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 ==== Making Maps ==== ==== Making Maps ====
  
 +A random collection of tools for making GIS maps and diagrams that might be comprehensible.
  
-trying to make a nice map from google: 
  
 +===Tableau===
  
 +The [[http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/about-tableau-products?ref=http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/RefugeePopulationbyCountryofOrigindestination_2/Dashboard1 | Tableau]] software, available from Free to big commercial versions, has been used by the Migration Information Source / Migration Policy Institute for some [[http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/humanitarian-protection-statistics|telling graphics]].
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 +=== Experiment===
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 +
 +trying to make a nice map from google:
 +
 +<HTML>
 <iframe height=371 width=600 src="//docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14KowWSsXkjb7eGcb5yfrHI4r5R7z2RIUWvWoNfGuWpg/gviz/chartiframe?oid=1527538415" seamless frameborder=0 scrolling=no></iframe> <iframe height=371 width=600 src="//docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14KowWSsXkjb7eGcb5yfrHI4r5R7z2RIUWvWoNfGuWpg/gviz/chartiframe?oid=1527538415" seamless frameborder=0 scrolling=no></iframe>
 +</HTML>
 +
 +But I could not get this to work, or perhaps, it is almost working.....
 +
 +===Built In===
 +Some thing built in. But it does not seem to show the map... 
 +
 +now (April 2015) completely broken. Not even the simplest olmap seems to work. If bored, look here to try and repair it:
 +https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:openlayersmap
 +
 +
  
  
-Some thing built in 
  
 <olmap id="olMapOne" width="550px" height="450px" lat="50.0" lon="5.1" zoom="12" statusbar="1" toolbar="1" controls="1" poihoverstyle="0" baselyr="OpenStreetMap" gpxfile="" kmlfile="" summary="" > <olmap id="olMapOne" width="550px" height="450px" lat="50.0" lon="5.1" zoom="12" statusbar="1" toolbar="1" controls="1" poihoverstyle="0" baselyr="OpenStreetMap" gpxfile="" kmlfile="" summary="" >
 ~~ Plugin olmap help. ~~ Plugin olmap help.
-~~ Required in the above tag are values for: id (unique on this page), width, heigth.+~~ Required in the above tag are values for: id (unique on this page), width, height.
 ~~ Also you will want to enter zoomlevel and lat, lon values that make sense for where you want the map to start. ~~ Also you will want to enter zoomlevel and lat, lon values that make sense for where you want the map to start.
  
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 50.0117,5.1287,-90,.8,marker-green.png,Pont de Barbouillons; Daverdisse \\ external link: [[http://test.com|test.com]] \\ internal link: [[::start]]\\ **DW Formatting**  50.0117,5.1287,-90,.8,marker-green.png,Pont de Barbouillons; Daverdisse \\ external link: [[http://test.com|test.com]] \\ internal link: [[::start]]\\ **DW Formatting** 
 </olmap> </olmap>
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 +
 +
 +<olmap id="olMap"  lat="52.0" lon="5.1"  baselyr="OpenStreetMap"  summary="This map shows no gpx trace, no kml trace and no dot">
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 +</olmap>
 +
 +----
 +[[needs update]]
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