GoogleMaps Module [NEW VERSION 3.0, 2009-02-22]

[breitsch]

I'm running 4.4.0, but yes, bcmath extension is disabled. Thanks for pointing this out.
But GM module seems to work properly also w/o bcmath. What functionality is actually contained in this 2 lines?

It works properly until you use a special icon (not the default one) then it throws an error and does not display the icon.
To solve this without changing the php settings you can do as follows:

in cnt.article.php

find (should be row 40):

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$content['googlemaps'] = array();

add before

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if(!function_exists("bcdiv")){ 
  function bcdiv($first, $second, $accuracy=2){
    $res = $first/$second;
    return round($res, $accuracy);
  }
}

[Pele]

...
in cnt.article.php

find (should be row 40):

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$content['googlemaps'] = array();

add before

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if(!function_exists("bcdiv")){ 
  function bcdiv($first, $second, $accuracy=2){
    $res = $first/$second;
    return round($res, $accuracy);
  }
}

Yes - it works - with this little change in cnt.article.php! Thank You Breitsch!

[axelko]

I had the same problem but with the default marker (phpwcms1.3.5 5/12/08). When I activated in the contentpart '[x] show marker', I just got a blank screen. In my error log there was an error message :

[error] [client 999.999.999.999] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function bcdiv() in /home/virtual/site47/fst/var/www/html/furniture/include/inc_module/mod_googlemaps/inc/cnt.article.php on line 151, referer: http://www.domain.tld/furniture/index.php?home-nl

The solution above worked like a charm.
Greetz,

Axel

[Keppn]

breitsch, thank you for this great module! It's easy to use, good to handle, and even documented - very well done.

I do have some additional ideas:
- Wouldn't it be great, if the module allowed to show all entered adresses as a list beneath the map window?
A click on one of these adresses would then center and zoom the map window to the clicked point.
- A search bar, which returns the nearest entered point according to the search query would also be great.
For example, if I searched for a speficic shop in the area of 33885, the module would show the nearest
point, but only out of the list of entered adresses (which could be 33886).
- When making lots of entries in the backend, it would be comfortable to have a "copy"-function similar to
regular articles.

Thanks again, keep up the great work!

[Dan-G]

wow Breitsch, just had my first look at this mod - amazing stuff.

Wouldn't it be great, if the module allowed to show all entered adresses as a list beneath the map window?
A click on one of these adresses would then center and zoom the map window to the clicked point.

For me, this is a great suggest and something I would love to see implemented.

To have address, title, wysiwyg description etc below the map and be able to list them with template control would be fantastic. I tried to achieve something similar by creating articles in the article center and using SHOW_CONTENT in the module but this was problematic.

It would also be great to have a search function that works only for the entered addresses.

[update]

this is existing already: search within entered addresses, list addresses, click items on a list and display the related information within the map...
But because it isn't a module it isn't published (sort of too many problems to handle it for the overall user yet)
PM me and I'll show you

[breitsch]

This will come as part of the updated module
I'm working on it right now
there will be these changes to the current module:
- routeplanner-form within the InfoWindow (as tab or as 2nd layer), route is displaed on the map and the Route entries are listed beneath/left/right the map
- search function with listing of results left/right/beneath the map or as RT
- routeplanner, searchresults, categories selection in tabs so they can work together (select category then search in this category only)

everything can be set up with a few clicks in backend.

Some other requests?

[update]

You are heroically striking again thanks a lot!

Some other requests?

- possibility to limit search within active entries / inactive /deleted ones
- printable route planner (right now I do a print version first and then the calculation, otherwise the calculated route is lost (print function of phpwcms)
- my "extended search" integration: random within distance, show all within distance (or a fraction of it)
- possibility to sort categories when displayed in frontend (problem now: when listing all countries of germany and then adding france or belgium this will be mixed...
- possibility to do a printout of search results (right now I fiddled together some JS mark and print popup, it's working but could be done better

---> me totally exhausted now but I have more

[sustia]

Hi breitsch, just a simple question.
The module will be a "real" module?
I intend that it can be installed without making changes to the file phpwcms.php?

Thanks.

[update]

...and while we are at it now:
- possibility to show the same custom pages within the search result map too, not restricted to the big map alone)
- and this little routeplanner link aiming at the internal search from within map and search map

- and the possibility to enter an @ in the BE when writing the content (right now one single @ will blow up the complete map - nothing serious, but sometimes you forget to change it into "att"...this is the case with my installation at least))

[update]

I intend that it can be installed without making changes to the file phpwcms.php?

this certainly will be the case as is with the actual module right now

[360fusion]

Will it be possible to display results based on categories?

something like this: http://www.thesarasotamls.com/gmap.php

so users can filter down the results to their specific requirements.

Ben

[update]

so users can filter down the results to their specific requirements.

yes - very cool ('ve been thinking of it too, but did forget again )
Thanks for pulling it up again

[sustia]

I intend that it can be installed without making changes to the file phpwcms.php?

this certainly will be the case as is with the actual module right now

Great!

[update]

Today is my sitemap day
And googles webmaster tools spit an error on my submission of the kml:

Unsupported file format
Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format.

I've compared it with what google thinks that would be valid and I haven't been able to detect any discrepancies, so to say.
But something must be nissed....
Here is the kick off of my kml:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <kml xmlns="http://earth.google.com/kml/2.1">
    <Document>
    <Placemark>
      <name>Any Peter</name>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><b>urgently wanted<br />
....

Is it missing perhaps some

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<name>BalloonStyle.kml</name>
  <open>1</open>
  <Style id="exampleBalloonStyle">
    <BalloonStyle>
      <!-- a background color for the balloon -->
      <bgColor>ffffffbb</bgColor>
      <!-- styling of the balloon text -->
      <text><![CDATA[
      <b><font color="#CC0000" size="+3">$[name]</font></b>
      <br/><br/>
      <font face="Courier">$[description]</font>
      <br/><br/>
      Extra text that will appear in the description balloon
      <br/><br/>
      <!-- insert the to/from hyperlinks -->
      $[geDirections]
      ]]></text>
    </BalloonStyle>
  </Style>

after the opening <Document> tag?
Breitsch, If you are around, do you have some hint how to proceed? That would be great...