Bible Locations

This wiki page describe how to use UBA menu plugin "Bible Locations".

Launch Bible Locations Window

You can launch Bible Locations Window with either on of the following ways:

Select from menu "Plugins" > "Bible Locations"
Click the button, integrated into material menu layout , indicated below:

Layout

On the left, this plugin offers a utility to calculate distance between two locations.

On the right, the interface helps users to select multiple locations mentioned in the bible and open exhaustive library links or Google maps.

At the bottom, the button gives users a quick access to this wiki page.

Calculate Distance between Two Locations

The interface on the left is quite self-explanatory. Simply select two different locations to see the distance between them in kilometre or mile.

Open Google Maps

The rest of the page will describe how to generate Google Maps with multiple bible locations pinned on it.

A Google API key is optional, but it is nice to have a Google API key, which you may find more information about it at the following wiki page:

https://github.com/eliranwong/UniqueBible/wiki/Google-API-Key

With a Google API key, Google maps created display lots of marks showing "For development purposes only"

Select Multiple Locations

Users can manually select multiple bible locations using the drop down menu indicated above.

With location(s) selected, users can:

click "Library Links" button to display Exhaustive Library links on Study Window.
click "Study Window" button to display a Google map on Study Window.
click "Web Browser" button to display a Google map on web browser.

Clear All Button

Users can use the "Clear All" button to remove all selection in the multiple location selection drop menu menu.

Select All Button

Users can use the "Select All" button to select all locations mentioned in the bible and display a bible map, like the one below:

Add Locations According to Bible Reference

When "Bible Locations" is launched, the bible reference field is set to the currently bible reference opened on the Bible Window.

Users can manually edit the reference.

The four buttons "Book", "Chapter", "Verse", "Range", help users quickly add locations to the drop down menu mentioned above, according to the bible reference entered.

Book - Add all locations of the book of the bible reference. For example, if Genesis 1:1 is entered as reference, all locations mentioned in the book of Genesis are added to the drop down menu.

Chapter - Add all locations of the chapter of the bible reference. For example, if Acts 16:1 is entered as reference, all locations mentioned in Acts 16 are added to the drop down menu.
Verse - Add all locations of the verse of the bible reference. For example, if Acts 16:1 is entered as reference, all locations mentioned in Acts 16:1 are added to the drop down menu.
Range - Add all locations of a range of verses. For example, to study locations in Paul's second missionary journey: