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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 | * 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 | ||
* | * 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 | '''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.''' | ||
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= Tutorial = | = Tutorial = | ||
== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
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[[Image:Map-Screenshot.jpg]] | [[Image:Map-Screenshot.jpg]] | ||
== Adding Text == | == Adding Text == | ||
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[[Image:Map-InfoIcon.jpg]] | [[Image:Map-InfoIcon.jpg]] | ||
A text marker is shared with | 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 | == 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. | ||
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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 | 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: | [[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. | |||
== | == Bookmark Maps == | ||
You can | 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 == | ||
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[[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 = | ||
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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- | 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. | ||