[MANUAL] - CUSTOM ONLINE MAPS (updated 25.7.2011)

[Kay Cichini]

Thanks Menion - I edited the original posting.

I see the provider in the list of online maps and it is selectable..
I tried to change zoom level, too - but map still shows error '..not available'

[Menion]

I'm testing it and for me it works.  I've rather attached XML file with screenshot.

You may see on screenshot coordinates, that it's somewhere in the north Canada, is it correct?

[Luis Z]

Perfect:-)  got it finally!
Many Thanks for your instant help!

[Arielg]

Hi,

I am trying to create a custom map using the following XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<providers>
<!-- IsraelHikingMap -->
    <provider id="20000" type="0" visible="true" background="-1">
        <name>Israel Hiking Map</name>
        <mode>Hiking trails</mode>
        <countries>Israel</countries>
        <url><![CDATA[http://osm.org.il/IsraelHiking/Tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
        <zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
        <zoomMin>7</zoomMin>
        <zoomMax>16</zoomMax>
        <tileSize>256</tileSize>
        <attribution></attribution>
        <extraHeader></extraHeader>
        <extraHeader><![CDATA[User-Agent#Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1]]></extraHeader>
    </provider>
</providers>


For some reason, it's not showing in the maps section..

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[Menion]

Hello Airleg,

isn't there already (maybe in any other XML file you already use for adding online maps) any other map with same ID? Check for already used  id="20000" value.

[Arielg]

Thanks Menion.
I checked again my XML and some of the quotes in the XML were weird, replacing them with standard quotes worked!
this is the XML I am now using:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<providers>
<provider id="20000" type="0" visible="true" background="-1">
        <name>Israel Hiking Map</name>
        <mode>Hiking trails</mode>
        <countries>Israel</countries>
        <url><![CDATA[http://osm.org.il/IsraelHiking/Tiles/{z}/{x}/{y}.png]]></url>
        <zoomPart>{z}-8</zoomPart>
        <zoomMin>15</zoomMin>
        <zoomMax>24</zoomMax>
        <tileSize>256</tileSize>
        <attribution></attribution>
        <extraHeader></extraHeader>
        <extraHeader><![CDATA[User-Agent#Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1]]></extraHeader>
    </provider>
</providers>

The only problem now is I can't get my head around the combination of zoomPart, zoomMin and zoomMax.

This is a map based on OpenStreetMap and seems to adhere to the same zoom level.. As this is a regional map, the tiles zoom ranges are 7-16, but when I input these vales into the min/max field it does not work.. when I add +8 (15-24) it does, but the zoom is not restricted to these levels.. you can zoom both further out and further in..

thanks.

[Menion]

zoom values 15-24 should be valid values. may you describe what exactly is a problem? Locus allows you to zoom beyond these limits?