Simplest way to add 200 locations [#346043]

I've been assigned the task to add a Gmap to our website showing markers on over 200 locations. I have the Longitude/latitude and cities name ready. I have the location centered. I tried Node Macros but of course it couldn't possibly handle over 200 cities; it probably cut off after 10 cities.

What's the best and simplest method to add 200 locations for the public to see? I'm not familiar with CCK at this point.

Thanks for the assistance.

Comments

Comment #1

yosemite commented 15 December 2008 at 00:30

if you have the markers saved as a gpx waypoint file there is a site that adds all the waypoints to a gmap. i cant remember the name but you should be able to find it by search. it was some waypoint site for adding waypoints to gmaps and google earth kml(?) file

Comment #2

ricobotto commented 16 December 2008 at 13:56

Scommjudy,

I came across this tutorial whilst looking up for something else...its no use to my project but it might help you...

http://ia301121.us.archive.org/2/items/mashupmachine/mashup_machine.mov

Comment #3

socialnicheguru commented 21 December 2008 at 02:33

Comment #4

sComm commented 22 January 2009 at 14:06

Thanks for pointing this out. I watched the video many times even though it's already outdated.

I've installed CCK and kept fiddling around on what I need to do.

I think I hit one final roadblock - import content. I sucessfully see City, State, Latitude, Longtitude, but when it comes to importing there's this error message:

Can not import this node. Check following errors:

* You need to provide a non-empty title.

State:
MO
Longitude :
Latitude:
City:
Sedalia

I am using Long/Lat to pinpoint the cities on the map (eventually I don't want the viewers to see long/lat). Any advice on how to move beyond this so that I can import 200 cities? I'm using Drupal 5.15 on my test site.

Update: I don't know what happened but I finally got the test map up. I had to use a Macro code with 200 cities with lat/long and put it in a Page with Gmap as input function. I think that it has the possiblity to slow down the loading of the map (I'm not sure if Cluster.js is updated)

Also what happens when I get to 1000 cities? What are my options then? Thanks for advice and to bear with me as I'm new to Drupal.