ContentMap 
Version
1.2.11 (last update on Apr 19, 2013)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
24
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
2 February 2009
Uses Updater?
- Yes
With this powerful extension you will be able to insert geo coordinates directly into the article parameters. The plugin automatically displays a Google map at the bottom of the article, with the geographical place assigned to the article through the geo coordinates.
The module collects in a single Google map multiple markers associated to the articles, the website visitors can choose the articles to read by clicking them on the map.
Plugin -> Google Maps with one marker in a content
Module -> Google Maps with multiple markers
Supports custom icons for markers, infowindows and all kind of maps (street, satellite, terrain, hybrid).
It doesn't require Maps API knowledge.
ContentMap Plugin and Module have been created by Turismo.eu and have been released freely under Gpl license.
----- 19/04/2013 Version 1.2.11 -----
Display multiple markers with different icons (Thanks to Paul van Haren).
----- 18/01/2013 Version 1.2.10 -----
Minor bug fixes. German languages added.
----- 28/11/2012 Version 1.2.9 -----
Fixed conflicts with other Joomla modules. Spanish and Dutch languages added.
----- 24/05/2012 Version 1.2.8 -----
Swedish and French languages added.
----- 18/05/2012 Version 1.2.7 -----
Automatic content filter based on content's and module's languages. Minor bug fixes.
----- 30/04/2012 Version 1.2.6 -----
New module parameters: "Action on click", "Cluster", "Zoom level", "Center".
Added support for external data sources.
Minor bug fixes.
----- 23 March 2012 Version 1.2.2-----
Released version 1.2.2 native for Joomla 2.5
- Use of new Google Maps API 3
- Automatical grouping of markers
- Article text and image in the marker balloon
- Integrated system to insert the geo coordinates
----- 13 August 2009 Version 1.0.3-----
Released version 1.0.3 of ContentMap plugin
New features:
- Street View
- Google map search
- Terrain map type
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I have tried several google map plugins. This seemed to be the easiest. The main advantage is that the map is managed in the article page itself which makes it by fare easier if you want to use different maps on different pages. The only minor limitations are that it only displays at the bottom of the article and that the balloon is just a repetition of the article text
First time I used a Google map add-on an I was not dissapointed! Works pretty straightforward and bugfree.
This extension does exactly what I needed. It took me some time to understand the nuance between the "plug-in" and "module" mode but got it in the end. I finally embedded it using {loadposition xxx} which works out perfectly.
I would have liked the possibility to apply different markers, for example for linking different article categories. Hence "Good" and just not "Excellent".
I would have liked the possibility to apply different markers, for example for linking different article categories. Hence "Good" and just not "Excellent".
Excellent idea to have localization of each article and a Synthesis Map (with grouping if many markers are too near). I want to have it on my Welcome page.
BUT support is calamitous : I have a display problem with the scale for zooming, left of the maps (fully distorded), and with the cross to close the info-window : active, but does not appear.
This prevents me to go live
Even as a registered user (who paid for support), I am still waiting for an answer to my ticket opened… more than two weeks from now !
So take it out of the box (if it works well for you), and don't pay for registration, you will lose your money !
BUT support is calamitous : I have a display problem with the scale for zooming, left of the maps (fully distorded), and with the cross to close the info-window : active, but does not appear.
This prevents me to go live
Even as a registered user (who paid for support), I am still waiting for an answer to my ticket opened… more than two weeks from now !
So take it out of the box (if it works well for you), and don't pay for registration, you will lose your money !
It's by far the best mapping solution in Joomla. The implementation (coordinates field in each article instead of having a huge bucket of places/coordinates in some component's panel) is genius. Saves a lot of time and gives you the flexibility to create any map you like using the module. Keep up the good work
I was installing/uninstalling several map options that didn´t do the trick. This Free!! plugin+module extension was fast to install, very easy to use and configure and is very versatile. Does what some real state extensions sell as state of the art. A map to include in each article and a module that shows all the pins of all articles in one single map.
Also I was asking for the possibility of several improvements and the replay was fast, positive and free of charge. I am impressed!!!! Thank you
Also I was asking for the possibility of several improvements and the replay was fast, positive and free of charge. I am impressed!!!! Thank you
I have been searching on a last minute notice for a such plugin. After giving a try to multiple options, registering to various sites, I almost gave-up on the idea of automating geo location to a certain set of one particular category.
I was expecting a button on an editor or something to that resort, but instead the article's "key references" field in preferences is utilized. If you keep a separate tab opened with geo location finder (google) to get coordinates - this is the only "downfall" to productivity I saw at this particular plugin.
The parameter sets are amazing and in-depth. Very clean look and polished interface for an admin.
This plugin works flawlessly. No waste of time!
I Thank You for keeping this plugin free! I will not bother removing that clean link under maps - KUDO's on great work!
I was expecting a button on an editor or something to that resort, but instead the article's "key references" field in preferences is utilized. If you keep a separate tab opened with geo location finder (google) to get coordinates - this is the only "downfall" to productivity I saw at this particular plugin.
The parameter sets are amazing and in-depth. Very clean look and polished interface for an admin.
This plugin works flawlessly. No waste of time!
I Thank You for keeping this plugin free! I will not bother removing that clean link under maps - KUDO's on great work!
Owner's reply
Hi rushin2, in ContentMap for Joomla 2.5 there's an integrated system to insert the geo coordinates, so no more separate tab to get geo coordinates ;)
really good extension.. i only have a problem with sef. if i set it on joomla configuration, no markers appear on the map.. only shadows. any idea?
Owner's reply
Hi marcods, in the module parameters you can find the parameter "In case of SEF activated". If you have SEF activated in your site and the module is published in a page reachable from a menu item of first or second level, it's necessary to choose 'Submenu item of first level with Sef activated' or 'Submenu item of second level with Sef activated'.
absolutly great! I'm joomla beginner, so I try to avoid judging to emotionally, but what joomla community does with extensions like this (for free!!!), is the best I ever ever saw (and I'm old enough to say this :-)
So this goes to the review before by andersgunnare: as I said, I'm beginner, but if I understood your problem in the right way, I think you should try jseblod, to get geotagging from the frontend. there you can build templates for your frontend users with address-field and google-map-field and if the frontend user puts his address in, you have geomapping from the frontend, havn't you?
Thanks for this great extension and opportunity and all the best!
So this goes to the review before by andersgunnare: as I said, I'm beginner, but if I understood your problem in the right way, I think you should try jseblod, to get geotagging from the frontend. there you can build templates for your frontend users with address-field and google-map-field and if the frontend user puts his address in, you have geomapping from the frontend, havn't you?
Thanks for this great extension and opportunity and all the best!
Hello World,
The component is very good if it is ok to do the geotagging backend. Then it works really good. For me is it not so usefull because backend is for administration not for population/creating articles. My publishers have access frontend and it is from this place it is needed to get the paossibility to add geo tag to an article.
So for me it got rating "Very Poor", because I don't need a comp/plugin to create this ...
The component is very good if it is ok to do the geotagging backend. Then it works really good. For me is it not so usefull because backend is for administration not for population/creating articles. My publishers have access frontend and it is from this place it is needed to get the paossibility to add geo tag to an article.
So for me it got rating "Very Poor", because I don't need a comp/plugin to create this ...
This is really good. I was looking for something like this and very glad that I have now found it. Only one question for now - how do I get my map to be bigger (ie zoomed in to a certain level). Currently it shows a very small island and that is not good on the website.
Great tool for information on campus/site locations. The users have both an option to use the map or the menu. It would be nice to be able to use various color markers to identify types of locations, but not a big thing...WebMap+ can do that, but WebMap+ doesn't have the link to an article either, so I have to use both tools to get the job done.
Owner's reply
Hi david.wakefield,
thanks for your feedback, in a very very next version of the module we will implement this feature :)
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