The portlet has one property file: configuration.properties and one map file: map.json

Configuration, customization, and administration

1.0.0-M4+: map URL protocol is dynamic (https if needed), map URL can be relative (e.g. /data/map.json) and prefix constructed accordingly
1.0.0-M3+: Default starting map location (latitude and longitude) are obtained from (in order of priority): portlet preference, json data file, else default value.
1.0.0-M2 and before: Default starting map location (latitude and longitude) are obtained from (in order of priority): portlet preference, else default value.

src/main/resources/configuration.properties

If need be, adjust the url to the map file (defaults to http://localhost:8080/MapPortlet/data/map.json)

1.0.0-M3 and later: change the "defaultLocation" geocode for the default location to display when the map is displayed. As an alternate, you can set latitude and longitude portlet preferences.
Add "locations" geocode data for sites on your campus. You can specify any of the following data elements for each location. See the map.json file in the project for examples:

Field	Description

Field	Description
latitude	latitude of location
longitude	longitude of location
name	Name of location. Displayed to user and available in searches
abbreviation	Abbreviation of location. Displayed to user and available in searches
address	Postal address of location
description	Description to display to users when location is selected
img	URL of image to display to user
searchText	Do not specify. Field is constructed from name and abbreviation
searchKeys	List of additional strings included in user searches
categories	List of categories for 'Browse by category' function.
campuses

NOTE: The json file is cached by the portlet for 2 minutes, and on the client browser for 6 minutes (by default) so changes to the json file will reflect in subsequent requests after that.

You can specify the following portlet preferences to override default values when you create a portlet in the portal:

Preference Name	Default	Description

Preference Name	Default	Description
apiKey		API key to use for Google Maps
latitude	41.300937	Latitude to display for initial map view
longitude	-72.932103	Longitude to display for initial map view
zoom	17
mapTypeControl	true
panControl	false
zoomControl	true
streetView	true
scaleControl	true
rotateControl	false
overviewControl	false