Center the map on any reference point

So there is a lot of information hidden on the map at php.ug.

There are three different layers hidden in the select-field on the lower left corner. It allows you to see

• all the PHP-Usergroups currently registered for the map
• all events that are marked as upcomming on joind.in and
• all the people currently taking aprentices or seeking mentors that are listed at phpmentoring.org.

But that’s rather a lot of stuff on the map. And perhaps you want to directly link to your entry.

Here is how you do it.

Usergroups

You did provide a shortname for your usergroup when you promoted it. You can use that shortname to center the map to your groups location by calling http://php.ug?center=<yourShortName>. Easy as that.

Events

Your event has an ID on joind.in which is used for identifying your event. So all you have to do is call http://php.ug?center=<YourEventsJoindInId>#joindin and you are ready to go.

PHPMentoring

You had to provide a github-account when you registered to PHPMentoring. (By the way: the location you provided there is what we take to get your geographic position. So if you fell you are in the wrong place, consider changing that location) That github-account can be used to center the map around your area. So you’ll have to call http://php.ug/center=<YourGithubAccount>#phpmentoring to get your part of the map.

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