Map Marker Map

[bernhard]

hi peter,

the documentation of mapmarker states:

markerLinkField
Page field to use for the marker link, or blank to not link (type: string; default: url).

so you could define any URL in an extra URL or TEXT field in your pagetable item. you could also set this field to hidden and populate it via hook to ##parent## and then replace all occurrences of ##parent## with any url like this:

i tried it with a single TEXT-field called "markerlink" and put in ##parent## manually and the marker was linked correctly to the current page parent ($page->parent->url)

$map = $modules->get('MarkupGoogleMap'); 
$content = str_replace("##parent##", $page->parent->url, $map->render($page->maptable, 'map', array('markerLinkField' => 'markerlink')));

edit: seems you updated your post

i think there are also modules that populate the value of a given field to specific values? you could also use such tools to populate the "markerlink" field automatically and you then would only have to define this field to be used via mapmarker as link:

$options = array('markerLinkField' => 'your_field_with_the_url_you_want');

[Peter Knight]

Yes, I updated my post. I didn't want to create another post and monopolise the thread

I don't really follow your instructions but that's me wrapping my head around this and not your instructions.

basically, I didn't realise that url below could be the name of a field on my PageTable page.

'markerLinkField' => 'url'

Based on this, you saying I can create a field called url and somewhow reference the parent page address in that?

And by the way, the map I am referring to would be a map displaying ALL pins right across the site and not just pins associated with a single page. 

[bernhard]

yes, in your example "url" would be a FIELD in your pagetable.

for example:

template "map"

field: title

field: maptable (type pagetable with items having template "maptableitems")

template "maptableitems"

field: title

field: map (type mapmarker)

field: markerurl (type text or url)

then just use this settings:

$map = $modules->get('MarkupGoogleMap'); 
$content = $map->render($page->maptable, 'map', array('markerLinkField' => 'markerurl'));

...and the marker would have no link (blank) or the link that you specify in your "markerurl" field. try it manually first. you then could set "markerurl" dynamically via hook or a seperate plugin. i think lostkobrakai made something that could fit here... please google or wait for his advice

[Peter Knight]

Ok, I understand the logic so thanks for clarifying.

I still think my Map Overview page possibly has a different setting as it's pulling in points not from it's own PageTable children (it doesn't have any) but from all other pages with PageTable children.

So it's more like this (without any working urls

<?php
$items = $pages->find("template=update-location, pt_map!='', sort=title"); 
$map = $modules->get('MarkupGoogleMap'); 
echo $map->render($items, 'pt_map', 
array(
'height' => '500px',
'useHoverBox' => true
)
); 
?>

Anyway, thanks for all the help. much appreciated. What I've done for the moment is to add a manual session redirect on my pagetable child page templates.

<?php
$session->redirect($page->parent->url);
?>

It's probably not great for SEO reasons but it'll help me press ahead for the moment.

[bernhard]

i thought about this but didn't want to recommend it

i still don't get what's wrong with changing this

$items = $pages->find("template=update-location, pt_map!='', sort=title"); 

to that

$items = $page->maptable;

your selector gets all pages with template "update-location" where pt_map is not blank, so no wonder that it shows all locations from every page in your website!

edit: of course "maptable" has to be changed to the name of your pagetable field

[naldrocks98]

nice

[naldrocks98]

nice

[sgt.blikey]

I am having a problem returning values for 'lat' and 'lng', which evaluate to '0.000000' when called in my page's template file.

I have a field, 'map', of type MapMarker.

The default address is filled out and the corresponding Latitude and Longitude values are populated.

The field is included in a template, 'contact-us' and this template is used by a page, 'Contact Us'.

In the admin, editing the 'Contact Us' page I see the subfields of my 'map' field are populated correctly and a map is displayed, with a pin dropped in the correct place.

I have reduced the contents of contact-us.php to the following:

<?php
	if ($page->map) {
		echo ("Address: {$page->map->address}<br />");
		echo ("Latitude: {$page->map->lat}<br />");
		echo ("Longitude: {$page->map->lng}<br />");
		echo ("Zoom: {$page->map->zoom}<br />");
	}
?>

The output is as follows (I have edited the address):

Address: Name of Establishment, Street, Town, Postcode

Latitude: 0.000000

Longitude: 0.000000

Zoom: 12

I do not understand, why are 'lat' and 'lng' evaluating as '0.000000'?

Thanks,

Nic

Versions: PW = 2.5.29; FieldTypeMapMarker = 2.0.6; InputfieldMapMarker = 2.0.7; MarkupGoogleMap = 1.0.1

I deleted and recreated the field and this problem went away.

[Robin S]

Great module. One thing that's missing from the field setup options is the ability to set the geocode checkbox to "off" by default. The site I'm building requires editors to drop map pins that don't correspond to any street address and I expect they're going to be confused when the address field geocodes to some distant street address.

[Juergen]

In the description I read:

For example, Google Maps will geocode any of these:

• 125 E. Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030
• Atlanta, GA
• Disney World

but is it normal that it changes the entered address after geocoding to a certain format??

In my case it changes Plus-Kauf-Straße 1, 4061 Pasching, Oberösterreich, Österreich to Plus-Kauf-Straße 1, 4061, Österreich after pressing the save button - so it shortened the entered address. This is a problem because I have included a lot of schema.org markup and I have created an array from the whole address, where I can pick up the different parts of the address separately.

If the address is in another format I run into problems. So this is only if geocoding is on.

Best regards

[bernhard]

hi jürgen,

that's standard behaviour of the google maps api. you can see it's response here: https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Plus-Kauf-Stra%C3%9Fe%201,%204061%20Pasching,%20Ober%C3%B6sterreich,%20%C3%96sterreich

it uses the "formatted_address" field. you could either try to get more information from the json or create a seperate field for the address that is displayed (unshortened).

not sure what you mean exactly by the schema.org array single parts or how your setup is exactly...

[Juergen]

Hello BernhardB,

thanks for your response.

not sure what you mean exactly by the schema.org array single parts or how your setup is exactly...

I create an array of the address entered in the Google map address field.

$location    = $page->veranstaltungmap->address;//this is the google map address field
$location    = explode(",", $location);//cut the address into pieces and create the array
//create each part of the address with schema.org markup
$street = '<span itemprop="streetAddress">' . $location[0] . '</span>, ';
$postalcode = '<span itemprop="postalCode">' . $location[1] . '</span>';
$locality = '<span itemprop="addressLocality">' . $location[2] . '</span>, ';
$region = '<span itemprop="addressRegion">' . $location[3] . '</span>, ';
$country = '<span itemprop="addressCountry">' . $location[4] . '</span>'; 

As you can see I added a lot of schema.org markup to the various part of the address.

This only works if the address is in the correct syntax (street + number, postal code, locality, region, country). If there is one part missing the schema.org part will not be fitting to the output.

I hope it is a little bit clearer now.

But you gave me a hint: I could query the google api and take this array and its content for creating schema.org markups.   I didnt know that this exist -  I hope there are no limitations in the amount of queries!!

[LostKobrakai]

I'd really suggest storing this data separate to the map-marker data. In such a situation you don't want to depend on a tool you cannot surely control what data it spits out (changes to the module or the api). 

[bernhard]

yep, i would also NOT trust this special field value because if the marker is moved it could also completely change the address generated by the google maps api! seperate fields would be the safe way but of course it depends how sensitive your data is...

@limits: https://developers.google.com/maps/licensing

[Juergen]

I think you are right - I will create fields for that!

Thanks

[theoretic]

Hi guys! And thanks for a perfect module.

I would like to propose a small tweak. Function 

render()

 generates some HTML and Javascript. The problem is that the Javascript code implicitly requires JQuery. Here's an example:

this.hoverBox = $(markup);

If JQuery is not loaded before, this javascript code will generate an error.

I propose to wrap the map-generating Javascript into function which executes after the whole document (including the JQuery call) is loaded. Example:

window.onload = function(){
/* original MarkupGoogleMap javascript code goes here */
}

This tweak should be inserted into original MarkupGoogleMap.module file. Real code example:

$out .= "<script type='text/javascript'>" .
" window.onload = function(){".
"if(typeof google === 'undefined' || typeof google.maps === 'undefined') { " . 
"alert('MarkupGoogleMap Error: Please add the maps.googleapis.com script in your document head.'); " . 
"} else { " . 
"var $id = new MarkupGoogleMap(); " . 
"$id.setOption('zoom', $zoom); " . 
"$id.setOption('mapTypeId', google.maps.MapTypeId.$type); " . 
($options['icon'] ? "$id.setIcon('$options[icon]'); " : "") .
($options['iconHover'] ? "$id.setIconHover('$options[iconHover]'); " : "") . 
($options['shadow'] ? "$id.setShadow('$options[shadow]'); " : "") . 
($options['useHoverBox'] ? "$id.setHoverBox('" . str_replace("'", '"', $options['hoverBoxMarkup']) . "');" : "") . 
$options['init'] . 
"$id.init('$id', $lat, $lng); "; 

foreach($pageArray as $page) {
$marker = $page->get($fieldName); 
if(!$marker instanceof MapMarker) continue; 
if(!$marker->lat) continue; 
$url = $options['markerLinkField'] ? $page->get($options['markerLinkField']) : '';
$title = $options['markerTitleField'] ? $page->get($options['markerTitleField']) : ''; 
$out .= "$id.addMarker($marker->lat, $marker->lng, '$url', '$title', ''); ";
}

if(count($pageArray) > 1 && $options['fitToMarkers']) $out .= "$id.fitToMarkers(); ";
$out .= "}
}
</script>";

Tried this tweak in one of my projects, works like a charm.

[theoretic]

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[regesh]

Hi all. Cound anybody tell me how to generate map if for items if have not subpages but fieldtype repeater with "map field". So there is no "pages object".

found here --> https://processwire.com/talk/topic/9711-map-marker-map/?view=findpost&p=96787

[Martijn Geerts]

@regesh: Repeater items are pages

[Tom.]

Hello, 

I'm struggling with this one, I'm not entirely sure what's happening. I seem to have everything set up correctly as per instructions however I'm getting a javascript error and the map is displaying empty: "Cannot read property 'x' of undefined"

However everything looks fine and rendered correctly in the backend FieldType. 

Not sure if anyone has come across this before? I can use the API for now to render it using $page->location->lat, however using $map->render($page, 'location') doesn't seem to be working.

EDIT:

S6 1ND (0.000000, 0.000000, 15) 

For some reason the longitude and latitude is returning 0.000~, 0.000~ even though they are defined in the backend 53.4251316, -1.5238964000000124 

EDIT:

It seems to be the geolocation longitude that seems to be causing the problem "-1.5238964000000124" though this was generated by the system based on the address. 

[bernhard]

have you added google maps to your frontend <head>?

<script type='text/javascript' src='https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false'></script>

if yes: maybe you can show us some code?

[Tom.]

have you added google maps to your frontend <head>?

<script type='text/javascript' src='https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false'></script>

if yes: maybe you can show us some code?

Hello, I have indeed. 

<?php $map = $modules->get('MarkupGoogleMap'); 
echo $map->render($page, 'location'); ?>

It's outputting the map fine when I use any other location but that one. It seems to be a problem with the longitude value. If I use any other location it works fine however if I use "S6 1ND" I get an output of 0.0000, 0.0000 in $page->location. However in the back-end it will have the correct values. 

Even $page->location->lat will return 0.0000. 

Can you replicate it? 

Create a map field and enter the location S6 1ND.

EDIT:

I deleted and recreated the field and this problem went away.

 

It seems this user had the same problem as me, deleting and recreating the field fixed it. I wonder if it's something to do with the default?

[bernhard]

can't replicate it

google maps api response is also ok: https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=S6%201ND

[Tom.]

can't replicate it

google maps api response is also ok: https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=S6%201ND

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Thanks for your help Bernhard, it seems to have corrected itself deleting and re-adding the field. It must have just been a strange bug. 

Thank you very much for your response and help, it's much appreciated.

[bernhard]

link removed due to restriction of google maps api:

Terms of Use Restrictions

The Google Maps Geocoding API may only be used in conjunction with a Google map; geocoding results without displaying them on a map is prohibited. For complete details on allowed usage, consult the Maps API Terms of Service License Restrictions.