leschek wrote:1. I would like to know if would be possible to add Google maps (I think they are most used maps today) and another map servers (in my country we use mostly
http://www.mapy.cz).
Using Google Maps is frowned upon (because they are evil and everyone should promote free and open maps that anyone can edit, OpenStreetMap), but it is possible to add them to the forum. You would have to download a script and edit adm/styles/acp_mapbbcode.html and styles/*/template/mapbbcode_scripts.html (in the latest version of the MOD, otherwise overall_header.html and simple_header.html), see instructions at the end of
this FAQ.
As for mapy.cz, it is possible in theory, but I don't know how. You can try open alternatives, like included "CycleMap" and "Outdoors", or
http://mtbmap.cz:
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window.layerList.list['MTBMap.cz'] = 'L.tileLayer("http://tile.mtbmap.cz/mtbmap_tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.png", { attribution: "Maps © OSM | Tiles © Martin Tesař" })';
leschek wrote:2. Would be possible to upload to the map data from GPS tracker?
Yes, but not directly. Head to
http://share.mapbbcode.org and import you trace there (it supports GPX, NMEA, CSV and PLT). Then either press "Edit Raw" and copy the code to your post, or save the map, open map editor in forum, press "Upload" (if you have enabled external maps) and paste "link for sharing" in the URL field (or just type [mapid]id[/mapid] by hand, where id is a 5-letter identifier of the saved map). The advantage of using an external link is that there will be "Export" button, which allows for downloading the trace in many formats.
leschek wrote:3. I like some features of phpBB Geo Topics MOD (link above) - option to have different zoom and coordinates settings for each forum, user maps, option to have all topic map points in one map on the top of topic. Basically (from my point of view) I would like to use options from both of the MODs and it would be great if they can work together or if you developers can merge both MODs and make one awesome Map MOD.
The thing is, I didn't intend to create one-stop shop for everything maps. My module does one thing, and does it well: it allows users to illustrate their posts with maps. It doesn't concern itself with forum structure, aggregating information and such. This way it can be ported not only to other forums, but also to blogs and wiki engines. GeoTopics MOD is a completely different (and sadly, bloated) plugin: its purpose is to place topics and threads on a map. Not illustrate posts, not for users to draw things on a map, but for aggregation of locations of forum threads and displaying them on a map. That's why its mapping abilities are so thin. And it cannot decide on a simple mapping API, so I don't even know how much megabytes of data it loads on every page.
There is absolutely no way mine and that modifications can be merged. Mostly because those are different MODs for different tasks.
