timdewet/abic-map

Interactive map of microscopists, imaging core facilities, and microscopes across Africa — African BioImaging Consortium # Microscopy in Africa — Interactive Map An interactive Leaflet map showing microscopists, imaging core facilities, and microscopes across Africa. Data is community-sourced via Google Form and curated through an automated Google Sheets pipeline, then published live to the map. **Live map:** timdewet.github.io **Maintained by:** African BioImaging Consortium **Add yourself:** Form link --- ## Architecture ``` Google Form (submission) ↓ Google Sheet (Form Responses tab) ↓ Apps Script pipeline (scripts/pipeline.gs) ↓ Google Sheet (Curated tab — QC review) ↓ Human review & approval ↓ Google Sheet (Published tab — auto-rebuilt) ↓ Published as CSV ↓ Map app (index.html / app.js) — reads CSV live ↓ Hosted on GitHub Pages ↓ Embedded in Wix site via iframe ``` **Fallback:** If the CSV is unreachable, the map falls back to `data/entries.json` (a snapshot). --- ## File Map ``` abic_website/ ├── index.html # Map UI & structure (Leaflet, search, filters) ├── app.js # Map logic (data loading, search, markers, pan/zoom) ├── app.css # Styling (Nunito Sans, ABIC brand colors) ├── data/ │ ├── africa.geojson # Polygon data for 56 African countries (point-in-polygon) │ ├── entries.json # Fallback snapshot of all published entries │ └── curated.csv # (Optional) Initial data import template ├── scripts/ │ ├── pipeline.gs # Google Apps Script for form → sheet pipeline │ ├── kml_to_data.py # Convert legacy KML data to entries.json format │ └── refresh_snapshot.py # Refresh entries.json from the published CSV ├── docs/ │ ├── SPEC.md # Data schema, taxonomy, technical reference │ ├── QC_GUIDE.md # Daily maintenance guide for data admins │ └── WIX_EMBED.md # Instructions for embedding the map on Wix └── README.md # This file ``` --- ## Running Locally To preview the map locally: ```bash cd /path/to/abic_website python3 -m http …