Forum:Search and Rescue System Maps

An feature called Wikia Maps was released last week. It lets you upload an image for an interactive map, embed it in any article, and add pin points for things like loot, assignment locations, and other points of interest -- in other words, something a gaming wiki might find good use for. I've experimented with it a bit and would like some input on what I've got so far and whether Maps is something this wiki would like to have enabled.

Now, there is a Search and Rescue main article -- and, as of the implementation of a recent project, an SaR section for each planet with scannable assets -- but the system articles themselves lack any SaR information. For a player, the most intuitive course of action is surely looking up the system they intend to scan rather than consulting an umbrella article they might not even be aware of. (As I recall, the phrase "Search and Rescue" only appears in-game the first time the galaxy map is accessed.)

I counted a bit over 70 systems that would need updating, so this would be quite an undertaking; I'm not entirely sure it's worthwhile myself, which is why I'm submitting this project for community review at the earliest possible stage of development. While most players/readers might agree this kind of map system would be worth having, applying it to existing articles at this point arguably doesn't introduce any new information. Since the wiki also serves as a game guide, however, it could still be useful enough to be worth implementing retroactively. If not, we can always look into this again at the release of the next game.

Back to the matter at hand: so far I've recreated one system article over at my sandbox wiki (where the Maps extension is enabled) with a slightly altered layout and the Search and Rescue map appended at the bottom. A somewhat large number of separate maps would have to be created, with generally only one pin in each category, but Maps is still an easy-to-use tool that could suit the purposes of an SaR map well enough. There might be opportunities to use this feature for other existing content as well, but most mapping or level documentation needs appear to already be covered in some decent enough way.
 * w:c:elseweyr:Harsa

Some notes:
 * While a pin's Related Article link may point to a specified section of an article, the pin description doesn't support wikilinks.
 * Currently nothing in the map lightbox can be customized with CSS or JS.
 * If there are suitable ones, custom images may be added for the pins.

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