Help: POI

POI Galleria Umberto I in Turin on AtlasFor

Imagine the "'POI'" as an illustrated book. The story is composed of photos and videos with short captions.

The pages of this book— the Media and the News—must be sorted by Chapters (Context, History, Stories, etc.) to have an interesting and structured narration.

Fields

Name

Name of the POI as it will be shown on Atlas.

Category

The POI is represented on the atlas by a specific icon for each Category.

Balloon image

Small thumbnail image of the POI.

The image must be edited with a graphics software (GIMP, Paint, PhotoShop, etc.) before adding it, reducing it to 90x90px with 72dpi resolution and a maximum size of 5 KB.

Balloon text

Short preview description of the POI.

Suggested length 50-100 digits spaces included, up to a maximum of 255 digits.

Position

Geo-localization system of the POI, clicking on an expandable map.

The map can be easily centered by typing an address, after typing the name of the Municipality in the dedicated field.

If you are looking for the manual coordinates input, you should know that this function is only shown to advanced users

Description and links

Description of POI key aspects: fundamental historical elements, events, specific uses, etc.

Suggested length 300 digits spaces included, up to a maximum of 600 digits.

Languages Button

Used to add a description in other languages: English, French, and Chinese available at the moment.

Linked POI

Addition of other linked POIs, by typing their name, e.g. POIs of the same itinerary or the same place, like different buildings on the same square. The operation is facilitated by the suggestion of existing POIs when you start typing their name.

Add Tag

Addition of some keywords that characterize the element and can link it to others for thematic or geographical similarities. The operation is facilitated by the suggestion of existing Tags when you start typing a name. New Tags can be created as well.

Help: Tag

External links

Insert the url of web pages that delve into the topic or deal with linked themes.

You can create an automatic share link copying the URL of the website followed by a space and a title. For more clarity, the user will only see this title.

For example:

To have:

Further explanations on Museo Torino

Write:

http://www.museotorino.it/site/exhibitions/history/room/1 Further explanations on Museo Torino

Archives

Non-expert users should maintain default values.

A set of POIs which refers to a specific theme. You should always choose an archive according to affiliated groups if it is not already defined during the registration phase.

Advanced Options

Save as

Draft

elaboration still not complete, available for user or group modification. Important: drafts are visible under List, NOT on Atlas.

Ready

elaboration completed, available for modification, and visible based on group permissions. Visible both on List and on Atlas.

Types of visualization

Media in chapters

shows Media contents divided in Chapters shelves (News, Presentation, Context, Places, History, Architecture, Projects, Events, Details, Stories, Extra material).

United Media

to show contents in a slideshow (not in shelves).

Group Permissions

Choice of users who can see or modify the POI that is Ready.

Personal Notes

Space for personal notes, as a reminder or to share ideas with the members of the working group.

Review

Space reserved to the AtlasFor Staff. It is used to indicate to operators eventual corrections or insights, necessary for the publication of the POI.

Permits

<translate> In seguito i permessi utente che regolano alcune funzionalità rilevanti:</translate>

<translate> Azione</translate>	<translate> Permesso</translate>	<translate> Ruoli</translate>
add a private POI	add_poi_private	verifica
add a public POI	add_poi	verifica
modify all the POI	edit_all_poi	verifica

Maggiori informazioni nella tabella dei ruoli e permessi AtlasFor.

Related pages

• atlas:poi-edit.php – Add POI
• atlas:poi-list.php – POI List