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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!

If you simply want to display dynamic maps in Joomla, this is the perfect solution. You have only to configure the mambot (very easy) and put a {mosmap} tag inside content, in desidered position.

That's a nice module, I'm still getting to grasp with using it...

Some hints and tips for others... The googleapi key doesn't seem to have been activated at thier end until 5-6 hours later. I found mention somewhere of this and just retried it and everything works as per instructions...

Those complaining or not on accuracy, you can't use any map for the lat/lon because lat/lon is not unique.. but depends on the spheroid, and datum ... save youself some pain and google geodesic system.
I guess google uses WGS 84 since its integrating satellite data.

have fun

Clean, Simple and Perfect .....

Worked more than perfect at first try.

My apologies to Mike Reumer as I have accidentally given one of my best ever reviews to the other Google package which also may be good but I know this one is great. This plugin has a very helpful author and is an excellent product, though to work, it needs an API code from Google (obtainable through the program), and the text html setup has to be exactly, exact, to work properly.
The plugin provides the potential for a number of maps and markers to be added to several content pages.
A must for any club or business.
Puts your site right on the map.
The program works best when the exact longtitude and lattitudes were used and I went to http://www.satsig.net to get spot on markers

I used google map on one of my website to show hotel locations but this one is way easier to set and for some application is actually better and much simplest to use.
great job 5 star!

Up until now had cut and pasted static google map images so this is perfect for adding interactive maps. This offers a really clean look for my new site.

Thanks!

This plugin works and looks great in firefox but when I checked it in IE7 I was disappointed. I'm sure it's an IE7 bug.

The map will initially display in IE7 and you can pan it around but when you try zooming you get a blank area where the map was originally. Other than that it is impressive.