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easydb-custom-data-type-geonames

Custom Data Type "GEONAMES" for easydb

This is a plugin for easyDB 5 with Custom Data Type CustomDataTypeGeonames for references to entities of the GeoNames geographical database).

The Plugins uses http://ws.gbv.de/suggest/geonames/ for the autocomplete-suggestions and GeoNames database for additional informations about GeoNames entities. Maps are displayed via the mapbox-API.

configuration

In manifest.yml you can configure:

• schema-options:

  • which [featureclasses] (http://www.geonames.org/source-code/javadoc/org/geonames/FeatureClass.html) are offered for search.
  • if a mapbox-token is added, the plugin shows geonames-places in a static map.
  • if a valid geonames-username is given, fulltext will be available

• mask-options:

  • wether to show a dropdown with available featureclasses (place-categorie) or not
  • wether to show a dropdown with available featurecodes (place-type) or not
  • default country for the country-dropdown (2 digits-code)
  • default value for search expansion (Records of the lowest administrative level ("admin4") are also found via the higher-level administrative unit ("admin3"))
  • wether the ancestors are shown in hitlist

• base-config:

  • "days"
  • "default_language"
  • "geonames_username"

saved data

• conceptName
  • Preferred label of the linked record
• conceptURI
  • URI to linked record
• conceptFulltext
  • fulltext-string which contains: geonameId, adminName1, adminName2, adminName3, adminName4, adminName5, countryName, toponymName, alternateNames
• conceptAncestors
  • the parent hierarchy of the selected record
• frontendLanguage
  • the frontendlanguage of the entering user
• _fulltext
  • easydb-fulltext
• _standard
  • easydb-standard

sources

The source code of this plugin is managed in a git repository at https://github.com/programmfabrik/easydb-custom-data-type-geonames.