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Advanced reference

This section references some advanced features available, even when some of these are no directly accessible from the UI.

Supported parameters to add in query string

lat

initial latitude to center the map (must be used together with lon)

lon

initial longitude to center the map (must be used together with lat)

z

initial zoom (only used if together with coordinates)

y

initial year (only valid integers from -10000 to current year). Required for ye, f and l to be taken into account

ye

final year: defines a year range instead of a single year (only valid integers from -10000 to current year, and together with y)

f

fact id to select (used together with y)

l

lesson id to present (used together with y)

ls

lesson step to start at

t

enable the tour that presents the main functionalities

lang

language (currently supports en and es)

q

text to search for: opens the search pane with the results. This is the same parameter produced by the share button

Supported config values, currently only to define as parameters in query string

contributorMode

enables fact editing (default value: false)

useCachedYears

uses cached years for requests (default value: true)

useCachedMaps

uses cached maps for requests (default value: true)

cache

unify useCachedYears and useCachedMaps in a single parameter (default value: true)

traceEnabled

shows the trace window (#traceWindow), which also mirrors every trace message to the browser console (default value: false)

fullyFunctional

used in DEV to reduce web traffic or when the connection is slow (default value: true only on edumaps.ar)

showAllFacts

avoid zoom filter for facts, showing all facts everytime (default value: false)

maxRetryTimeSeconds

maximum retry time in seconds to wait between re-attempts to fetch facts (default value: 60)

specialSearches

special searches offered to users, like anniversaries, by location and others (default value: true)

factDetails

selects which sections of the selected fact detail to show (Summary, Multimedia, Relations, Key elements) (default value: all sections)

extraInfo

show extra information on screen to add more data details (default value: false)

svgIcons

show SVG icons for highlighted elements (default value: false)

lessonViewType

if only current segments of a travel lesson must be shown (1) or all must remain visible (2) (default value: 2)

lessonMedia

show audio or video content for the lesson steps (default value: true)

lessonAutoplay

defines if lesson must go automatically to next step and start audio (default value: true)

factsLimit

maximum quantity of facts to keep in browser; if exceeded it removes the ones that don't belong to the current year (default value: 10000)

liveSearch

enables live search: results update automatically as the user types, without needing to press the search button (default value: true)

blurryBorders

enables blurry borders: show country borders blurry when data is not so precise (default value: true)

geoQuality

GeoJSON maps quality (more accurate is more traffic). Accepted values: auto, full or simplified (default value: auto)