(Map tiles © https://opentopomap.org, https://openstreetmap.org)
- Parallel fetching of tiles with curl
- Scrolling in large and small steps
- Zooming
- Mouse support (dragging, clicking)
- Map scale indicator
- Jump to coordinate
- Search for location by name
- Org link support
- Bookmarked positions with pins
- Multiple preconfigured servers
(use-package osm
:bind (("C-c m h" . osm-home)
("C-c m s" . osm-search)
("C-c m t" . osm-server)
("C-c m g" . osm-goto)
("C-c m b" . osm-bookmark-jump))
:init
;; Load Org link support
(with-eval-after-load 'org
(require 'osm-ol)))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.
Examples:
- Italia, 41.87° 12.46° OpenTopoMap
- London, England, 51.49° -0.14°
- København, Danmark, 55.69° 12.57° CyclOSM
- New York, United States, 40.73° -73.98° Stamen Watercolor
- Mount Everest, 27.96° 86.89° OpenTopoMap
Top-level commands:
osm-home: Open new map at home coordinatesosm-search: Search and jump to locationosm-goto: Go to coordinatesosm-server: Select serverosm-bookmark-jump: Jump to bookmark
Key bindings in osm-mode buffer:
<arrow>: Small step scrollingC-<arrow>,M-<arrow>: Large step scrolling+,SPC:osm-zoom-in- Zoom in-,S-SPC:osm-zoom-out- Zoom out<mouse-1>:osm-zoom-click- Zoom to point<mouse-2>:osm-org-link-click- Store point as Org link<mouse-3>:osm-bookmark-set-click- Store point as bookmark<S-mouse-3>:osm-bookmark-delete-click- Delete bookmark at point<down-mouse-*>:osm-drag- Drag the map with the mouseg:osm-goto- Go to locationh:osm-home- Go to home locations:osm-search- Search for locationt:osm-server- Select tile serverl:org-store-link- Store org linkb:osm-bookmark-set- Set bookmarkB:osm-bookmark-jump- Jump to bookmarkq:quit-window- Close buffer and windowc:clone-buffer- Clone buffer
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
Since this package is part of GNU ELPA contributions require a copyright assignment to the FSF.