Right after the release of [[Obsidian Bases Plugin|the Bases plugin]], I found the [Obsidian Maps Plugin](https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-maps), a community plugin for [[Obsidian]] that enables a map view for [[Obsidian Bases Plugin|Bases]]. This, motivated by the frustrations of my current system to keep record of places visited or that I want to go to (using guides in [[Apple Maps]]) motivated me to create this system to efficiently use it.
## New types for places
Since the `type` metadata attribute is the cornerstone of [[How I Use Obsidian|how I use Obsidian]], I decided to add new [[My Obsidian Entities|entity]]: **place**, for venues of interest that are associated with a pair of coordinates. Each of the notes is a place that can be represented on a map, with rich metadata in the front matter and room for notes in the body.
## A taxonomy for places
Even though most of the notes are places, there is a two-level taxonomy that is used to categorize places, generated from the places I had previously store in [[Apple Maps]] and making room for other possible categories in the future.
### Top level categories
```base
filters:
and:
- file.tags.containsAll("personal-atlas")
- type == link("Concept")
- placetype.isEmpty()
views:
- type: list
name: List
```
### All categories
```base
filters:
and:
- file.tags.containsAll("personal-atlas")
- type == link("Concept")
- "!placetype.isEmpty()"
views:
- type: list
name: List
groupBy:
property: placetype
direction: ASC
indentProperties: false
```
## Rating System
Using the `rating` property, I add rating to the places so that they represent how much I enjoyed them on the 1-10 rating.
## Using [[Obsidian Web Clipper]]
![[Saving from Google Maps to the Personal Atlas]]