not be found from the custom markers. The widget will use the specified custom markers else it will use the widget bundled marker.

Limitations

• Context and static datasource are Offline capable with Mendix data, however you still need to be online to view the map
• Addresses are not supported for the Maps widget
• For all Map types except open street maps you need to have a token inorder to view the map. You can get the tokens from here
  Mapbox
  Here maps
  Google maps
• Google maps uses Google Maps API v3. So the Limitations from Google apply.

Dependencies

Mendix 7.18.0

How it Works

• Locations are displayed based on coordinates. if there are multiple locations, the Map will center to a position in which all markers are visible
• If there is one location, the Map will center to that location
• If no locations available, a default center location of the mendix offices is provided in case default center coordinates are not specified
• If autozoom is enabled the Map will use bounds zoom otherwise it will use a custom zoom level specified
• Min Zoom level is 2 and the Maximum is 20

Demo Project

https://leafletmaps.mxapps.io/

Usage

• To add basic a map to your application select new under the Map properties tab
• Under the Data source tab Select data source context
• Select the Locations entity, latitude and longitude attributes
• Under the Map properties tab, select a Map provider
• Add Access token if Map provider is not Open street
• Run the application and add some locations
• For Here maps add app ID, app code respectively.

Data source: Static

• On the Map properties tab, select new on the locations option
• Under Data source tab, Select Static
• On the Static tab add new static locations

Data source: Xpath

• On the Map properties tab, select new on the locations option
• Select Database, Add the locations entity
• Add the Latitude and Longitude attributes
• Add an XPath Constraint Optional

Custom Markers

NOTE

For best results (see image), your custom marker must be

• PNG
• 32px width 32px height
• The bottom pin must be on the center of the image

• It is used to configure how the marker icon should be look.
• Under locations option on the Map properties tab, select the Markers tab
• For the Default option, the widget bundled marker will be displayed
• For the Static option, upload a static image
• For the System image option, add a system image path, which is a reference to the locations enity. The entity selected should inherit from System.Image otherwise it will display an error.
• Upload an image into the database to view the system image marker at runtime
• Markers can also be created based on enumeration. Select the Marker list option, then add an enumeration containing the name and caption of the markers to your project and assign that enumeration to the Locations entity.
  
  From the Marker image list tab, the enumeration key and image is then specified under Images
  

Issues, suggestions and feature requests

We are actively maintaining this widget, please report any issues or suggestion for improvement at
https://github.com/mendix/maps/issues.

Development

See here