Extension Enhanced Map Views


Extension Basics

Title
Enhanced Map Views
Name
ckanext-mapviews
Type
Public extension
Description
Advanced map visualization with multiple mapping providers, interactive features, and geospatial data integration.
CKAN versions
Download-Url (zip)
Download-Url commit date
2024-04-30
Url to repo
Category
Visualization & Analytics


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The Enhanced Map Views extension provides sophisticated mapping capabilities for CKAN, supporting multiple mapping providers, interactive visualization features, and comprehensive geospatial data integration for enhanced geographic data presentation. This powerful extension extends CKAN’s default mapping functionality with support for OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, MapBox, and other tile services while providing advanced cartographic controls, custom styling options, and interactive data exploration tools. The system automatically detects geospatial datasets and generates appropriate map visualizations with support for vector data (GeoJSON, KML, Shapefile), raster data (GeoTIFF), and coordinate-based tabular data with intelligent geographic inference. Advanced features include multi-layer map composition, custom marker clustering, heat map generation, and temporal animation for time-series geographic data. Interactive capabilities provide zoom controls, layer toggles, popup information windows, and drawing tools for user annotation and data exploration. The extension supports custom basemap configuration, styling through CSS and JavaScript customization, and integration with external mapping APIs for enhanced functionality. Administrative features include map template management, default view configuration, and performance optimization for large geographic datasets. Integration capabilities extend to external GIS systems, coordinate transformation services, and spatial analysis tools. Essential for organizations publishing geographic data, environmental agencies displaying spatial datasets, urban planning departments, research institutions working with location-based data, and any CKAN deployment where geographic visualization, spatial data exploration, and map-based data discovery are critical for user engagement and data understanding.

Version
Latest
Version release date
2024-04-30
Contact name
Datopian Team
Contakt email
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Installation Guide

Configuration hints

Supports multiple mapping providers and advanced geospatial visualization

Plugins to configure (ckan.ini)
mapviews
CKAN Settings (ckan.ini)
# ckanext.mapviews.default_provider = 'openstreetmap' # ckanext.mapviews.mapbox_access_token = 'your_mapbox_token' # ckanext.mapviews.google_maps_api_key = 'your_google_api_key' # ckanext.mapviews.enable_clustering = true # ckanext.mapviews.default_zoom = 10 # ckanext.mapviews.enable_drawing_tools = true
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