OS datahub maps help

  • Resolved charfield1976

    (@charfield1976)


    3 years, 5 months ago

    Hello, I’m a complete newbie. I have a WordPress site and I’m building it using Elementor. I cannot find any usable support guides (or rather ‘idiots guides’) to help me install OS maps onto my website. My website is about walk routes.
    I have managed to get as far as installing the plugin and downloading a gpx file of a walk route I recorded on the OS map app. I have also registered with the OS datahub and opened a ‘project’ which gave me an API key, which I pasted into the appropriate box in the plugin info. I haven’t a clue what this means or how to activate any of it.
    All the YouTube videos are geared towards Google Maps- there’s no basic step by step instructions for OS.
    Please help.
    Thanks.

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  • Plugin Author skirridsystems

    (@skirridsystems)

    https://skirridsystems.co.uk/wordpress-plugins/os-datahub-maps/

    Scroll down to the section ‘Inserting a map’. You need to add a WordPress shortcode to your page in the editor to add a map. You won’t see anything map-like in the editor, but you will when you view or preview the page.

    If you’re having trouble getting to grips with WordPress then you could try Easy WP Guide
    https://easywpguide.com/wordpress-manual/

    If you have a more specific problem then come back

    Thread Starter charfield1976

    (@charfield1976)

    Hello, well I can’t quite believe it, but with very meticulous reading of your instructions and much trial and error, I have finally managed to put my map with walking route (in yellow and widened!!) on my website!
    I am also getting to grips with what each attribute means and what happens when I change it. This is a big deal for me since only a couple of months ago I literally knew nothing about the workings of websites, let alone what a plugin was!

    I come on to my next issue- I put in my gpx URL and this displays my walking route on the map. However, I’m trying to put a marker in for the start point. I read in the instructions that this is possible:

    “Note that you can display a GPX file and markers on the same map. The auto-zoom will work on the GPX file and not the markers. If your markers are just showing waypoints on the route then this will not be a problem, but if they lie outside the route then you may not see them all.”

    So I made an attempt by putting the following with my existing shortcode:
    [osmap gpx=”https://charlottesramblings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mepal-and-the-Hundred-Foot-Drain.gpx”%5D%5Bosmap markers=”TL4404981313;Start”]
    Then:
    [osmap gpx=”https://charlottesramblings.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mepal-and-the-Hundred-Foot-Drain.gpx”%5D%5Bosmap markers=”TL4404981313;Start”]

    One showed 2 maps- my map with route and no marker; and one below- zoomed in map with marker but no route.
    Second attempt showed only the latter map.

    What am I doing wrong here? I’ll bet it’s a simple fix, but I’m stumped.

    By the way, thank you so very much for your help.

    Thread Starter charfield1976

    (@charfield1976)

    P.S I’m sure you know this, but the closing and opening brackets have showed up in my message above as %5D- I’m guessing the formatting on here doesn’t allow for the straight brackets.

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