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'''[[Activities/Map/es|(Esta Página en Español)]]'''
The Map activity helps children to explore and create their own maps:
The Map activity helps children to explore and create their own maps:
* Search for your school, the Statue of Liberty, or find Mongolia - see roadmaps and satellite photos.
* See roadmaps and satellite photos
* Search for your school, New York City, Timbuktu, anywhere in the world!
* You can take photos, video, or audio in Record and place them onto the map
* You can take photos, video, or audio in Record and place them onto the map
* Use the XO's mesh network to collaborate, or save the map to the [[Journal]]
* Write about what you see : add descriptions and embed Wikipedia articles
* Add to the map with one click: Panoramio photos, Wikipedia articles, WikiMapia shapes, olpcMAP volunteers and deployments
* Advanced users add HTML and import KML (Google Earth), GeoRSS (Ushahidi), or OSM (OpenStreetMap) files
* Advanced users add HTML and import KML (Google Earth), GeoRSS (Ushahidi), or OSM (OpenStreetMap) files
Download the activity here: http://maptonomy.appspot.com/Map-8.xo
'''Download / Descargar''': http://maptonomy.appspot.com/Map-12.xo
This activity needs your help to get out of Beta. '''Please edit this or the discussion page if you have a question.'''
This activity needs your help to get out of Beta. '''Please edit this or the discussion page if you have a question.'''
= Tutorial =
= Tutorial =
== Getting Started ==
== Getting Started ==
[[Image:Map-Screenshot.jpg]]
[[Image:Map-Screenshot.jpg]]
== Adding Text ==
== Adding Text ==
[[Image:Map-InfoIcon.jpg]]
[[Image:Map-InfoIcon.jpg]]
A text marker is shared with other XOs in your network. You can edit your own or others' text markers by clicking the marker and clicking the '''Edit''' button.
A text marker is shared with your classmates when you share the activity. You can edit your own or others' text markers by clicking the marker and clicking the '''Edit''' button. You can find a text marker again by searching for a word in the '''Tags''' search of '''Find'''.
== Adding Media ==
== Adding Photos, Video, Audio ==
To add media from your journal onto the map, click on the '''Add Media''' button.
To add media from your journal onto the map, click on the '''Add Media''' button.
You can add images from the internet using the code '''pic::'''www.example.org/picture.jpg
You can add images from the internet using the code '''pic::'''www.example.org/picture.jpg
[[Image:InfoMarkers.jpg]]
For other languages: Spanish (ES.wikipedia.org) is '''wikiES::'''Barcelona and French is '''wikiFR::'''Paris
You can add Wikipedia articles using a code such as '''wiki::'''Japan
For other languages: Spanish (ES.wikipedia.org) is '''wikiES::'''Barcelona, for French, '''wikiFR::'''Paris
Other codes are '''google::'''OLPC to embed a Google search, and '''vid::'''www.example.org/video.ogg for OGG videos.
Other codes are '''google::'''OLPC to embed a Google search, and '''vid::'''www.example.org/video.ogg for OGG videos.
[[Image:InfoMarkers.jpg]]
[[Image:Map-EmbedWiki.jpg]]
== Add Lines and Shapes ==
* Click the line button '''/''' to begin drawing a line.
* Place points onto the map and a line will be drawn to connect them.
* Click the line button again to complete.
[[Image:DrawnPolygons.jpg]]
Filled shapes can be drawn using the hexagon shape button.
== Saving Maps ==
== Bookmark Maps ==
You can save a map by clicking the '''star''' button. Saved maps are added to the tray at the bottom of the activity. If you click a map button, the map will be returned to the location and zoom level as when the map was saved.
You can bookmark a map by clicking the '''star''' button. Bookmarked maps are added to the bottom of the screen : click a bookmarked map to return to it.
[[Image:Map-SavedMap.jpg]]
[[Image:Map-SavedMap.jpg]]
== Measuring Distance and Area ==
== Measuring Distance and Area ==
[[Image:Map-WikiCluster.jpg]]
[[Image:Map-WikiCluster.jpg]]
It is easy to create a marker and add to the map. A school can create a private group to collect markers that only they can see. A public group shares its markers with XO users around the world.
It is easy to create a marker and add to the map. A school can create a private group to collect markers that only they can see. A public group shares its markers with XO users around the world.
= Development =
= Development =
Having the activity work on Sugar-on-a-Stick or emulators is an ongoing problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QvMtQIqdfQ
Having the activity work on Sugar-on-a-Stick or emulators is an ongoing problem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QvMtQIqdfQ
You can download the source code in this zip file: http://maptonomy.appspot.com/Map-8.zip
You can download the source code in this zip file: http://maptonomy.appspot.com/Map-12.zip
All of the Map activity's code is under an MIT License.
All of the Map activity's code is under an MIT License.