Map (activity)

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.xo Bundle[ Image:Map-2.xo Map-2.xo]
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Map

Map is an interactive mapping tool for the XO laptop. It allows users to browse a detailed map of the entire world over their internet connection. Additionally, users can add multimedia annotations to the map, and can save and share bookmarks.

Screenshots

Map-screenshot.jpg

How to Install

Download this .xo file using the Browse activity: File:Map-2.xo

Development

Map is a standard Sugar activity based on PyGTK. It uses portions of the Browse activity plus a collection of javascript scripts to render the map.

Feature requests

Add your feature requests here!

  • Satellite & Terrain views from Google Maps would be a big addition! Google's street maps currently only cover a small fraction of the world. wade 19:46, 15 May 2008 (EDT)
  • The ability to read layers (like photos and wikipedia articles) from Google Earth would be amazing! wade 19:46, 15 May 2008 (EDT)

Activity Summary

Icon: Sugar icon::Image:activity-map.svg
Genre: Activity genre::General Search and Discovery
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Short description: Short description::The Map activity allows children to create geo-tagged media mashups. Children can place images, videos, and audio recordings onto maps of their communities.
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Repository URL: Source code::http://mediamods.com/sugar/Map-2.tar.bz2
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URL from which to download the latest .xo bundle Activity bundle::http://mediamods.com/sugar/Map-2.xo
Last tested version number: Activity version::2
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Development status: Devel status::4. Beta
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