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Special tag renderings

In a tagrendering, some special values are substituted by an advanced UI-element. This allows advanced features and visualizations to be reused by custom themes or even to query third-party API's.

General usage is {func_name()}, {func_name(arg, someotherarg)} or {func_name(args):cssStyle}. Note that you do not need to use quotes around your arguments, the comma is enough to separate them. This also implies you cannot use a comma in your args

Using expanded syntax

Instead of using `{"render": {"en": "{some_special_visualisation(some_arg, some other really long message, more args)} , "nl": "{some_special_visualisation(some_arg, een boodschap in een andere taal, more args)}}, one can also write

{"render":{"special":{"type":"some_special_visualisation","argname":"some_arg","message":{"en":"some other really long message","nl":"een boodschap in een andere taal"},"other_arg_name":"more args"}}}

Table of contents

  1. Special tag renderings

all_tags

Prints all key-value pairs of the object - used for debugging

Example usage of all_tags

{all_tags()}

Creates an image carousel for the given sources. An attempt will be made to guess what source is used. Supported: Wikidata identifiers, Wikipedia pages, Wikimedia categories, IMGUR (with attribution, direct links)

name default description
image_key image,mapillary,image,wikidata,wikimedia_commons,image,image The keys given to the images, e.g. if image is given, the first picture URL will be added as image, the second as image:0, the third as image:1, etc... Multiple values are allowed if ';'-separated

{image_carousel(image,mapillary,image,wikidata,wikimedia_commons,image,image)}

image_upload

Creates a button where a user can upload an image to IMGUR

name default description
image-key image Image tag to add the URL to (or image-tag:0, image-tag:1 when multiple images are added)
label Add image The text to show on the button

Example usage of image_upload

{image_upload(image,Add image)}

wikipedia

A box showing the corresponding wikipedia article - based on the wikidata tag

name default description
keyToShowWikipediaFor wikidata;wikipedia Use the wikidata entry from this key to show the wikipedia article for. Multiple keys can be given (separated by ';'), in which case the first matching value is used

Example usage of wikipedia

{wikipedia()} is a basic example, {wikipedia(name:etymology:wikidata)} to show the wikipedia page of whom the feature was named after. Also remember that these can be styled, e.g. {wikipedia():max-height: 10rem} to limit the height

wikidata_label

Shows the label of the corresponding wikidata-item

name default description
keyToShowWikidataFor wikidata Use the wikidata entry from this key to show the label

Example usage of wikidata_label

{wikidata_label()} is a basic example, {wikipedia(name:etymology:wikidata)} to show the label itself

minimap

A small map showing the selected feature.

name default description
zoomlevel 18 The (maximum) zoomlevel: the target zoomlevel after fitting the entire feature. The minimap will fit the entire feature, then zoom out to this zoom level. The higher, the more zoomed in with 1 being the entire world and 19 being really close
idKey id (Matches all resting arguments) This argument should be the key of a property of the feature. The corresponding value is interpreted as either the id or the a list of ID's. The features with these ID's will be shown on this minimap.

Example usage of minimap

{minimap()}, {minimap(17, id, _list_of_embedded_feature_ids_calculated_by_calculated_tag):height:10rem; border: 2px solid black}

sided_minimap

A small map showing only one side the selected feature. This features requires to have linerenderings with offset as only linerenderings with a postive or negative offset will be shown. Note: in most cases, this map will be automatically introduced

name default description
side undefined The side to show, either left or right

Example usage of sided_minimap

{sided_minimap(left)}

reviews

Adds an overview of the mangrove-reviews of this object. Mangrove.Reviews needs - in order to identify the reviewed object - a coordinate and a name. By default, the name of the object is given, but this can be overwritten

name default description
subjectKey name The key to use to determine the subject. If specified, the subject will be tags[subjectKey]
fallback undefined The identifier to use, if tags[subjectKey] as specified above is not available. This is effectively a fallback value

Example usage of reviews

{reviews()} for a vanilla review, {reviews(name, play_forest)} to review a play forest. If a name is known, the name will be used as identifier, otherwise 'play_forest' is used

opening_hours_table

Creates an opening-hours table. Usage: {opening_hours_table(opening_hours)} to create a table of the tag 'opening_hours'.

name default description
key opening_hours The tagkey from which the table is constructed.
prefix empty string Remove this string from the start of the value before parsing. Note: use &LPARENs to indicate ( if needed
postfix empty string Remove this string from the end of the value before parsing. Note: use &RPARENs to indicate ) if needed

Example usage of opening_hours_table

A normal opening hours table can be invoked with {opening_hours_table()}. A table for e.g. conditional access with opening hours can be {opening_hours_table(access:conditional, no @ &LPARENS, &RPARENS)}

live

Downloads a JSON from the given URL, e.g. '{live(example.org/data.json, shorthand:x.y.z, other:a.b.c, shorthand)}' will download the given file, will create an object {shorthand: json[x][y][z], other: json[a][b][c] out of it and will return 'other' or 'json[a][b][c]. This is made to use in combination with tags, e.g. {live({url}, {url:format}, needed_value)}

name default description
Url undefined The URL to load
Shorthands undefined A list of shorthands, of the format 'shorthandname:path.path.path'. separated by ;
path undefined The path (or shorthand) that should be returned

Example usage of live

{live({url},{url:format},hour)} {live(https://data.mobility.brussels/bike/api/counts/?request=live&featureID=CB2105,hour:data.hour_cnt;day:data.day_cnt;year:data.year_cnt,hour)}

histogram

Create a histogram for a list of given values, read from the properties.

name default description
key undefined The key to be read and to generate a histogram from
title empty string This text will be placed above the texts (in the first column of the visulasition)
countHeader empty string This text will be placed above the bars
colors* undefined (Matches all resting arguments - optional) Matches a regex onto a color value, e.g. 3[a-zA-Z+-]*:#33cc33

Example usage of histogram

{histogram('some_key')} with properties being `{some_key: ['a','b','a','c']} to create a histogram

Creates a link that (attempts to) open the native 'share'-screen

name default description
url undefined The url to share (default: current URL)

{share_link()} to share the current page, {share_link(<some_url>)} to share the given url

canonical

Converts a short, canonical value into the long, translated text

name default description
key undefined The key of the tag to give the canonical text for

Example usage of canonical

{canonical(length)} will give 42 metre (in french)

import_button

This button will copy the point from an external dataset into OpenStreetMap

Note that the contributor must zoom to at least zoomlevel 18 to be able to use this functionality. It is only functional in official themes, but can be tested in unoffical themes.

Specifying which tags to copy or add

The argument tags of the import button takes a ;-seperated list of tags to add (or the name of a property which contains a JSON-list of properties).

These can either be a tag to add, such as amenity=fast_food or can use a substitution, e.g. addr:housenumber=$number. This new point will then have the tags amenity=fast_food and addr:housenumber with the value that was saved in number in the original feature.

If a value to substitute is undefined, empty string will be used instead.

This supports multiple values, e.g. ref=$source:geometry:type/$source:geometry:ref

Remark that the syntax is slightly different then expected; it uses '$' to note a value to copy, followed by a name (matched with [a-zA-Z0-9_:]*). Sadly, delimiting with {} as these already mark the boundaries of the special rendering...

Note that these values can be prepare with javascript in the theme by using a calculatedTag

Importing a dataset into OpenStreetMap: requirements

If you want to import a dataset, make sure that:

  1. The dataset to import has a suitable license
  2. The community has been informed of the import
  3. All other requirements of the import guidelines have been followed

There are also some technicalities in your theme to keep in mind:

  1. The new feature will be added and will flow through the program as any other new point as if it came from OSM. This means that there should be a layer which will match the new tags and which will display it.
  2. The original feature from your geojson layer will gain the tag '_imported=yes'. This should be used to change the appearance or even to hide it (eg by changing the icon size to zero)
  3. There should be a way for the theme to detect previously imported points, even after reloading. A reference number to the original dataset is an excellent way to do this
  4. When importing ways, the theme creator is also responsible of avoiding overlapping ways.

Disabled in unofficial themes

The import button can be tested in an unofficial theme by adding test=true or backend=osm-test as URL-paramter. The import button will show up then. If in testmode, you can read the changeset-XML directly in the web console. In the case that MapComplete is pointed to the testing grounds, the edit will be made on https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org

name default description
targetLayer undefined The id of the layer where this point should end up. This is not very strict, it will simply result in checking that this layer is shown preventing possible duplicate elements
tags undefined The tags to add onto the new object - see specification above. If this is a key (a single word occuring in the properties of the object), the corresponding value is taken and expanded instead
text Import this data into OpenStreetMap The text to show on the button
icon ./assets/svg/addSmall.svg A nice icon to show in the button
snap_onto_layers undefined If a way of the given layer(s) is closeby, will snap the new point onto this way (similar as preset might snap). To show multiple layers to snap onto, use a ;-seperated list
max_snap_distance 5 The maximum distance that the imported point will be moved to snap onto a way in an already existing layer (in meters). This is previewed to the contributor, similar to the 'add new point'-action of MapComplete
note_id undefined If given, this key will be read. The corresponding note on OSM will be closed, stating 'imported'
location_picker photo Chooses the background for the precise location picker, options are 'map', 'photo' or 'osmbasedmap' or 'none' if the precise input picker should be disabled

Example usage of import_button

{import_button(,,Import this data into OpenStreetMap,./assets/svg/addSmall.svg,,5,,photo)}

import_way_button

This button will copy the data from an external dataset into OpenStreetMap

Note that the contributor must zoom to at least zoomlevel 18 to be able to use this functionality. It is only functional in official themes, but can be tested in unoffical themes.

Specifying which tags to copy or add

The argument tags of the import button takes a ;-seperated list of tags to add (or the name of a property which contains a JSON-list of properties).

These can either be a tag to add, such as amenity=fast_food or can use a substitution, e.g. addr:housenumber=$number. This new point will then have the tags amenity=fast_food and addr:housenumber with the value that was saved in number in the original feature.

If a value to substitute is undefined, empty string will be used instead.

This supports multiple values, e.g. ref=$source:geometry:type/$source:geometry:ref

Remark that the syntax is slightly different then expected; it uses '$' to note a value to copy, followed by a name (matched with [a-zA-Z0-9_:]*). Sadly, delimiting with {} as these already mark the boundaries of the special rendering...

Note that these values can be prepare with javascript in the theme by using a calculatedTag

Importing a dataset into OpenStreetMap: requirements

If you want to import a dataset, make sure that:

  1. The dataset to import has a suitable license
  2. The community has been informed of the import
  3. All other requirements of the import guidelines have been followed

There are also some technicalities in your theme to keep in mind:

  1. The new feature will be added and will flow through the program as any other new point as if it came from OSM. This means that there should be a layer which will match the new tags and which will display it.
  2. The original feature from your geojson layer will gain the tag '_imported=yes'. This should be used to change the appearance or even to hide it (eg by changing the icon size to zero)
  3. There should be a way for the theme to detect previously imported points, even after reloading. A reference number to the original dataset is an excellent way to do this
  4. When importing ways, the theme creator is also responsible of avoiding overlapping ways.

Disabled in unofficial themes

The import button can be tested in an unofficial theme by adding test=true or backend=osm-test as URL-paramter. The import button will show up then. If in testmode, you can read the changeset-XML directly in the web console. In the case that MapComplete is pointed to the testing grounds, the edit will be made on https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org

name default description
targetLayer undefined The id of the layer where this point should end up. This is not very strict, it will simply result in checking that this layer is shown preventing possible duplicate elements
tags undefined The tags to add onto the new object - see specification above. If this is a key (a single word occuring in the properties of the object), the corresponding value is taken and expanded instead
text Import this data into OpenStreetMap The text to show on the button
icon ./assets/svg/addSmall.svg A nice icon to show in the button
snap_to_point_if undefined Points with the given tags will be snapped to or moved
max_snap_distance 0.05 If the imported object is a LineString or (Multi)Polygon, already existing OSM-points will be reused to construct the geometry of the newly imported way
move_osm_point_if undefined Moves the OSM-point to the newly imported point if these conditions are met
max_move_distance 0.05 If an OSM-point is moved, the maximum amount of meters it is moved. Capped on 20m
snap_onto_layers undefined If no existing nearby point exists, but a line of a specified layer is closeby, snap to this layer instead
snap_to_layer_max_distance 0.1 Distance to distort the geometry to snap to this layer

Example usage of import_way_button

{import_way_button(,,Import this data into OpenStreetMap,./assets/svg/addSmall.svg,,0.05,,0.05,,0.1)}

conflate_button

This button will modify the geometry of an existing OSM way to match the specified geometry. This can conflate OSM-ways with LineStrings and Polygons (only simple polygons with one single ring). An attempt is made to move points with special values to a decent new location (e.g. entrances)

Note that the contributor must zoom to at least zoomlevel 18 to be able to use this functionality. It is only functional in official themes, but can be tested in unoffical themes.

Specifying which tags to copy or add

The argument tags of the import button takes a ;-seperated list of tags to add (or the name of a property which contains a JSON-list of properties).

These can either be a tag to add, such as amenity=fast_food or can use a substitution, e.g. addr:housenumber=$number. This new point will then have the tags amenity=fast_food and addr:housenumber with the value that was saved in number in the original feature.

If a value to substitute is undefined, empty string will be used instead.

This supports multiple values, e.g. ref=$source:geometry:type/$source:geometry:ref

Remark that the syntax is slightly different then expected; it uses '$' to note a value to copy, followed by a name (matched with [a-zA-Z0-9_:]*). Sadly, delimiting with {} as these already mark the boundaries of the special rendering...

Note that these values can be prepare with javascript in the theme by using a calculatedTag

Importing a dataset into OpenStreetMap: requirements

If you want to import a dataset, make sure that:

  1. The dataset to import has a suitable license
  2. The community has been informed of the import
  3. All other requirements of the import guidelines have been followed

There are also some technicalities in your theme to keep in mind:

  1. The new feature will be added and will flow through the program as any other new point as if it came from OSM. This means that there should be a layer which will match the new tags and which will display it.
  2. The original feature from your geojson layer will gain the tag '_imported=yes'. This should be used to change the appearance or even to hide it (eg by changing the icon size to zero)
  3. There should be a way for the theme to detect previously imported points, even after reloading. A reference number to the original dataset is an excellent way to do this
  4. When importing ways, the theme creator is also responsible of avoiding overlapping ways.

Disabled in unofficial themes

The import button can be tested in an unofficial theme by adding test=true or backend=osm-test as URL-paramter. The import button will show up then. If in testmode, you can read the changeset-XML directly in the web console. In the case that MapComplete is pointed to the testing grounds, the edit will be made on https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org

name default description
targetLayer undefined The id of the layer where this point should end up. This is not very strict, it will simply result in checking that this layer is shown preventing possible duplicate elements
tags undefined The tags to add onto the new object - see specification above. If this is a key (a single word occuring in the properties of the object), the corresponding value is taken and expanded instead
text Import this data into OpenStreetMap The text to show on the button
icon ./assets/svg/addSmall.svg A nice icon to show in the button
way_to_conflate undefined The key, of which the corresponding value is the id of the OSM-way that must be conflated; typically a calculatedTag

Example usage of conflate_button

{conflate_button(,,Import this data into OpenStreetMap,./assets/svg/addSmall.svg,)}

multi_apply

A button to apply the tagging of this object onto a list of other features. This is an advanced feature for which you'll need calculatedTags

name default description
feature_ids undefined A JSON-serialized list of IDs of features to apply the tagging on
keys undefined One key (or multiple keys, seperated by ';') of the attribute that should be copied onto the other features.
text undefined The text to show on the button
autoapply undefined A boolean indicating wether this tagging should be applied automatically if the relevant tags on this object are changed. A visual element indicating the multi_apply is still shown
overwrite undefined If set to 'true', the tags on the other objects will always be overwritten. The default behaviour will be to only change the tags on other objects if they are either undefined or had the same value before the change

Example usage of multi_apply

{multi_apply(_features_with_the_same_name_within_100m, name:etymology:wikidata;name:etymology, Apply etymology information on all nearby objects with the same name)}

tag_apply

Shows a big button; clicking this button will apply certain tags onto the feature.

The first argument takes a specification of which tags to add. These can either be a tag to add, such as amenity=fast_food or can use a substitution, e.g. addr:housenumber=$number. This new point will then have the tags amenity=fast_food and addr:housenumber with the value that was saved in number in the original feature.

If a value to substitute is undefined, empty string will be used instead.

This supports multiple values, e.g. ref=$source:geometry:type/$source:geometry:ref

Remark that the syntax is slightly different then expected; it uses '$' to note a value to copy, followed by a name (matched with [a-zA-Z0-9_:]*). Sadly, delimiting with {} as these already mark the boundaries of the special rendering...

Note that these values can be prepare with javascript in the theme by using a calculatedTag

name default description
tags_to_apply undefined A specification of the tags to apply
message undefined The text to show to the contributor
image undefined An image to show to the contributor on the button
id_of_object_to_apply_this_one undefined If specified, applies the the tags onto another object. The id will be read from properties[id_of_object_to_apply_this_one] of the selected object. The tags are still calculated based on the tags of the selected element

Example usage of tag_apply

{tag_apply(survey_date=$_now:date, Surveyed today!)}, `{tag_apply(addr:street=$addr:street, Apply the address, apply_icon.svg, _closest_osm_id)

export_as_gpx

Exports the selected feature as GPX-file

Example usage of export_as_gpx

{export_as_gpx()}

export_as_geojson

Exports the selected feature as GeoJson-file

Example usage of export_as_geojson

{export_as_geojson()}

open_in_iD

Opens the current view in the iD-editor

Example usage of open_in_iD

{open_in_iD()}

open_in_josm

Opens the current view in the JOSM-editor

Example usage of open_in_josm

{open_in_josm()}

clear_location_history

A button to remove the travelled track information from the device

Example usage of clear_location_history

{clear_location_history()}

close_note

Button to close a note. A predifined text can be defined to close the note with. If the note is already closed, will show a small text.

name default description
text undefined Text to show on this button
icon checkmark.svg Icon to show
idkey id The property name where the ID of the note to close can be found
comment undefined Text to add onto the note when closing
minZoom undefined If set, only show the closenote button if zoomed in enough
zoomButton undefined Text to show if not zoomed in enough

Example usage of close_note

{close_note(,checkmark.svg,id,,,)}

add_note_comment

A textfield to add a comment to a node (with the option to close the note).

name default description
Id-key id The property name where the ID of the note to close can be found

Example usage of add_note_comment

{add_note_comment(id)}

visualize_note_comments

Visualises the comments for notes

name default description
commentsKey comments The property name of the comments, which should be stringified json
start 0 Drop the first 'start' comments

Example usage of visualize_note_comments

{visualize_note_comments(comments,0)}

add_image_to_note

Adds an image to a node

name default description
Id-key id The property name where the ID of the note to close can be found

Example usage of add_image_to_note

{add_image_to_note(id)}

title

Shows the title of the popup. Useful for some cases, e.g. 'What is phone number of {title()}?'

Example usage of title

What is the phone number of {title()}, which might automatically become What is the phone number of XYZ.

nearby_images

A component showing nearby images loaded from various online services such as Mapillary. In edit mode and when used on a feature, the user can select an image to add to the feature

name default description
mode expandable Indicates how this component is initialized. Options are:
  • open: always show and load the pictures
  • collapsable: show the pictures, but a user can collapse them
  • expandable: shown by default; but a user can collapse them. mapillary | true | If 'true', includes a link to mapillary on this location.

Example usage of nearby_images

{nearby_images(expandable,true)}

Adds a button to open mapillary on the specified location

name default description
zoom 18 The startzoom of mapillary

{mapillary_link(18)}

auto_apply

A button to run many actions for many features at once. To effectively use this button, you'll need some ingredients:

  • A target layer with features for which an action is defined in a tag rendering. The following special visualisations support an autoAction: import_way_button, tag_apply
  • A host feature to place the auto-action on. This can be a big outline (such as a city). Another good option for this is the layer
  • current_view
  • Then, use a calculated tag on the host feature to determine the overlapping object ids
  • At last, add this component
name default description
target_layer undefined The layer that the target features will reside in
target_feature_ids undefined The key, of which the value contains a list of ids
tag_rendering_id undefined The ID of the tagRendering containing the autoAction. This tagrendering will be calculated. The embedded actions will be executed
text undefined The text to show on the button
icon ./assets/svg/robot.svg The icon to show on the button

Example usage of auto_apply

{auto_apply(,,,,./assets/svg/robot.svg)}

This document is autogenerated from UI/SpecialVisualizations.ts