Option to disable auto-loading of standalone path files (GPX/KML/…)

[weppos]

Map View automatically scans the entire vault for standalone path files (GPX, KML, TCX, GeoJSON) and shows them on the map. There's currently no way to disable this or exclude specific files.

In my vault this causes duplicate pins: I keep several .kml files purely as export/backup, and I also store the same coordinates in regular notes. Map View loads both, so each of those locations ends up with two pins at the same spot — one from the note, one from the KML.

It can also be problematic when a large file gets auto-loaded (e.g. #378).

It would be great to have either (or both):

• a setting to turn off auto-loading of standalone path files, and/or
• a way to exclude specific files/folders or extensions from the scan.

Duplicate pins at the same location (a single cluster expands into a note marker + an identical KML marker):

I have a working patch for this and am happy to open a PR if useful.

[esm7]

Hi,

I think it would be more beneficial and scalable to do this as part of a more generic "global filter" feature rather than an individual setting of scanning or not scanning the vault.
However, in a quick test using a query I was unable to get Map View to not show GPX files :-/
If you wanna go ahead and implement this, what I suggest is the following:

1. Add a filetype query operator that will enable to query for a specific file type. So filetype:gpx or filetype:"gpx" would only show GPX files, and NOT filetype:gpx do the opposite.
2. Add a "global filter" setting, that will prepend every map state with (GLOBAL_FILTER) AND (other_filters). This will open many other possibilities and a lot more flexibility.

What do you think?