By ALT83 on

Using Gmap.module and Location.module I've successfully created a new node type called "Map" that allows people to click on a Google map that will place a marker on a map and fill in the necessary Longitude and Latitude fields.

My problem is, when the node is saved, it only displays it as a list of the details, e.g.

Location
Taipei
Taiwan
25° 2' 1.284" N, 121° 33' 52.0596" E

What I want to be able to do is to render these details in an actual map.

Using ConTemplate.module I have access to those raw coordinates as print $node->locations[0]['latitude'] and print $node->locations[0]['longitude'] but am not sure what the rest of the embed code should be...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Alex

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tantenic commented

I think you can use the function provided by gmap module.

for example:

print gmap_simple_map($node->locations[0]['latitude'], $node->locations[0]['longitude'] ,'', '', 15);

You can find the function in gmap.module line 1124

function gmap_simple_map($latitude, $longitude, $markername = '', $info = '', $zoom = 'auto', $width = 'default', $height = 'default', $autoshow = FALSE, $map = array())

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ALT83 commented

Seems like you were spot on with that! Worked perfectly! :)

I do have a follow-up question though. When I click the marker that makes on my map, it creates an empty speech bubble. Is there any way to put the title of my node in that spot and/or other HTML code in to that speech bubble?

Thanks!

Alex

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tantenic commented

Just play arround with the variables in this function:

function gmap_simple_map($latitude, $longitude, $markername = '', $info = '', $zoom = 'auto', $width = 'default', $height = 'default', $autoshow = FALSE, $map = array())

I think $info ist what you are looking for:

like:

print gmap_simple_map($node->locations[0]['latitude'], $node->locations[0]['longitude'] ,'', 'THIS IS YOUR INFO', 15);

Nicolas.

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ALT83 commented

I managed to use that to get the title, but my limited knowledge of PHP means I don't know how to have multiple fields such as body content etc. in that same bit without getting a PHP error

This is what I have so far, how can include extra fields such as $node->content['body']['#value'] beneath the title in the box without getting errors?:

<?php print gmap_simple_map($node->locations[0]['latitude'], $node->locations[0]['longitude'],'', $node->title, 15); ?>

I'm also interested, is there a way to automatically render a static image like a Gif or Jpeg from these coordinates set to certain dimensions (e.g. 150px x 113px) which I could then use in teasers as opposed to the Javascript map itself?

Thanks for your continued great help :)

Alex

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tantenic commented

Could you post
- the PHP-Code, that gives the error
- the error message

I think you could fill any HTML-Code into $info.

I don't think, that there is an easy way to render a static image, but I'm not that familar with google maps.

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mm167 commented

if my understanding is correct, u are on the wrong way ....
looks u mixed up the usages of the 2 modules.

try step back, re-state what u really want?

good luck

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ALT83 commented

This is what works for me:

<?php print gmap_simple_map($node->locations[0]['latitude'], $node->locations[0]['longitude'],'', $node->title, 15); ?>

Any alternative (HTML tags etc.) produces the following: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<' in /webroot/a/s/asian015/woosh/www/modules/contemplate/contemplate.module(851) : eval()'d code on line 1

The above produces a Google map with a pin on it in a location as defined by the user on node creation. When that pin is clicked, a speech bubble comes up with the node's title in it. Ideally I would like more information in there as well and be able to format it using HTML tags.

That's the first thing I'd like to do and is what appears in the full body view for my nodes. For the teaser though I'm thinking maybe some way to automatically render a static gif or jpeg of smaller dimensions (e.g. 150px by 113px) would be better, particularly when I have lots of nodes on the same page so as to not have too many large Javascript maps load.

Hope that clears things up :)

Thanks

Alex

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tantenic commented

I don't use contemplate.

I use a special template: node-.tpl.php

There i could use html for $info.

I don't know if it's possible to render a static image.

Nicolas.

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ALT83 commented

I'm probably formatting it wrong (as I'm pretty sure you can't nest PHP tags), but neither of the following works:

<?php print gmap_simple_map($node->locations[0]['latitude'], $node->locations[0]['longitude'],'', '<b> <?php $node->title { ?> </b>', 15); ?>

<?php print gmap_simple_map($node->locations[0]['latitude'], $node->locations[0]['longitude'],'', '<b> $node->title </b>', 15); ?>

I assume I need to format the HTML tags in some way that's PHP friendly?

Wish I knew PHP better :-s

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tantenic commented

You realy shoul'd read about php ;-)

for example:
http://de3.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php

try this:


<?php
print gmap_simple_map($node->locations[0]['latitude'], $node->locations[0]['longitude'],'', '<b>' .$node->title.'</b>', 15);
?>

With . you can connect strings.

for example:

$info = 'string 1'.$node->title.'string 2'.$node->locations[0]['latitude'].'string 3';

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ALT83 commented

dupe