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User in Maine USA trying to get a map with multi markers up on Joomla 1.5. Mike returned my email promptly with guidance on using KML with googlemaps. Was up and running after reading the documentation... maybe an hour end-to-end. Thanks Mike -- I recommend highly.

Found this great - easy to include in a content item, and simple to configure.

Only hicup I had was when trying to give an address rather than lat/lon parameters. But Mike got back with a fix in very short order.

Excellent extension. Simple to use but pretty powerful. Have easily added GoogleMaps to JReviews so that all reviews of places to visit include little google maps.

Initially had a query about setting this up but Mike emailed back really quickly and provided link to useful info. I then took couple of minutes to link Googlemap and JReviews and I'm not a hardcore techie.

After getting over how to figure out how to set you parameters, using this plugin is straight forward.

This is as simple as setting up maps for Joomla as it gets.

On Joomla 1.5 RC2, I initially had problems getting maps appear in articles. I had no problems in the frontpage and blog views of the article. But the articles just showed a blank space for the map. I wrote for support and the problem was solved after 3 or so prompt email exchanges. Thanks Mike.

Great Plugin:
This is a great tool... especially for features like adding a Kml file as an overlay, exactly what I needed.

Great Support:
I installed 2.9 but found I could not get the map with loaded kml file to zoom in on lat/lon I had set... it kept loading zoomed out to 'show all' markers on the map. I emailed Mike and he responded straight away, checked my page and admitting it was a bug in the plugin sent me an updated version which completely fixed it :)

Very impressed... will definately send a donation for that support.

I've used this on a couple of sites now and it's really easy to use and looks great ! When I initially used it and had problems with the configuration, Mike was really helpful and fast to reply.

I'd highly recommend using this great tool to get the latitude and longitude to use with this plugin: http://www.gorissen.info/Pierre/maps/googleMapLocationv3.php

Nice work Mike, thanks very much :o)

I managed to launch the plugin in no time. After 20 minutes I had a nice looking map in one of my articles. Works fine under FF2 and IE7.
I had an issue with putting an e-mail address in the balloon popup but after contacting Mike (it took him a few hours!), he promised to take care of it. So it's a score for the developer, as well as to the code itself.

Worked straight out of the box. My first Joomla 1.5 site and absolutely no problems. Took me longer to get the longitude and latidude right than it did to download, install and use this extension.

Enabling the directions feature is amazingly easy.

A fine plug-in thank you. very easily installed and configured in minutes. Adding the code is easy and within minutes you can have maps on your site. Highly recommended.

To the creators of this plugin/mambot, excellent job! It is both easy to use and accurate!

I tried this plugin and it worked perfectly & was simple to install & use. Had a problem unique to my site, the text in the infowindow was white against white. Didn't want to change my template css, so asked Mike what to do. He responded immediately with a revamped version of the plugin, and instructions. It now works properly on my site. Thanks Mike!

I have been struggling for the past 5 hours, trying to use the Google Map API component, until I found yours. This is so much easier to use and serves my purpose. Thanks and God bless!

thanks for this excellent plugin. i'm a novice and had no time figuring out how to make it work in a variety of templates.

the only unresolvable issue i've found is with the modern business template (rockettheme). even then it works fine with every browser i've tried except ie7 (surprise?). the problem isn't with the plugin, it's the template.

The only problem I had was finding a reliable way of converting a UK postcode to longitude\latitude coordinates. I found the best way was to go to www.streetmap.co.uk, enter the postcode and click search. At the bottom of the screen you will see a tiny link saying ' Click here to convert/measure coordinates', click this and it will give you a perfect long\lat coordinate.

All in all an excellent little mambot\plugin.

The recently added KML support makes this extension invaluable. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I was looking for a way to add polygons to my maps and this does the job (& transparent polygons no less). The basic editiing tools in Google Maps should be enough for most users to quickly create a detailed and highly customizable KML file.

it's possible to load kml file made with google earth !
to make it compatible with J!B2
edit the xml file and replace tags with

Hello,
i've tested your component on joomla 1.5 and i think i'll use it in the futur !
First of all i made modifications to use it with j!1.5 Beta 2 :
in xml file change line 3 to :

change line 156 to :


in the plugin_googlemap2.php at line 241 i replace :id = intval( mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'id', null ) );
with:
$id = JRequest::getVar('id', null);
comment line 112 and uncommented line 113 for permissions access

that's done

At first, I was very frustrated with this plugin because the instructions are not very idiot-proof. It took some experimentation and research to get it right. But now that I've got a handle on it, it is exactly what we needed. Perfect.

A couple of keys that I learned the hard way:
1. The kml filename must be all lower case. For example, 'map1.kml' NOT 'Map1.kml'.
2. The admin must remember that the default lon and lat settings and zoom level in the plugin attributes define the starting view. So if we have a zoomed-in starting point in Europe, then it will appear as though our US map is not functioning properly. So since most of my maps are US-based, I set my attributes to be midwest US zoomed way out. Then I am using the 'zoom='x'|' command within the mosmap tag to zoom in within the content article.
3. Installers must remember to modify the template html as described in the wiki, otherwise we lose functionality in IE.

I also eventually figured out that we can simply use Docman to upload the kml files. This keeps it simple for the site owners who may not have that much tech expertise. The only trick then is to use the mosmap path kml=http://www.sitename.com/docs/filename.kml. Very simple.

Also, Mike Reumer emailed me with some help within 48 hours of my initial inquiry. Thanks Mike!

Definitely I recommend this plugin. Just be patient and use the many Joomla community resources that are available. You will figure it out and have no regrets!

not only a great add-on for Googlemaps easy pasting in a, say, static page but also a friendly and effective hand-in-hand support from the author.

First class.
Bravo
Alberto

Much simpler to use than Google Maps API component/module. Since this is a Mambot, all you do put one line of tailorable {mosmap...} code in your article and voila - a Google map appears with all your options that you set in the tag.

Because it's pseudo-code this isn't terribly useful for people with zero coding know-how, but for the average Joomla web master, it's a piece of cake. It would be nice too if there were some more options in the config for this mambot to open the Google info box and put all sorts of miscellaneous info in there like phone numbers, images, etc. But the mambot's beauty is in its simplicity.

Also, note that If you run into a "file_get_contents" error when you run this mambot, check your php.ini file - I had this problem. Make sure that "allow_url_fopen" is set to "on" in php.ini.

Great plugin, does what it says on the tin.

I would just love to be able to select a different 'pin' icon. Any help most appreciated!