Drag 'n Drop marker [#240811]

Hi, is there a way to have a Drag 'n Drop functionality while positioning a Marker? I'm using Location.module, map_location.module and gMap.module to let users locate their contents:

initially they choose Region/City (I added some ActiveSelect AJAX loading for them)
then click "Locate this on the Map"
then they have only to move the marker to the right position.

Is this a planned feature? Let me know!

Regards

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#3	locpick.js_.txt	3.88 KB	bdragon

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Comment #1

Wouter Van den Bosch CreditAttribution: Wouter Van den Bosch commented 23 April 2008 at 07:13

/subscribing

I'd love to see this as well. I'm developing a citizen participation website and usertests just showed that the bulk of people instinctively want to drag and drop the marker after its first positioning on the map.

Comment #2

farf CreditAttribution: farf commented 29 April 2008 at 07:34

subiscribing

Comment #3

bdragon CreditAttribution: bdragon commented 26 June 2008 at 20:38

Assigned:	Unassigned	» bdragon
Status:	Active	» Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

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locpick.js_.txt	3.88 KB

How's this? (Committed to DRUPAL-5, copy of changed file attached)

Are there any other changes that you can think of to improve usability?

Comment #4

Wouter Van den Bosch CreditAttribution: Wouter Van den Bosch commented 2 July 2008 at 11:14

Just tested your new code.

It works great for points you manually add to the map by clicking on it directly.

But just like the original poster of this issue, I use the map_location module which allows me to enter an address, press a button and have a marker appear on my map (on the right spot of course).

What isn't possible for some reason is dragging a marker that was placed on the map in this fashion.

I can however (funnily enough) click once next to the marker (so it relocates) and from then on it *is* draggable as well.

Any idea on how you could make markers that are placed on the map via map_location draggable from the start ?

Would be great if this was possible.

One minor usability issue that came up in our tests was the fact that people found the autozoom feature a bit disorienting. Probably because we already start on a pretty high zoom value. Hence we deleted the two zoomIn calls you have at line 30 and 31. But I could figure that other people do find this a helpful feature (especially when you start from higher up).

Cheers for the work so far!

Wouter

Comment #5

tinem CreditAttribution: tinem commented 24 April 2009 at 12:44

I'm new to Drupal and haven't made my site yes but have made a lot of Google Maps API sites and would like if this has been solved, please?

Comment #6

tobedeleted CreditAttribution: tobedeleted commented 18 October 2009 at 08:21

Version:

5.x-1.x-dev

» 6.x-1.1-rc1

I'm also very keen to see the functionality described by Wouter above.

I have a site where each node has a map block driven by a postal code via Gmap Location. What I'm seeing in practice is that many of the markers are inaccurately positioned (is this a weakness in Google's API?) and the users want to move them to the correct position on the map.

I was wondering whether this is a configurable option via a Gmap macro behavior, but I can't locate a complete definition of what's possible using the macro feature.

I would be happy to consider a financial contribution to support any required development time on this.

Comment #7

Max_Headroom CreditAttribution: Max_Headroom commented 20 January 2010 at 08:34

Version:

6.x-1.1-rc1

» 6.x-1.x-dev

I'm running into what I believe are the same problems. My application is very similar.
I've 'AJAX-ified' the standard node location fields so that the map gets updated as soon as the user starts entering the address details.
I also add a marker to the map with Gmarker and map overlay. If I don't do this, the map has no marker when I update the address.
On the map I have a marker which I can drag around.
But when I click on a new area, it adds another marker.
Now I got two markers which I can drag around.
Clicking on the map, only the newest marker will jump to the clicked position.
When I click on the second marker, it gets deleted. However, now when I click around on the map the map just jumps to the position, no new marker is created.
The original marker is still where I last left it.

A work around I am going to look at is to remove the first marker as soon as I click on the map (any tips how?). Problem I foresee is the second marker that disappear when you click on it.