Google Maps API v3 ***Re-Released 17/07/2014*** (Deprecated)

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:12 pm

Yes it has been update since your last post on 29/01/11.. most recent update 09/02/11

JimmyJazz · Post by **JimmyJazz** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:17 am

Hi BaconFries,

Thanks for that, I just updated all my maps

JimmyJazz · Post by **JimmyJazz** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:52 pm

Hi BaconFries,

I only loaded the maps today & already in Google webmasters tools they are giving a HTML suggestion about the googlemap pages.

They are saying they are missing Title Tags.

Is the best solution just to exclude these in the robots file?

note:......This is the map only page, not the actual page with all info, images & where the map actually appears.

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:18 am

I will see what I can do about adding <title></title> and maybe some meta tags into the html..

JimmyJazz · Post by **JimmyJazz** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:50 am

Ok, sounds good.

As a temporary measure I have just excluded them in the robots file.

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:40 pm

This is done through the Google Map Properties see image below

maphw.gif

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:01 am

***Updated 09/03/11***
Update to allow title and mrta tags to be added to the google map html also fixed
<div id="map_canvas"></div> height, width...

JimmyJazz · Post by **JimmyJazz** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:24 am

Hi Baconfries,

Updated all my maps with no problems, everything got titles & meta now.

Your work is appreciated

Islander · Post by **Islander** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:25 am

Hi BaconFries,

I'm having a displacement of the marker from the right coordinates while zooming out. Here's an example at http://www.mauritius360.com/test/googlemap.html
On full zoom in the marker placement is right on a place in the Bay. On zooming out you can see the marker drifting out of the island.

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:48 am

I will be looking at the code later today and see what can be done to fix this along with anything else that me wrong.....

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:54 pm

*** Updated 15/03/11***

Islander · Post by **Islander** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:02 am

Hi BaconFries,

It's working correctly now. Many thanks for resolving this issue so fast.

By the way, is it possible to insert a hyperlink or image in the dialog box?

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:08 pm

Yes you can... see reference below...I have noticed that using a image adds a scroll bar to the info window I will see what can be done to overcome this...
URL
<a href="http://www.yoursiteaddress.com/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none">showme</a><br/>
Email
<a href="mailto:enquiries@youremailaddress.com" style="text-decoration: none">email</a>
Image
<a href="http://www.yoursiteaddress.com/images/y ... .gif"><img src="http://www.yoursiteaddress.com/images/yourimage.gif" border="0"></a></br>

Islander · Post by **Islander** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:29 pm

Hi BaconFries,

You do a great job!

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:20 pm

For example JOES BURGERS will work; JOE'S BURGERS will not.

Try this
JOE’S BURGERS

smartmedia · Post by **smartmedia** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:03 am

Hi..

Any idea how to find the right longitude and latitude for a place..?? I download and install Google earth, i got some test long, lat, i put it but didn't worked. Do i need to transform those into special form...???

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 11:08 am

Yer try this site from fellow member neo_webbuilder just enter the full address needed example 101, yourstreet/road, yourtown, yourcountry, yourzip/postcode
http://www.backups.nl/geocoder.html

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:49 pm

No the API key is no longer required

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:43 pm

I will try and take a look over the next couple of days and see what can be wrong

JimmyJazz · Post by **JimmyJazz** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:02 am

BaconFries wrote:
For example JOES BURGERS will work; JOE'S BURGERS will not.
Try this
JOE’S BURGERS

I just spent 4 hours trying to get a new map working & then I come to here & find the answer right in front of me.

Thanks to BaconFries for keeping on top of this fantastic extension

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:10 am

Thanks Jimmy always nice to read compliments form a user of the extension...note I have made a couple of changes to the extension and will be releasing soon...it not a requirement to update to the newer only if you need to show the placement of tye navigation buttons in the map I am still testing and need to update the pdf before I ca release once again thanks for the compliments...

JimmyJazz · Post by **JimmyJazz** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:25 am

Hi BaconFries,

ok, noted.

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Sun Apr 24, 2011 9:23 pm

***Updated 24/04/11***

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue May 03, 2011 5:02 pm

Can you say what is happening? as I have just checked and if I set the streetview to false then the icon doesnt get displayed this is how it is ment to work, and if it is set to true then it will display see images below

true.gif

false.gif

topc.gif

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 3:43 pm

Hi when I first rebuilt this version of the map API V3 it did have a offset in the code, but I had to remove it because it was causing the map icon to be put out of place and not showing the said latittude/longitude position of the location that the user inserted into the extension variables. I will check if I still have a copy of that on Mediafire or backed up and a pendrive If either is the case I will post it temporarily for you to try it out and se it it is what you need...

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:08 pm

No problem I was working on this map from DD but due to a Hard drive crash I lost all files take a look here
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicinde ... lector.htm

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 5:40 pm

Hmmm are you using the latest version of the extension?? there shouldnt be any issues using that latest...

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:29 pm

Looks like you have not set the width,height for the shadow see image below this should fix it for you

mapshadow.gif

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 7:42 pm

Great that you got it fixed ...wasnt there a selection of icons in the zip file with the extension when you downloaded...

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 8:13 pm

Ok I will post a link later for you to grab a selection of map icons that you can use on the map...

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 9:45 pm

***Update 07/06/11***
Link added for Google map markers added please see first posting

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:34 pm

This is because IE9 is using hardware-accelerated text using sub-pixel Microsoft ClearType font positioning. This will make the font you used look different in display compared to older versions of IE you can trying
Page properties>Misc>Compatibilty>Emulate IE this should force it to look how it should. You can also read more on hardware-accelerated text below..
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library ... s.85).aspx

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:32 pm

I take a look and see why this maybe happening looking at my extension it could be due to the wrong doctype getting outputted...this is only something I can fix...I will also add compatibilty mode to the extension as well to allow emulation for older browsers...

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:05 pm

Ok to over come this we need to do add this ’in place of the '
For example:
Mrs. Lewis ' s car is nice.
becomes below but will render/display correctly when published/previewed
Mrs. Lewis’s car is nice.

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:06 pm

Is it possible to have the balloon tip show when the map loads instead of having to click on the marker..

Sorry the map only uses a onclick event to dispaly the ballon.

Cant reall say it could just be a small lag in time for it to be brought into your page and when you refresh it gets called fater because it is already in your browsers cache.
The extension alread has this feature installed if you notice the small man icon in the map if the users drags this on top of the pin icon it will give a streetview..

smartmedia · Post by **smartmedia** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:56 pm

Hi..

I spend 2 hours to figure out why the extension not working for me. I was getting the Lat & Lon from here
Well, in the extension the order is Lon & Lat instead of Lat & Lon, during copy i din't notice. Please correct it because i am sure some users will have the same result as me.
Question:
Why you create an extra page for the extension like googlemaps.html you can't just use the code inside a div...???
Notice:
In the field (Map Icon Image Title) i add a message in Greek but is shown as Chinese. Any idea why...??? Perhaps because u using the extra page googlemaps.html.

That's all for now. Thanks

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 5:50 pm

I spend 2 hours to figure out why the extension not working for me. I was getting the Lat & Lon from here Well, in the extension the order is Lon & Lat instead of Lat & Lon,

If you maybe had spent either 5 minutes looking through previous posts you would have found the anwser or taking the time to post and I would have replied...

Why you create an extra page for the extension like googlemaps.html you can't just use the code inside a div...???

WHY so that you can use more than one map per site and because the javascript that it is using is HTML 5 complient if you try and mix on the same page the w3C gives errors that is why it is in a iframe....

In the field (Map Icon Image Title) i add a message in Greek but is shown as Chinese. Any idea why...??? Perhaps because u using the extra page googlemaps.html.

I dont know I dont speak greek!!!!! and I have no need to use cryliic characters .....I dont and cant test to make sure it works for every persons language that would take forever...did you try using with the unicode version of the builder?????

And finally if you dont like how the Map works or how I bulit it ...then there are more than just this one available to use...and YES that will be ALL for now

smartmedia · Post by **smartmedia** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:46 pm

I do not like your attitude mate.. If you're upset from something else is not my fault. I was only make some comments.

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:07 pm

I dont like your attitude That's all for now. I took this as A INSULT hence me writing the way I did... and again if you dont like the extension move on use another or make your own....and just to let you know I am happy to make any fix that needs making when it is asked nicely....but when I feel I have been insulted I will speak back...

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:25 pm

Ok I have looked at the map, and the url you have in the bubble, and it does look disorted in IE

and not in FF, if you just use the url by itself, inserted into IE address bar and view it is also distored, so this tells me it is nothing to do with the extension, but how IE it rendering the page which is infact using flash to display the streetview, you can see this yourself by looking at the following url which you are using, so it is a browser issue(IE) which the extension has no control over, it also looks like the url is using a older version on the map code (API v2) in the flash that IE cant render the same as Firefox...

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... ed&layer=c

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 2:04 pm

No sorry the information window will only open/display after the user has clicked on the location pin or icon used...

etcbbu · Post by **etcbbu** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:11 am

Hey BaconFries,

Can this extension have multiple "spots" on the same .php page, as done on this website's page:

http://willbanksmetals.com/Contact

?

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:02 am

You should be able to use as many maps as you want, aslong as each map has its own reference , by this googlemap.html, googlemap1.html etc etc...

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:20 am

BF I am not sure if you have mentioned this but I find this site useful for your extension

http://www.getlatlon.com/

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:20 pm

Tnx B for the ups on this site...I have never used it but it will come in handy, when I do a update of the extension when required and will add the url to the pdf ....

etcbbu · Post by **etcbbu** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:55 pm

Is this compatible with WB8?

And where is the download link for this Extension?

etcbbu · Post by **etcbbu** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:22 pm

Actually, now that I am reading the updates on the first page of this topic:

http://wysiwygwebbuilder.com/forum/view ... 42&t=21331

And then also reading on two of Google's web-pages:

1) http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html

2) http://code.google.com/apis/maps/docume ... avascript/

Now I'm wondering: do we even use an extension to use Google Maps in WB8 anymore? If we do, I used an older version of the Maps extension that you made, BaconFries, but now I am wanting to make sure I have the newest version of the Google Maps Extension, if we are still to use one. Where is the download link for it?

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:06 pm

The Google map extension available does use API v3 it also does not require you to insert a API Key as previous versions of the map...this is documented in the very first post oif the extension. So the urls that you pointed me to are exactly what the map has been using since 07/06/11 it was origibally made for version 7.x.x but it will work it WB8

From the first page

This version of the google map was built with Extension builder 2.6.0 and is for WB 7.x.x
Google Maps Javascript API Version 3
"I ask that all users update to this version of the extension as Google maps v2 official Javascript API has been officially deprecated as per Googles deprecation policy."
Please note that this is no longer a translated version but a total rebuild of the map using the latest API.

The Google Maps Javascript API lets you embed Google Maps in your own web pages. Version 3 of this API is especially designed to be faster and more applicable to mobile devices, as well as traditional desktop browser applications.

etcbbu · Post by **etcbbu** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:30 pm

Ok, thanks, BaconFries.

But now I am wondering where the download link is for the extension? I tried going to:

http://wysiwygwebbuilder.com/extensions.html

But I am not seeing it there. Here is a screenshot of the "Google Map" extensions I have that are, I believe, hold-overs from previous versions of WB I had, and I am not sure if I have the most current Google Maps extension or not. AND I am not sure which one is yours, BaconFries, because I think I downloaded one or more that were other Google Map extensions. Here's an image:

http://www.ktravisj.com/googlemapextensions.png

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 5:13 pm

Download For Web Builder 7.6.3 and Higher/Extension Builder 2.6.0 avaiable in Extension Manager under Miscellaneous>Google Maps APIv3