Mapbox Plugin Questions/Help

[ben3]

Hey Zeroqode,

I have a couple questions that I am sure there are answers to.

1. On the Mapbox plugin, do we not have a way to switch from Kilometers to Miles? This seems rather silly as there as quite a few users in America I bet.

2. If I have a lot of makers I want to add all at the same time, is there a way to get them to all show up and not only when you zoom or navigate around to that area of the map?

3. Is it possible to hide what is visible in this screenshot all together? I have directions being set when someone clicks a location so they shouldn’t be able to search for another location from there. I would prefer to have it turned off. When its turned off they cant select Drive, which is my next question.

4. How do I change it from traffic to drive on a workflow, or have it always be drive and hide the rest of the options.

5. Is it possible to only show the distance and now the directions. I just want to find the distance.

Thank you,
Benjamin

[alexandru]

Hi @ben3,

Thanks for reaching out.

@ben3

1. On the Mapbox plugin, do we not have a way to switch from Kilometers to Miles? This seems rather silly as there as quite a few users in America I bet.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to switch. It is based on the Mapbox default, but we’ll consider your feedback to add this to our roadmap feature list for future updates, if feasible!

@ben3

2. If I have a lot of makers I want to add all at the same time, is there a way to get them to all show up and not only when you zoom or navigate around to that area of the map?

Yes, you can use this action to add multiple markers on the map:

@ben3

3. Is it possible to hide what is visible in this screenshot all together? I have directions being set when someone clicks a location so they shouldn’t be able to search for another location from there. I would prefer to have it turned off. When its turned off they cant select Drive, which is my next question.

Turning off these features will hide the controls and inputs:

@ben3

4. How do I change it from traffic to drive on a workflow, or have it always be drive and hide the rest of the options.

Unfortunately, it is not possible via workflows. You can only change them via control inputs.

@ben3

5. Is it possible to only show the distance and now the directions. I just want to find the distance.

I’m afraid it is not possible to show, but you can extract this data by using this data call for example:

And get the route distance:

Thanks for understanding.

Best,
Alex

[ben3]

Hey Alex,

I have a few issues with what you mentioned.

1. In the Mapbox documentation it mentioned you are able to change the unit of measurement, does that mean that the plug-in is the limitation not Mapbox itself. https://labs.mapbox.com/education/proximity-analysis/point-distance/

2. I think you misunderstood, I didn’t have an issue loading all of the markers into the map. I am having issues getting them to show all at once on the map. They pop up when you zoom in and move around the map. It seems that there are too many all at once.

3. When I did what you suggested by using the Data Calls, I didn’t get any information.

Can you help me understand this?

Benjamin

[alexandru]

Hi @ben3,

Thanks for feedback.

@ben3

1. In the Mapbox documentation it mentioned you are able to change the unit of measurement, does that mean that the plug-in is the limitation not Mapbox itself. Measuring the distance between points | Education Labs | Mapbox

Yes, in this case it may be considered as a plugin limitation, because the feature to choose between different units is not available, unfortunately. But we’ll consider it as a future improvement of our plugin in the next updates if feasible

@ben3

2. I think you misunderstood, I didn’t have an issue loading all of the markers into the map. I am having issues getting them to show all at once on the map. They pop up when you zoom in and move around the map. It seems that there are too many all at once.

Could you please share a screencast so we can see what exactly is reproducing on our side, as well as workflow action setups and plugin setups, so we can try to replicate on our side. We’ll say whether or not it is possible asap.

@ben3

3. When I did what you suggested by using the Data Calls, I didn’t get any information.

Please make sure to enter the access token here:

Which you can get from your Mapbox dashboard here:

Best,
Alex