Map Pins Feature

Campaign Map with Pins and Places Maps with Pins are paid features. Upgrade today!

From the "Map" tab of the Gordovia Campaign.
Earn the Factorem Chartis Badge when you add a campaign map with pins.

Instructions

  • To upload a map, make sure you're logged in, go to the "Map" tab on your campaign or a place page and then upload your map image.
  • To add a pin, make sure you're logged in and click on your map (only GM's and Assistant GM's can add pins). A dialog will pop up. Enter the name of the place you want pinned (has auto-complete). Hit "Create" and the pin will be added to your map where you clicked on it.
  • If you add a second pin with the same place name, it will move the previous pin to the new location.
  • To remove a pin, click on it. A summary of that place will swipe in on the right of the map. Click on the "Unpin" button on that summary.

Design principles

  1. Easy/intuitive
  2. Minimal functionality to be useful
  3. Works with both mobile and desktop platforms

Requirements

  1. A user's campaign and any place within that campaign can have a map
  2. To see the map, click on the Map tab from a Campaign or Place page
  3. Can see pins attached to the map
  4. Pins represent other places within the campaign
  5. Any place except the current place can be assigned to a pin, even if that place is not a neighbor or sub-region. This is to keep things simple.
  6. A map can have any number of pins, including zero.
  7. A place can be pinned to any number of maps of other places
  8. All pins are the same color and the user cannot change the color.
  9. Pins do not have tooltips. This is to make the map feature mobile-device friendly.
  10. Only a GM or Assistant GM can edit a map
  11. User with edit rights clicks on the map background causes a "Pin" dialog to pop-up
  12. Any other user clicks on map background, nothing happens
  13. Pin Dialog
    • Title: "Pin"
    • Fields
      • Place with auto-complete
    • Buttons
      • Cancel
      • Create Pin
  14. Pins cannot be moved. You must create a new pin with the same place name. This is because dragging on mobile-devices doesn't really work.
  15. Clicking on a pin causes summary to sweep in on side. You can then click on the "More" link to go to that place.
  16. Pin summary on right has "Unpin" button, which only works for users with edit rights.