MapSVG has 2 kinds of objects: Regions
and Database objects
.
Regions
are active (clickable) objects
loaded from SVG file. If you work with a map of USA - Regions would be US states. If you
work with a World Map - Regions would be countries. If you work with a floorplan - Regions would be rooms.
You can add custom fields to Regions to store your information.
Database objects
are user-defined objects with any set of custom fields. These objects can be anything - dealers,
real estate properties,
cars, places you visited during a travel or anything else.
Database objects can be connected to one or many Regions.
Database objects can be represented as Markers on a map.
And this is important to remember - every time you
need to show Markers on a map, you should start with setting up a Database Objects with Marker
custom field.
Both kinds of objects can have any set of custom fields, attached images, can be filtered, used in search, shown in Popovers
, Tooltips
and Details view
.
Let's learn more about custom fields and their use in the next tutorial: 2. Templates.