diff --git a/simpleexample2/fxui/src/main/java/simpleex/ui/MetaDataEditorController.java b/simpleexample2/fxui/src/main/java/simpleex/ui/MetaDataEditorController.java
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+package simpleex.ui;
+
+import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
+import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.scene.control.Button;
+import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
+import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
+import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
+import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
+import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
+import simpleex.core.LatLong;
+import simpleex.ui.tags.TagsBar;
+
+public class MetaDataEditorController {
+	
+	private LatLong latlong;
+	
+    @FXML
+    private Button saveButton;
+
+    @FXML
+    private Button cancelButton;
+
+    @FXML
+    private VBox centerVBox;
+
+    @FXML
+    private TextField nameInput;
+
+    @FXML
+    private TextArea descriptionInput;
+
+    @FXML
+    private TableView<?> propertiesTableView;
+
+    @FXML
+    private TableColumn<?, ?> propertyNamesColumn;
+
+    @FXML
+    private TableColumn<?, ?> propertyValuesColumn;
+
+    @FXML
+    private TagsBar tagsBar;
+    
+    @FXML
+    void onCancel(ActionEvent event) {
+
+    }
+
+    @FXML
+    void onLocationName(ActionEvent event) {
+
+    }
+
+    @FXML
+    void onSave(ActionEvent event) {
+
+    }
+    
+    void setLatLong(LatLong latLong) {
+    	this.latlong = latLong;
+    	updateUi();
+    }
+
+	private void updateUi() {
+		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
+		
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/simpleexample2/fxui/src/main/resources/simpleex/ui/MetaDataEditor.fxml b/simpleexample2/fxui/src/main/resources/simpleex/ui/MetaDataEditor.fxml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.TableView?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.TextArea?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
+<?import javafx.scene.layout.VBox?>
+<?import simpleex.ui.tags.TagsBar?>
+
+<fx:root prefHeight="500.0" prefWidth="600.0" type="BorderPane" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/10.0.1" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="simpleex.ui.MetaDataEditorController">
+   <bottom>
+      <HBox alignment="CENTER_RIGHT" prefHeight="40.0" prefWidth="600.0" spacing="10.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER_RIGHT">
+         <children>
+            <Button id="saveButton" fx:id="saveButton" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onSave" prefWidth="150.0" style="-fx-background-color: darkgreen; -fx-text-fill: white; -fx-font-weight: bold; -fx-border-color: green; -fx-background-radius: 10; -fx-border-radius: 10;" text="Save" />
+            <Button fx:id="cancelButton" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#onCancel" prefWidth="150.0" style="-fx-background-color: lightgray; -fx-background-radius: 10; -fx-border-color: gray; -fx-border-radius: 10;" text="Cancel" />
+         </children>
+         <padding>
+            <Insets left="20.0" right="20.0" />
+         </padding>
+      </HBox>
+   </bottom>
+   <center>
+      <VBox fx:id="centerVBox" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="100.0" spacing="5.0" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+         <children>
+            <Label text="Name:" />
+            <TextField fx:id="nameInput" onAction="#onLocationName" promptText="enter a name for this location" />
+            <HBox prefHeight="23.0" prefWidth="580.0" spacing="10.0">
+               <children>
+                  <Label text="Coordinates:" />
+                  <Label layoutX="10.0" layoutY="10.0" text="Label" />
+               </children>
+            </HBox>
+            <Label text="Description:" />
+            <TextArea fx:id="descriptionInput" prefHeight="68.0" prefWidth="580.0" promptText="enter a description for this location" />
+            <Label text="Custom properties:" />
+            <TableView fx:id="propertiesTableView" prefHeight="120.0" prefWidth="580.0">
+              <columns>
+                <TableColumn fx:id="propertyNamesColumn" prefWidth="150.0" text="Name" />
+                <TableColumn fx:id="propertyValuesColumn" prefWidth="400.0" text="Value" />
+              </columns>
+            </TableView>
+            <Label text="Tags:" />
+            <TagsBar fx:id="tagsBar" />
+         </children>
+         <BorderPane.margin>
+            <Insets bottom="10.0" left="10.0" right="10.0" top="10.0" />
+         </BorderPane.margin>
+      </VBox>
+   </center>
+</fx:root>