Google Maps Module for V3 & V4

[MiśUszatek]

One more question....

....is there any way to display map in listing preview, so user will see if his map is correct?

[Lhotch +]

No there is not. The best thing to do is to tell people to test their address at google first. They can also go back in and edit the address after the ad is placed.

[MiśUszatek]

where I should look if I want to change GIcon?

I was looking at iconImage parameter in GoogleMapAPI.class.php ....is that correct file? If so...what exactly I need to change to provide URL to icon and shadow?

[Lhotch +]

I dont know exactly what needs to be changed or if its possible with the API that I use. You would have to experiment.

[MiśUszatek]

I know exactly what but since I don't have programing skills I would need a little guide

in API guide I found note:

setMarkerIcon($iconImage,$iconShadowImage,$iconAnc horX,$iconAnchorY,$infoWindowAnchorX,$infoWindowAn chorY)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This sets the icon image for ALL the map markers. Call this once. If you
want to set a different icon for each marker, use addMarkerIcon()
instead.

You must supply a separate image for the icon and its shadow.
iconAnchorX/Y is the X/Y coordinates of the icon for the map point.
infoWindowAnchorX/Y is the X/Y coordinates of the icon where the info
window connects.

The iconImage and iconShadowImage can be either fully qualified URLs, or
a relative path from your web server DOCUMENT_ROOT. These images MUST
exist and readable so the library can calculate the dimensions.

Example:

$map->setMarkerIcon('/images/house.png','/images/house_shadow.png',0,0,10,10);

so I placed this in the code:

/**
* generate an array of params for a new marker icon image
* iconShadowImage is optional
* If anchor coords are not supplied, we use the center point of the image by default.
* Can be called statically. For private use by addMarkerIcon() and setMarkerIcon()
*
* @param string $iconImage URL to icon image
* @param string $iconShadowImage URL to shadow image
* @param string $iconAnchorX X coordinate for icon anchor point
* @param string $iconAnchorY Y coordinate for icon anchor point
* @param string $infoWindowAnchorX X coordinate for info window anchor point
* @param string $infoWindowAnchorY Y coordinate for info window anchor point
*/

$map->setMarkerIcon('/images/arroe.png','/images/arrow_shadow.png',0,0,10,10);


function createMarkerIcon($iconImage,$iconShadowImage = '',$iconAnchorX = 'x',$iconAnchorY = 'x',$infoWindowAnchorX = 'x',$infoWindowAnchorY = 'x') {
$_icon_image_path = strpos($iconImage,'http') === 0 ? $iconImage : $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $iconImage;
if(!($_image_info = @getimagesize($_icon_image_path))) {
die('GoogleMapAPI:createMarkerIcon: Error reading image: ' . $iconImage);
}
if($iconShadowImage) {
$_shadow_image_path = strpos($iconShadowImage,'http') === 0 ? $iconShadowImage : $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $iconShadowImage;
if(!($_shadow_info = @getimagesize($_shadow_image_path))) {
die('GoogleMapAPI:createMarkerIcon: Error reading image: ' . $iconShadowImage);
}
}

if($iconAnchorX === 'x') {
$iconAnchorX = (int) ($_image_info[0] / 2);
}
if($iconAnchorY === 'x') {
$iconAnchorY = (int) ($_image_info[1] / 2);
}
if($infoWindowAnchorX === 'x') {
$infoWindowAnchorX = (int) ($_image_info[0] / 2);
}
if($infoWindowAnchorY === 'x') {
$infoWindowAnchorY = (int) ($_image_info[1] / 2);
}

$icon_info = array(
'image' => $iconImage,
'iconWidth' => $_image_info[0],
'iconHeight' => $_image_info[1],
'iconAnchorX' => $iconAnchorX,
'iconAnchorY' => $iconAnchorY,
'infoWindowAnchorX' => $infoWindowAnchorX,
'infoWindowAnchorY' => $infoWindowAnchorY
);
if($iconShadowImage) {
$icon_info = array_merge($icon_info, array('shadow' => $iconShadowImage,
'shadowWidth' => $_shadow_info[0],
'shadowHeight' => $_shadow_info[1]));
}
return $icon_info;
}

/**
* set the marker icon for ALL markers on the map
*/
function setMarkerIcon($iconImage,$iconShadowImage = '',$iconAnchorX = 'x',$iconAnchorY = 'x',$infoWindowAnchorX = 'x',$infoWindowAnchorY = 'x') {
$this->_icons = array($this->createMarkerIcon($iconImage,$iconShadowImage,$ico nAnchorX,$iconAnchorY,$infoWindowAnchorX,$infoWind owAnchorY));

}

/**
* add an icon to go with the correspondingly added marker
*/
function addMarkerIcon($iconImage,$iconShadowImage = '',$iconAnchorX = 'x',$iconAnchorY = 'x',$infoWindowAnchorX = 'x',$infoWindowAnchorY = 'x') {
$this->_icons[] = $this->createMarkerIcon($iconImage,$iconShadowImage,$ico nAnchorX,$iconAnchorY,$infoWindowAnchorX,$infoWind owAnchorY);
return count($this->_icons) - 1;
}

/**
* print map header javascript (goes between <head></head>)
*
*/
function printHeaderJS() {
echo $this->getHeaderJS();
}

.....but that didn't work (since I'm not a programmer probably i messed up something )

[MiśUszatek]

well, I'm not sure if I placed this line in correct place but it didn't work, so I checked my old project for different site where I used custom icon for Google map.




look at part of current GoogleMapAPI.class.php

function getMapJS() {
$_output = '<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">' . "\n";
$_output .= '//<=!=[=C=D=A=T=A=[' . "\n";
$_output .= "/*************************************************\ n";
$_output .= " * Created with GoogleMapAPI " . $this->_version . "\n";
$_output .= " * Author: Monte Ohrt <monte AT ohrt DOT com>\n";
$_output .= " * Copyright 2005-2006 New Digital Group\n";
$_output .= " * http://www.phpinsider.com/php/code/GoogleMapAPI/\n";
$_output .= " *************************************************/\n";

$_output .= 'var points = [];' . "\n";
$_output .= 'var markers = [];' . "\n";
$_output .= 'var counter = 0;' . "\n";
if($this->sidebar) {
$_output .= 'var sidebar_html = "";' . "\n";
$_output .= 'var marker_html = [];' . "\n";
}

if($this->directions) {
$_output .= 'var to_htmls = [];' . "\n";
$_output .= 'var from_htmls = [];' . "\n";
}

if(!empty($this->_icons)) {
$_output .= 'var icon = [];' . "\n";
for($i = 0, $j = count($this->_icons); $i<$j; $i++) {
$info = $this->_icons[$i];

// hash the icon data to see if we've already got this one; if so, save some javascript
$icon_key = md5(serialize($info));
if(!isset($exist_icn[$icon_key])) {

$_output .= "icon[$i] = new GIcon();\n";
$_output .= sprintf('icon[%s].image = "%s";',$i,$info['image']) . "\n";

if($info['shadow']) {
$_output .= sprintf('icon[%s].shadow = "%s";',$i,$info['shadow']) . "\n";
$_output .= sprintf('icon[%s].shadowSize = new GSize(%s,%s);',$i,$info['shadowWidth'],$info['shadowHeight']) . "\n";
}
$_output .= sprintf('icon[%s].iconSize = new GSize(%s,%s);',$i,$info['iconWidth'],$info['iconHeight']) . "\n";
$_output .= sprintf('icon[%s].iconAnchor = new GPoint(%s,%s);',$i,$info['iconAnchorX'],$info['iconAnchorY']) . "\n";
$_output .= sprintf('icon[%s].infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(%s,%s);',$i,$info['infoWindowAnchorX'],$info['infoWindowAnchorY']) . "\n";
} else {
$_output .= "icon[$i] = icon[$exist_icn[$icon_key]];\n";
}
}
}

now I compared this with my custom google map icon from different project:

var icon = new GIcon();
icon.image = \"template/tm/images/red_arrow.png\";
icon.shadow = \"template/tm/images/red_arrow_shadow.png\";
icon.iconSize = new GSize(36, 29);
icon.shadowSize = new GSize(36, 29);
icon.iconAnchor = new GPoint(10, 25);
icon.infoWindowAnchor = new GPoint(15, 10);

so everything is defined by icon.image & icon.shadow which in this GoogleMapAPI is defined as $iconImage.
Now... where exactly and how I can define URL for that?

[Lhotch +]

Originally Posted by MiśUszatek

so everything is defined by icon.image & icon.shadow which in this GoogleMapAPI is defined as $iconImage.
Now...where exactly and how I can define URL for that?

where you have

icon.image = \"template/tm/images/red_arrow.png\";

you could tryusing a complete URL.....ie
icon.image = \"http://mysite.com/template/tm/images/red_arrow.png\";

But I cant guarantee it will work.

One thing you have to realize, the API release by google is for using javascript. The API I use is a class which takes PHP and creates the javascript to create the map. All I did was create a wrapper to allow easy implementation of the php API to be used with 68C.

Because of the way the PHP API interacts with the javascript API I did have some issues with getting images to display on the map marker due to semi hard coded paths in the API and I have not pursued a solution because its just a fluffy add on and not realy necessary for the modul to work as I designed it.

[newcastledirectory +]

Hi Larry
I am still hopping that you figured out why the module will not work on my suite yet?

SS
Newcastledirectory
Hunter Classifieds.com.au

[Lhotch +]

Originally Posted by newcastledirectory

Hi Larry
I am still hopping that you figured out why the module will not work on my suite yet?

SS
Newcastledirectory
Hunter Classifieds.com.au

Its not a problem with the module but how your site is running. You have 68C installed in the root of one domain, then you haveit installed in a subdirectory, which is a subdomain.

While normally this isnt a problem, it appears that you 68C site is using some files from the root doamin and others form the subdomain and in turn the files are located in 2 different places and because of this when the map modul coad is added to the proper template its not being loaded because your site is using files from the other install.