Requires Obsidian 1.10. Creates notes with the necessary properties to be rendered by the Obsidian Bases Map view.

Install

Use BRAT plugin while this is in beta.

Example Templates

You will need to specify a path to your template. To create a new note the plugin will fill in the template with values from OpenStreetMaps.

Simple - Bare minimum, coordinates as list

---
coordinates:
  - "{{lat}}"
  - "{{lon}}"
---

Simple - Bare minimum, coordinates as string

---
coordinates: "{{lat}}, {{lon}}"
---

Simple - Bare minimum with icon

---
coordinates:
  - "{{lat}}"
  - "{{lon}}"
icon: "{{lucide_icon}}"
---

Custom Example

---
coordinates:
  - "{{lat}}"
  - "{{lon}}"
address: "{{display_name}}"
icon: "{{lucide_icon}}"
color: "{{color}}"
recommended by:
osm: "{{osm_id}}"
concepts:
tags:
  - place
  - want-to-go
---

Data and Types

The OSM and plugin generated data is available for insertion into the template.

OSM Generated JSON Data and Types

Your template can have the following properties set. Bare minimum you need coordinates. You can use the following keys as {{key}} in your template file. lat and lon are required in the whatever field maps to the Bases Map view coordinates. See the official Obsidian Bases Map view guidance here.

key	value type	importance
addresstype	string	Used as backup for icon resolution
boundingbox	string[]
class	string	Used as backup for icon resolution
display_name	string	The formal "address"
importance	number
lat	string	Latitude. Required to add point on map
licence	string
lon	string	Longitude. Required to add point on map
name	string	Use for default file name
osm_id	number
osm_type	string
place_id	number
place_rank	number
type	string	Used for icon resolution

Plugin Generated JSON Data and Types

Icons are rendered using lucide.dev.

key	value type	importance
lucide_icon	string	Icon that shows up on the map
color	string	A valid CSS value: hex, RGB, named color

Disclosures

Network Access

Uses Nominatim web API for accessing OpenStreetMaps Data.

LLM Usage

Limited use of LLMs during development. Reserved for synthesizing search results. No code has been generated using LLMs.

If committing to this project please indicate in code comments when and where LLMs or "AI" was used.

Greetz

Chunks of code plagiarized from anpigon's book search plugin, using my mind's artificial intelligence