Dear All,

Is anyone kind enough to share or show me the step by step instruction for mapping kit?

Although that is a website with all the demo, but I just find it hard to understand. Maybe due to my poor english.

Btw, my web hosting couldn't allow me to install extra package like PostgreSQL, Flamingo Map Components, map server etc. I not sure what I going to miss out.

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jpulles commented

First what you miss:

No mapserver -> you cannot show your own georeferenced data in the maps, but you are limited to external base layers (google, virtual earth, openstreetmap) and external web map services (WMS)
No postgresql with postgis -> you cannot store geometry in the database but this is no problem since you don't have mapserver to show it
No flamingo -> you cannot use the flamingo (flash) map client for wms layers, but are limited to OpenLayers; this is no problem at all, since OpenLayers has much more functionality

What you can do is show inline maps in your content when the 'inline maps' input filter is enabled. Inside a map definition you can select base layers or other layers like gpx tracks, wms layers, georss feeds.
What would you like to show on your site?

Regards,
John

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cnh commented

What I want is that something like gmap + location + views + cck. where i can insert lat and long to a node then display by view.

I think this is possible done by mapping kit but unsure how.

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jpulles commented

If you have the mapping kit enabled, you can enable locations for nodes e.g. at /?q=admin/content/node-type/page. There you can also select a map context to be used for pointing at a certain location instead of entering the location in text fields.
A map context defines a maximum or default extent of a map and which (base)layers to display in it.
At the moment, there's no linkage with the views or cck modules.

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cnh commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)