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Map-Warper

This is a clone of the NYPL map warper created by Tim Waters, with changes for use in Gaia GPS and MapStory

If you are interested in forking this project, I suggest you go with the original.

This project is currently in use at warper.mapstory.org

MapStory Integration

Login

A cookie set by mapstory.org is required to log on.

User name Restrictions

User names must not contain colons or double quotes.

Initial Setup

Create folder /db/maptileindex

Create symlink of public/mapimages to /data/mapimages

in /data/mapimages create: dst/ dst/png src/

Create folder in public/uploads zip/

Setup initalizers

  • mapstory_cookie_secret.rb
  • session_store.rb

Setup Database config

  • config/database.yml

Setup Envionment

  • config/environments/production.rb

MapStory Theme Support

Minimum usable width is about 1000px. Site will degrade somewhat gracefully below that, but not all controls will be aligned properly due to space constraints.