Adding custom maps with code

Hey @mcengland. Sorry for the delayed response. How is this going?

So, what you have above is a PHP map array that can get rendered as a map with this module. The problem is that you have to let the module know about it by implementing a hook.

This is the implementation from the openlayers module.

/**
 * Implementation of hook_openlayers_presets().
 */
function openlayers_openlayers_presets() {
  $presets = array();

  // Create map array
  $default_map = array(
    'projection' => '4326',
    'width' => 'auto',
    'default_layer' => 'openlayers_default_wms',
    'height' => '300px',
    'center' => array(
      'lat' => '0',
      'lon' => '0',
      'zoom' => '2',
    ),
    'options' => array(
      'displayProjection' => '4326',
    ),
    'controls' => array(
      'LayerSwitcher' => TRUE,
      'Navigation' => TRUE,
      'PanZoomBar' => TRUE,
      'MousePosition' => TRUE,
    ),
  );

  // Create full preset array
  $presets['default'] = array(
    'preset_name' => 'default',
    'preset_title' => t('Default Map'),
    'preset_description' => t('This is the default map preset that comes with the OpenLayers module.'),
    'preset_data' => $default_map,
  );

  return $presets;
}

For your case, you would make a small Drupal module that implements this hook:

/**
 * Implementation of hook_openlayers_presets().
 */
function YOURMODULE_openlayers_presets() {
  // your map array here ..
}

Then this would show up in the preset interface and you can use it where ever you can use other maps.

Closing. @mcengland let me/us know if we can help out some more. Hopefully I can add more docs soon.