#1

Hi all,

Some time ago I asked in the forum how to work with geolocations, so I can tag location data along my notes. I was not happy with the existing options so I wrote the Map View plugin, which as of today is part of the Obsidian Community Plugins.

Map View gives you a map-based view of your notes, filterable by tags, with many possible customization options (and more to come).
At least for me, it’s a key component in making my notes more useful.
Hope it can help others as much as it does for me!

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P.S: mobile support will make this plugin even more useful, that’s my next major item to work on!

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#2

This looks really useful and interesting. I can’t wait to give it a spin. Thanks for your work on this plugin!

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#3

@esm90 I created a forum account just to say thanks for this plugin.

I have tried to use several tools to track map locations for places I have visited and want to visit again (trails, sights, restaurants etc) over the years. Just a map on which I can view my pinned locations, paired with my notes about the place and maybe a photo or two.

I’ve tried Evernote, Google Maps, ScoutLog, various mobile apps. None of them ever really worked well.

I’d love to have a simple solution like this with my Obsidian notes. Thank you!

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#4

Thumbs up for mobile compatibility - I hope to get some travelling in once covid restrictions ease. It would be great for daily travel log

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#5

Hello, I love the plugin, although I have a question. How can I make the tag not show in preview mode? For example, I have:

[Mangareva](geo:-23.104535,-134.96959603448278) tag:collapse

And in preview mode shows as:

2022-01-27_13-07-29
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How can I hide the tag part in preview mode? I only need it to create the pin in the map.
Thanks!

#6

What do you do with regular Obsidian #tags? Do you somehow make them not show in preview/reading mode?
Either way, I think it should be possible to style inline tags with a CSS class of their own, and thus make them not be displayed as part of a theme or a user customization. If that’s what you want, do you mind opening an issue so it won’t be forgotten?

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#7

I only use obsidian #tags in front matter, so mostly hidden. I created the request. Thanks!

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#8

I find this plugin fantastic! Thank you very much for it!

I posted a question on GitHub, but maybe it was the wrong place for this - so I’ll post it here as well, maybe somebody can help me with it. It is about integrating Google Maps instead of OpenStreetMap.

"I have created a Google Maps API and want to enter the respective “generic” (?) URL in “Map Sources” in the Map View options page. I have tried a couple of URLs that I had thought would work - but none did. I think I have to find something that has the “generic” “x” and “y” items, but I am honestly not really sure what I am looking for.
Also, which map style (“view”, “place”, …) for Google Maps is the one I would use to have a view that is similar to the default OpenStreetMap view?

Can anyone help me? Thanks a lot!"

#9

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I can add a KMZ file, where it shows me the painted area, same as the image