Custom background for geo map collection

[DennaGherlyn]

Hi,

is there a way to add your own picture as the "geo map" background?
I want to (ab)use the geo map collection for home documentation, e.g. linking manuals for home equipment and pinning them on a floor plan.

I think, with how flexible Trilium is, it should probably be possible, but I couldn't find a way on my own. I'd appreciate the help!

[dosubot[bot]]

Hi @DennaGherlyn! I'm Dosu and I’m helping the Trilium team.

There's currently no built-in way to use your own image (like a floor plan) as the background for a geo map collection in Trilium. This feature has been requested, but maintainers consider it niche and it's not on the roadmap for now. The geo map feature only supports geographic maps as backgrounds, not custom images like floor plans or blueprints.

Workarounds include: using a canvas note with an inserted image and attaching links to shapes over the image (but this only supports web links, not note links, and has a 2MB image size limit), or creating a Render HTML note with an HTML image map for clickable areas—this is more flexible but harder to maintain and requires some HTML knowledge. More details and discussion can be found here.

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[eliandoran]

@dosu is right, although we plan to add support for custom tilesets in the geomap, they need to be in the proper tileset format, so simple images will not work.

Canvas should work in your particular usecase. Or you can even use Render HTML to go one step further in customization.

[dosubot[bot]]

You're welcome! If you need more details or examples for using Canvas or Render HTML notes for your floor plan use case, just let me know.

To reply, just mention @dosu.

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