Mapping in Drupal
Hi Chris, thanks first of all for these wonderful videos. I've learnt a lot just watching a couple videos. I'm really interested using mapping in drupal. If mapping is also interesting for other members, maybe you could also make a video about mapping, such as open layers modules.
cheers,
Yosia
Yes, Im looking to adding Google Maps to a Drupal site I want to build. I know there is a GMap module but that is kinda overkill for what I need.
Is there a somewhat current module so I can just add a google map to a content type and display it?
thanks.
Hi there,
If you're wanting to display custom locations on-the-fly on your map, then you probably need something like the GMap module. However, if you only have a few maps, you can just manually add the iframe embed code that Google Maps provides by going to the map and clicking on the link icon in the upper right-hand-corner. You could paste this code into a text field, for example, and display it that way.
I hope that helps!
Cheers,
Chris
Yes I saw the gMap module and that kind seemed like overkill for what I needed and heard that module really can slow down your site. I just want to be able to add a map with a location point or two for a custom content type.
Is that the only way?
Hej Chris
I made this site http://beta.findtoilet.dk/ using module Gmap, Locations and a lot of javascript/google maps api 3 but would also love to see some videos about this, please.
Maybe this new book "Mapping with Drupal Navigating Complexities to Create Beautiful and Engaging Maps
By Alan Palazzolo, Thomas Turnbull" http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920021230.do will interest many of you until Chris got time to make videos about Mapping which I hope he will.
Maybe use this GoogleMapsAPI 3 tutorial in Drupal as a module?
Have suggested Chris to make some videos explaining how to get this tutorial in Drupal as a module:
Introducing the Store Locator Utility Library - http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2012/03/introducing-store-locato...
Hi Yosia,
I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying the videos! Mapping in Drupal is a lot of fun, and I would love to give it some coverage, for sure, this is a great idea.
Mapping has been added to the list, thank you!
Cheers,
Chris