From a2673e9d59a0e5817621890daf7cbbe3644e8e53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Grosinger <tony@grosinger.net>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 15:11:17 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Support primitives in coordinateFromValue

---
 src/map-view.ts    |  2 +-
 src/map/markers.ts |  4 ++--
 src/map/utils.ts   | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/map-view.ts b/src/map-view.ts
index 5dedcf6..1bcf345 100644
--- a/src/map-view.ts
+++ b/src/map-view.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { BackgroundSwitcherControl } from './map/controls/background-switcher';
 import { StyleManager } from './map/style';
 import { PopupManager } from './map/popup';
 import { MarkerManager } from './map/markers';
-import { hasOwnProperty, coordinateFromValue } from './map/utils';
+import { hasOwnProperty, parseLatLng } from './map/utils';
 import { rtlPluginCode } from './map/rtl-plugin-code';
 
 interface MapConfig {
diff --git a/src/map/markers.ts b/src/map/markers.ts
index 7007a5e..0223751 100644
--- a/src/map/markers.ts
+++ b/src/map/markers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { App, BasesEntry, BasesPropertyId, Keymap, Menu, setIcon } from 'obsidian';
 import { Map, LngLatBounds, GeoJSONSource, MapLayerMouseEvent } from 'maplibre-gl';
 import { MapMarker, MapMarkerProperties } from './types';
-import { coordinateFromValue } from './utils';
+import { parseLatLng } from './utils';
 import { PopupManager } from './popup';
 
 export class MarkerManager {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class MarkerManager {
 			let coordinates: [number, number] | null = null;
 			try {
 				const value = entry.getValue(mapConfig.coordinatesProp);
-				coordinates = coordinateFromValue(value);
+				coordinates = parseLatLng(value);
 			}
 			catch (error) {
 				console.error(`Error extracting coordinates for ${entry.file.name}:`, error);
diff --git a/src/map/utils.ts b/src/map/utils.ts
index 9e70d0c..95c6a8d 100644
--- a/src/map/utils.ts
+++ b/src/map/utils.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { Value, NumberValue, StringValue, ListValue } from 'obsidian';
+import { NumberValue, StringValue, ListValue } from 'obsidian';
 
 /**
- * Converts a Value to coordinate tuple [lat, lng]
+ * Converts a Value, string, or array to coordinate tuple [lat, lng]
  */
-export function coordinateFromValue(value: Value | null): [number, number] | null {
+export function parseLatLng(value: unknown | null): [number, number] | null {
 	let lat: number | null = null;
 	let lng: number | null = null;
 
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ export function coordinateFromValue(value: Value | null): [number, number] | nul
 			lng = parseCoordinate(parts[1].trim());
 		}
 	}
+	else if (String.isString(value)) {
+		const parts = value.trim().split(',');
+		if (parts.length >= 2) {
+			lat = parseCoordinate(parts[0].trim());
+			lng = parseCoordinate(parts[1].trim());
+		}
+	}
+	else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+		if (value.length >= 2) {
+			lat = parseCoordinate(value[0]);
+			lng = parseCoordinate(value[1]);
+		}
+	}
 
 	if (lat && lng && verifyLatLng(lat, lng)) {
 		return [lat, lng];
@@ -39,7 +52,7 @@ export function verifyLatLng(lat: number, lng: number): boolean {
 }
 
 /**
- * Parses a coordinate value from various formats
+ * Parses a single coordinate value from various formats
  */
 export function parseCoordinate(value: unknown): number | null {
 	if (value instanceof NumberValue) {

From 76a7f1ec62417b5a2b2f98d3c3d70650be57e454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tony Grosinger <tony@grosinger.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:53:23 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update to support new formula evaluation for view config
 values

---
 src/map-view.ts | 35 ++++++++++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/map-view.ts b/src/map-view.ts
index 1bcf345..b7b742b 100644
--- a/src/map-view.ts
+++ b/src/map-view.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import {
 	debounce,
 	Menu,
 	QueryController,
-	Value,
-	StringValue,
 	NullValue,
 	ViewOption,
 } from 'obsidian';
@@ -532,33 +530,19 @@ export class MapView extends BasesView {
 	}
 
 	private getCenterFromConfig(): [number, number] {
-		let centerConfig: Value;
-		
+		let centerConfig: unknown = null;
+
 		try {
 			centerConfig = this.config.getEvaluatedFormula(this, 'center');
-		} catch (error) {
-			// Formula evaluation failed (e.g., this.file is null when no active file)
-			// Fall back to raw config value
-			const centerConfigStr = this.config.get('center');
-			if (String.isString(centerConfigStr)) {
-				centerConfig = new StringValue(centerConfigStr);
-			}
-			else {
-				return DEFAULT_MAP_CENTER;
+			if (centerConfig === null || centerConfig === undefined || centerConfig === NullValue.value) {
+				// If a formula is not specified, then get the static value.
+				centerConfig = this.config.get('center');
 			}
+		} catch (error) {
+			return DEFAULT_MAP_CENTER;
 		}
 
-		// Support for legacy string format.
-		if (Value.equals(centerConfig, NullValue.value)) {
-			const centerConfigStr = this.config.get('center');
-			if (String.isString(centerConfigStr)) {
-				centerConfig = new StringValue(centerConfigStr);
-			}
-			else {
-				return DEFAULT_MAP_CENTER;
-			}
-		}
-		return coordinateFromValue(centerConfig) || DEFAULT_MAP_CENTER;
+		return parseLatLng(centerConfig) || DEFAULT_MAP_CENTER;
 	}
 
 	private getConfigSnapshot(): string {
@@ -695,9 +679,10 @@ export class MapView extends BasesView {
 
 					{
 						displayName: 'Center coordinates',
-						type: 'formula',
+						type: 'text',
 						key: 'center',
 						placeholder: '[latitude, longitude]',
+						allowFormula: true,
 					},
 					{
 						displayName: 'Default zoom',