Places - Creation

TL;DR

Modal supports flexible coordinate formats, Google Maps Place links, and Google Maps API autocomplete (API key required).

Creating a place is done through the place creation modal.

^{Place creation modal}

A place contains the following informations:

• name: the place's name
• latitude: latitude coordinates (supports multiple formats)
• longitude: longitude coordinates
• place: address or identifier (supports GMaps Place link)
• category: a label to categorize the places
• image: optional image to display in the map
• duration: optional duration in minutes (e.g., 90)
• price: optional price
• description: optional description (links will be auto-clickable)
• allow dog: optional boolean indicating if dogs are allowed
• visited: status indicating if the place has been visited (controls default visibility)
• gpx: optional GPX file to display trace on the map

GMaps API autocompletion

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You must add your Google API Key in your settings.

After entering a name, you can autocomplete the other fields by clicking the button inside the input area.

^{Autocomplete using GMaps API}

GMaps Place Parser

You can paste a Google Maps place link (https://www.google.com/maps/place/XXX) into the place input to automatically populate the name, place, latitude and longitude fields from the link content.

^{Parse Google Maps place link}

Latitude, Longitude Parser

The latitude field is flexible and supports multiple LatLng coordinate formats, like:

• 37.7749, -122.4194
• 37.7749° N, 122.4194° W
• 37°46'29.64" N, 122°25'9.84" W
• 37°46.494' N, 122°25.164' W

It also supports full* Plus Code (e.g., 849VCWC8+R9).

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Only full Plus Codes are currently handled. The + sign is added after eight characters for full codes (e.g., 849VCWC8+R9) and after the four characters for short codes (e.g., not full: V75V+9Q).

Batch Creation

Places can be created using the batch creation dialog, which accepts a JSON array Example:

[
  { "category": "Culture", "name": "Car Museum", "lat": 12.12, "lng": 50.89, "place": "Auto History Museum" },
  {
    "category": "Nature & Outdoor",
    "name": "An amazing park",
    "lat": 50.12,
    "lng": 12.89,
    "place": "The Park",
    "image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Random_pyramids.jpg"
  }
]

mandatory properties

"category": "Category name" (case-sensitive)
"name": "The name"
"lat": 0.00
"lng": 0.00
"place": "Your string"

optional properties

"image": "https://example.com/image.jpg"
"allowdog": true/false
"description": "A description for the place"
"price": 0.00
"duration": 0
"favorite": true/false
"visited": true/false
"gpx": "gpx file content"

Image URLs must include the file extension. URLs without it will create the place but won't attach the image.