geomap

A Google map implementation that renders a Google map block based on geo microformat tags embedded in a page.

The locations placed on the google map are obtained by analysing the current page for GEO microformat informaton. When this info exists, a map will be rendered, when there is no location information, no map will appear.

This module has been designed to work with the geonames_cck module (http://drupal.org/project/geonames_cck) , which outputs it's data in the correct format.

More information on GEO Microformats: http://microformats.org/wiki/geo

There have been a few updates to the GEO microformat since this was originally written, so not every form of the microformat is currently supported.

Example data:

Why use this form of mapping ?

The advantage of using this method is that there is no need to do anything fancy to link dynamic data with a map view. If your node teasers contain geo data, then a map will appear and plot the data. The map will zoom to fit all markers.

Limitations

At the moment, the javascript is not really themeable. There will need to be some work done to make maps options customizable.

Sponsorship

Development as been sponsored by Code Positive Ltd (http://www.codepositive.com) and The School Of Everything (http://www.schoolofeverything.com)

6.x-2.0-RC1

After a long period, the 2.0 series is nearing completion for Drupal 6! A small amount of automated testing yet, and the module will be officially released. We would appreciate your information.

The future

6.x-2.1

A 2.1 version is to support geomap_location which hooks the geomap module in with the data collected through the location module.

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