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Welcome to the NationalMap technical documentation wiki.

This wiki provides technical documentation about the Australian NationalMap and about the underlying software TerriaJS. For general information about NationalMap, see http://nationalmap.gov.au/about.html .

Information for data consumers

• Find out more about NationalMap or how to access data through NationalMap.

Information for map makers

• You can create a simple custom map by creating a spreadsheet with data and dragging it on to the NationalMap. The spreadsheet must have a column with spatial information (eg a postcode or statistical region identifier) or columns for latitude and longitude. See the CSV-geo-au guideline for more information about what spatial data is supported.
• TerriaJS URL parameters
• Make your own map without writing code
• Manage a data catalogue.

Information for data custodians

NationalMap, and other maps using TerriaJS, access data from many data custodians and other data providers. For information about making data available for NationalMap or another map, see the Data Providers Guide.

Information for system administrators and developers

Note: NationalMap is a thin HTML and JavaScript shell around TerriaJS, which contains most of the logic.

• Overall system architecture
• Deploying a copy of National Map: getting an instance up and running
• Developers' Handbook: the basics of making code changes
• TerriaJS Developers Cookbook: how to implement common extensions or modifications
• Setting up a region mapping server
• Handling issues with Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)

Developers working on TerriaJS or National Map:

• Testing procedures and test case coverage