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@kjolley kjolley released this 31 May 08:04
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BingMaps has been removed as an option for mapping as Microsoft will be retiring this service in June 2025. It has been replaced with options to use MapTiler (satellite) and ArcGIS streetmap/satellite imagery, alongside the existing option of OpenStreetMap for street level mapping.

OpenStreetMap

osm

MapTiler

maptiler

Esri/ArcGIS streetmap

Esri_street

Esri/ArcGIS satellite

Esri

You can select the appropriate options in bigsdb.conf (these can all also be overridden in individual database config.xml files if you wish to use different options or API keys):

#MAPPING############
#Set the option for displaying location maps.
#Note for Esri/ArcGIS services you must register 
#[https://developers.arcgis.com/en/sign-up/] 
#and abide by terms of service [https://developers.arcgis.com/en/terms/].
#For MapTiler you need to register and get an API key [https://www.maptiler.com/]. 

#0: OpenStreetMaps only
#1: OpenStreetMaps + MapTiler satellite imagery
#2: OpenStreetMaps + Esri/ArcGIS World Imagery (satellite)
#3: Esri/ArcGIS World Street Map + Esri/ArcGIS World Imagery (satellite) 

mapping_option=0
;maptiler_api_key=xxxxxxxxxx

Note that use of MapTiler requires an API key - the free tier allows up to 100,000 map tile requests per month. You must also register for an Esri account to use Esri/ArcGIS services (you will need a paid account if using this commercially).

See the database setup documentation if you wish to enable mapping - either using a location field that contains GPS coordinates, or a geographic field such as 'town_or_city' which can be linked to a lookup table of GPS coordinates. The latter lookup table can be automatically populated to find the coordinates of towns and cities using the gp_town_lookups.pl script.

Full Changelog: v_1.46.1...v_1.46.2

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