MapItAll Help

Index

• Operation
• Options
• MapItAll Enhancements Script
• Firefox Add-ons
• Problems?
• Version History

Operation

MapItAll can be used by manually entering coordinates or by using a MapItAll tooltip. The tooltip requires installation of the MapItAll Enhancements Script as detailed below. MapItAll accepts coordinates in the following formats:

• WGS-84 Datum: hddd°mm.mmm, hddd°mm'ss.s", hddd.dddddd and ddd.ddddddd
• OSGB Datum: British Grid and Numeric British Grid
• UK Postcode

MapItAll will only display the maps that are available at the specified coordinates. For example if a location in Jersey is entered only the Bing and Google maps will be displayed. The currently displayed map is changed by moving the mouse pointer over the name of the required map. Additionally locations can be opened in Google Earth or Memory Map by clicking on the Open KML File or Open GPX File buttons.

The top line of buttons on the MapItAll page provide the following functionality:

• Zoom In All
  Zooms in all maps at the current location.
• Zoom Out All
  Zooms out all maps at the current location.
• Align Maps / Unalign Maps
  Shifts each map so the center of each map is in the same position on the screen. Select again to go back to the default setting of unaligned maps.
• Coordinates
  Displays a list of alternative coordinate formats for the current location.
• Map Links
  Displays a list of links to each mapping website.
• Options
  Configures the operation of MapItAll. See the Options section below for more details.

Options

MapItAll can be configured to your prefered method of operation by selecting the Options button on any MapItAll page.

The options page is broken down into two sets of options. The first set control the operation of the MapItAll page itself and the second set controls the operation of the tooltip. Note that tooltip options will only be available if you install the MapItAll Enhancements script detailed below.

MapItAll Options

• Initial zoom level
  Sets the initial zoom level of the maps when MapItAll is opened. The smaller the number the higher the zoom level (giving a more detailed view). For example a value of 5 will give a Magic map scale of about 1:5700 and a value of 10 will give a scale of about 1:180,000.
• Initial Map to display
  Selects the map that will be intially displayed when MapItAll is opened.
• Enable checkboxes
  Controls whether the specified map selection tab is displayed when MapItAll is opened.
• Initial Woodland Trust/Bing Map/Google map type
  If the corresponding map is enabled this specifies the type of map that should be displayed when MapItAll is opened.
• Automatically open Google Earth / Memory Map
  Controls whether Google Earth and/or Memory Map is opened (or updated if already open) automatically for each coordinate lookup. If the location came from a geocaching.com cache page the marker will be named with the GC code and name of the relevant cache. If the location came from any other page then the marker will use the coordinates as the name. The marker has a link back to the original web page that the location came from (e.g. the relevant geocaching.com page for locations from a cache page).
• Map selection delay
  Sets the delay between selecting a map and it being displayed. This value is intended to stop the display switching to a map immediately when the pointer is passed over a map selection tab when all you wanted to do was change the current zoom level or view Map Links (for example).

Tooltip Options

• Show Tooltip
  These options specify when the MapItAll tooltip will appear. By default the trigger for the appearance of the tooltip is to move the mouse pointer over some coordinates that are in the standard hddd°mm.mmm format. The tooltip can also be triggered by highlighting some text and pressing the 'm' key. This can be useful in passing other coordinate formats (such as postcodes, OSGB, decimal lat long etc.) to MapItAll for it to try and decode. Additionally the tooltip can be triggered by mouse clicks (left or right) or directly after making a text selection.
• Enable Tooltip For
  Selects whether the tooltip is operational only on geocaching.com pages or on all webpages.
• Tooltip Position
  Configures where the tooltip will appear relative to the mouse pointer. The default is for the tooltip to appear above and to the left of the mouse pointer.
• MapItAll Instances
  Selects whether Single or Multiple instances of MapItAll will be opened and whether they will appear in Windows or Tabs. When a Single instance is selected any uses of the MapItAll tooltip after the first use will update the maps in this single window or tab.
• MapItAll Provider
  Selects which MapItAll host called from the tooltip. This should normally be left as 'Auto' and will show the current website that the tooltip will use. If you find MapItAll not working on either benchmarks.org.uk of follow-the-arrow.co.uk just open MapItAll on the other working website and then use the tooltip on geocaching.com as normal. All uses of the tooltip will be directed to the working MapItAll website. The 'Other' option is used for development of MapItAll.

MapItAll Enhancements Script

This Tampermonkey (Greasemonkey) user script adds the following functionality to MapItAll:

• Adds a MapItAll tooltip to coordinates or user selected text on geocaching.com or optionally on all web pages. The tooltip appears when the mouse pointer is moved over any standard hddd°mm.mmm format coordinates. Clicking on the link in the tooltip will open MapItAll. The operation of the tooltip is configurable via any MapItAll page via the MapItAll Options button.
• Adds extra options to the options available on a MapItAll page to control the operation of the tooltip.
• Enables MapItAll to open and control externally provided maps.
• Enables MapItAll to add and position location markers on maps that don't natively have markers.

To install the MapItAll Enhancements script click here.

Firefox Setting to allow the MapItall Tooltip to open a single instance of MapItAll

Firefox version 109 onwards includes Enhanced Tracking Protection. By default this inhibits the MapItall Tooltip from opening a single instance of MapItAll. Therefore to allow this to work the Enhanced Tracking Protection needs to be relaxed for geocaching.com (and any other website you may want to use the tooltip on).

To allow the a single instance of MapItAll to be opened from geocaching.com follow these instructions:

• In Firefox go to Settings (under the three horizontal lines at the top right)
• Click 'Privacy & Security' on the left
• In the 'Enhanced Tracking Protection' section click 'Manage Exceptions...'
• In the 'Address of web site' box enter https://www.geocaching.com/
• Click 'Add Exception'
• Click 'Save Changes'

Firefox Add-ons

Tampermonkey

Tampermonkey is a replacement add-on for the Greasemonkey add-on which was originally used. This add-on is required to enable the MapItAll Enhancements Script to run. The add-on can be downloaded from here: Tampermonkey Add-on

Ignore X-Frame-Options Header

The PastMap, Ordnance Survey Ireland, Woodland Trust and DataMapWales maps do not normally allow themselves to be embedded in another website. This restriction can be overidden by installing the snappily named 'Ignore X-Frame-Options Header' add-on. Note that if you are not interested in any of the above mentioned maps then this add-on does not need to be installed. The add-on can be downloaded from here: Ignore X-Frame-Options Header Add-on

Problems?

MapItall Tooltip opens multiple instances of MapItAll

If this occurs when you've selected the option to only open single instance of MapItAll then follow the instructions above to fix this.

Woodland Trust map problem

The WT map sometimes doesn't show the boundary of a woodland area. A pin indicates the woodland area but the orange boundary may not automatically load. If this happens then you'll need to zoom in and out using the Woodland Trust map controls to get the boundary to load and display.

MapItAll not working as expected

Try the following:

• Close all instances of Firefox and try again.
• Open MapItAll and update the browser's cache by doing a CTRL F5 and try again.
• Open MapItAll and click on the Options button. Check that is says the MapItAll Enhancements script is 'Up to Date'. If not update it and try again.
• If all the above fail then please email me.

Version History

Version 17.55.40 (06/06/25)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Remove attempt to auto accept of Magic map cookies as it proved to be unreliable.
   The Magic map will only work once cookies have been accepted. Therefore if you get a page with a 'Get Started' button, click on this and accept the cookies on the new page that opens. You can then go back to MapItAll and press F5 to refresh it, which should then show the required map.

Version 17.53.38 (05/06/25)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Update to use new Magic map. Due to changes in the Magic map code it's not possible to control the map as well as before. Beware that if the map is moved the location marker will not indicate the correct location. Only use the zoom buttons.
2. Add zoom buttons to Open Street Map.
3. Minor modification to Woodland Trust map moved warning.

Version 17.52.37 (21/10/24)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Ensure Woodland Trust map fills vertical height on slower PCs.

Version 17.52.36 (21/10/24)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Fix Woodland Trust map cookie acceptance and initial zoom level.
2. Fix Scottish PastMap not showing.
3. Fix MapItAll failure to open if a map is not available for the requested coordinates.

Version 17.51.35 (09/11/23)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Fix DataMapWales map so it shows all the required layers.

Version 17.50.35 (14/04/23)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Accept Magic Map cookies.
2. Accept Woodland Trust Map cookies.
3. Fix the flakey operation of the Magic Map zoom (+/-) buttons.
4. Show a MIA title and loading icon before the MIA interface and maps appear.
5. Hide appstate box on Guernsey and OS Ireland maps.
6. Updated the help page to include details of the Enhanced Tracking Protection exception required for geocaching.com.
7. Restyled the help page.

Version 16.49.34 (08/04/23)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Update OSI map to use new URL.
2. Update Guernsey Antiquity map to use new URL.
3. Add OSI and Guernsey Antiquity map links to map links window.
4. Add Irish ITM coordinates to coordinate formats window when they are available.
5. Various fixes.

Version 14.46.33 (27/01/23)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Update to add DataMapWales map.

Version 13.44.32 (14/03/22)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Update to allow the Magic Map to be controlled following Magic's update of their scripts.

Version 13.43.31 (20/12/21)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Fixed the National Trust. This was previously referred to as the National Trust Land Map.
2. Removed the other National Trust map as this is now not accessible.

Version 12.42.31 (08/08/21)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Updated to use new OS api.

Version 11.41.31 (23/03/21)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Fixed the failure of the LLE Wales map to always load.
2. Removed the LLE Wales map "National Inventory of Woodland and Trees" layer.

Version 11.40.31 (04/10/20)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Fixed the randomly missing marker on Magic map.
2. Fixed the incorrect positioning of the marker if the Magic map is moved before the marker is added.
3. Reduced space taken up by Magic map header.

Version 11.39.30 (24/08/20)

This version of MapItAll has the following changes:

1. Multiple MIA instances could be raised when only a single one had been selected in the MIA Options.
2. When a single MIA was first opened it could repeatedly refresh and take a long time to show the maps if your PC was running slow.
3. Corrected the position of the marker which was previously showing too far north.