The Tripal Map module is an interface for the Chado Map module which groups features (sequences) into maps (typically genetic maps). This module provides support for visualization of "map" pages, editing and updating.
Set Permissions: The map module supports the Drupal user permissions interface for controlling access to map content and functions. These permissions include viewing, creating, editing or administering of map content. The default is that only the site administrator has these permissions. You can add roles for classifying users, assign users to roles and assign permissions for the map content to those roles. For a simple setup, allow anonymous users access to view map content and allow the site administrator all other permissions.
Add a map: Maps can be manually created
Edit or Delete Maps: Maps can be manually edited or deleted by navigating to the map page and clicking the "Edit" button.
Sync any Existing Maps: Before Maps can be viewed on the website, they must first be or if they already exist in the Chado database they must be synced. Near the top of the there is a Sync Maps section which provides list of maps currently in chado which can be sync\'d. Simply select the maps you would like to create Drupal/Tripal pages for and click Sync Maps. Once synced, pages will appear on the site for maps.
Integration with Drupal Views: Drupal Views is a powerful tool that allows the site administrator to create lists or basic search forms of Chado content. It provides a graphical interface within Drupal to allow the site admin to directly query the Chado database and create custom lists without PHP programming or customization of Tripal source code. Views can also be created to filter out records that has not yet been synced with Drupal in order to protect access to non published data (only works if Chado was installed using Tripal). You can see a list of available pre-existing Views here, as well as create your own.
There are several ways to customize the look-and-feel for the way Chado data is presented through Tripal. Below is a description of several methods. These methods may be used in conjunction with one another to provide fine-grained control. See the Developers Handbook for further infromation to customize Map pages.