⚡️ Ideas
Erwin Leijen Erwin Leijen Apr 30, 2023

Adding map locations to nodes, and include an ability to display certain selected nodes on a map.

Explain the problem as you see it

Due to my work as engineer on a seagoing vessel I travel to a lot of places. I would like to use Tana as a personal project management tool when on board. Many projects are also connected to sailing areas or ports the vessel attends (for bunkers, stores, service personnel, etc.).

Why is this a problem for you?

It would be great to be able to add map locations to supertags, so projects or tasks can be sorted by location. This would also be very helpful when preparing for travel, or just to make a file of interesting locations someone has visited.

Suggest a solution

  • Add a "location" field to the Supertag template (e.g. the same latitude/longitude as used by Google or any other map provider).
  • Add a display function so specific nodes can be show on a map (e.g. show all restaurants visited or show all ports which have bunker services).

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I would second this.

I tend to have a lot of location based notes and the ability to visualise these on a geographical map would be amazing.
As it stands I use Google My Maps to visualise locations but these are unconnected to my notes.
Tana, currently lets me effectively record and search for 4 out of 5 of the main query types but not location.

Who / What / Why - Dealt with via supertags for people, events, etc
When - Date Supertags
Where - Text only Supertag. A proper location tag would make this far more effective.

This would be amazing. I would love to collect more simple things like restaurant recommendations, etc, but have Tana's powerful filtering built in. A location-enabled field, similar to how URLs, dates, etc. are "special" would be awesome.