An OpenStreetMap viewer for Emacs

For those who do everything in the Emacs editor: the ELPA repository has just gained an OpenStreetMap viewer. A quick test (example shown on the right) suggests that it works reasonably well; click below for the details.

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From:		Sacha Chua <sacha-AT-sachachua.com>
To:		info-gnu-emacs-AT-gnu.org
Subject:		New GNU ELPA package: osm - OpenStreetMap viewer
Date:		Mon, 14 Mar 2022 23:13:56 -0400
Message-ID:		<87sfrjykjv.fsf@sachachua.com>
Archive-link:		Article

   Requires: emacs-27.1
    Website: https://github.com/minad/osm
 Maintainer: Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>
     Author: Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>

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Table of Contents
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1. Features
2. Configuration
3. Bookmarks and Org links
4. Commands and Key Bindings
5. Related projects
6. Contributions


<https://github.com/minad/osm/blob/screenshots/osm.png?raw...> (Map
tiles © <https://opentopomap.org>, <https://openstreetmap.org>)


1 Features
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  • Zoomable and moveable map display
  • Display of tracks and POIs from GPX file
  • Parallel fetching of tiles with curl
  • Moving in large and small steps
  • Mouse support (dragging, clicking)
  • Map scale indicator
  • Go to coordinate
  • Search for location by name
  • Org link support
  • Bookmarked positions with pins
  • Multiple preconfigured tile servers


2 Configuration
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  The package is available on GNU ELPA and can be installed with
  `package-install'.  The following is an example configuration which
  relies on `use-package'. Please take a look at the [wiki] for
  additional configuration.

  ┌────
  │ (use-package osm
  │   :bind (("C-c m h" . osm-home)
  │ 	 ("C-c m s" . osm-search)
  │ 	 ("C-c m v" . osm-server)
  │ 	 ("C-c m t" . osm-goto)
  │ 	 ("C-c m x" . osm-gpx-show)
  │ 	 ("C-c m j" . osm-bookmark-jump))
  │   :init
  │   ;; Load Org link support
  │   (with-eval-after-load 'org
  │     (require 'osm-ol)))
  └────


[wiki] <https://github.com/minad/osm/wiki>


3 Bookmarks and Org links
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  To store a bookmark press the key `b', to store Org links press the
  key `l'. You can also use a custom binding, e.g., `C-c l'. Then the
  link can be inserted into an Org buffer with `C-c C-l'. Bookmarks and
  Org links can be created at point with the mouse, see
  `osm-bookmark-set-click' and `osm-org-link-click'.

4 Commands and Key Bindings
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  Top-level commands:
  • `osm-home': Open new map at home coordinates
  • `osm-search': Search and jump to location
  • `osm-goto': Go to coordinates
  • `osm-server': Select server
  • `osm-bookmark-jump': Jump to bookmark
  • `osm-gpx-show': Show GPX file in map viewer

  Key bindings in `osm-mode' buffer:
  • `<arrow>': Small step scrolling
  • `C-<arrow>', `M-<arrow>': Large step scrolling
  • `+', `SPC': `osm-zoom-in' - Zoom in
  • `-', `S-SPC': `osm-zoom-out' - Zoom out
  • `<mouse-1>': `osm-center-click' - Center to point
  • `<mouse-2>': `osm-org-link-click' - Store point as Org link
  • `<mouse-3>': `osm-bookmark-set-click' - Store point as bookmark
  • `<osm-bookmark mouse-*>': `osm-bookmark-delete-click' - Click on
    bookmark at point to delete
  • `<down-mouse-*>': `osm-mouse-drag' - Drag the map with the mouse
  • `d', `DEL': `osm-bookmark-delete' - Delete selected bookmark
  • `n': `osm-bookmark-rename' - Rename selected bookmark
  • `t': `osm-goto' - Go to location
  • `h': `osm-home' - Go to home location
  • `s': `osm-search' - Search for location
  • `v': `osm-server' - Select tile server
  • `x': `osm-gpx-show' - Show tracks and POIs from GPX file
  • `X': `osm-gpx-hide' - Hide overlays from GPX file
  • `l': `org-store-link' - Store org link
  • `b': `osm-bookmark-set' - Set bookmark
  • `j': `osm-bookmark-jump' - Jump to bookmark
  • `q': `quit-window' - Close buffer and window
  • `c': `clone-buffer' - Clone buffer


5 Related projects
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  There have been other attempts at map viewers in Emacs before.

  • <https://github.com/ruediger/osm-mode>
  • <https://github.com/svenssonjoel/Emacs-OSM>
  • <https://github.com/jd/google-maps.el>
  • <https://github.com/emacsattic/org-osm-link>


6 Contributions
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  Since this package is part of [GNU ELPA] contributions require a
  copyright assignment to the FSF.

[GNU ELPA] <http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/osm.html>

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