R4MP

RAMP - The Reusable Accessible Mapping Platform, is a Javascript based web mapping platform that provides a reusable, responsive and WCAG 2.1 AA compliant common viewer for the Government of Canada. The fourth incarnation embraces the following large-scale changes

• Updating the UI framework from Angular 1 to Vue 3
• Updating the ESRI Mapping API from v3 to v4
• An application architecture and API that is more open and adjustable
• UI re-design with mobile use in mind

The previous version (RAMP 2 / RAMP 3) can be found here. Differences between the versions are summarized in the v4.0.0 Release Notes.

This is an unsupported product. If you require a supported version please contact applicationsdecartographieweb-webmappingapplications@ec.gc.ca for a cost estimate. The software and code samples available on this website are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Use at your own risk. Access to this GitHub repository could become unavailable at any point in time.

Documentation

A proper docsite is in the works. For the time being, the docs table of contents is the quickest way to find existing documentation.

Local development

Project Setup

Download the latest Node version, currently v18.3.0 or later.

npm ci
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Compile and Hot-Reload for Development

npm run dev
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Open https://localhost:5173/demos/index-samples.html in your browser.

Serve via http

npm run dev-http
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Build for production

npm run build
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The production files will be placed in the dist folder.

Preview production build (after running build)

npm run preview
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Open http://localhost:5050 in your browser.

Recommended IDE Setup

VSCode with the recommended extensions (VSCode should bug you to install them).

Important:

1. Install Volar.
2. Disable/remove Vetur.
3. Type @builtin typescript in the search box on the VSCode extensions tab and disable "TypeScript and JavaScript Language Features". Volar has its own TS language server so we don't want to run two concurrently.

public vs demos folders

The public folder is a static only folder. It contains the help md files and end-user demo assets and the compiled ramp library source code. Files in this folder are not processed by vite and therefore cannot reference outside files. This is useful for testing if things are broken between the develop and production build.

To test the files in the public folder locally:

npm run build
npm run preview
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Then open http://localhost:5050/index.html in your browser.

The demos folder is processed by vite and can therefore reference any source file in the repo. This is the starting point for local development. For example, the demos/starter-scripts/main.js file imports { createInstance, geo } from '@/main'; whereas public/starter-scripts/index.js doesn't since RAMP is globally defined by the index.html file when it loads <script src="./lib/ramp.js"></script>.

Run npm run dev then open http://localhost:3000/demos/index.html in your browser.

During build, the public folder contents are placed into the dist folder.

Demo Builds

The demos of the most recent build are available at https://ramp4-pcar4.github.io/ramp4-pcar4/main/demos/index-all.html.

Demo builds are automatically generated for pull requests if you are a member of the ramp4-pcar4 organization and have your visibility set to public.