googleMaps plugin - FAQs, Troubleshoot and Tips & Techniques |
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Written by kksou
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Thursday, 03 September 2009 |
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This is the FAQ for googleMaps plugin.
Troubleshooting
- First of all, please make sure you have done the following:
- Make sure you're using the latest version of googleMaps (v1.5.10 or higher). I've made some major changes to the library since v1.5.10.
- Go to Plugin Manager and make sure the plugin is enabled.
- The Google API Key: Go to Plugin Manager and make sure you have keyed in your Google Maps API key.
- You are NOT using your local server with local address e.g. 192.168.1.100. Your server must be at an internet address that Google can reach.
- Your Google Map API key must correspond to the domain that you've keyed in when you applied for the key. If you have two websites with different domain names, your Google Map API will be different for each website.
- You are NOT using PHP4. This plugin works only with PHP5 and higher. It does not work with PHP4 because PHP4 does not support OOP multiple inheritance.
- Q: How do I find out the geographical coordinates (i.e. latitude and longitude) of my address?
A: You can use the Google Geocoder v2.0. Simply key in your full address and you will see the latitude and longitude of that address.
- Q: My maps did not show.
Please double check your longitude and latitude. Did you interchanged the two values?
- Q: Your googleMaps plugin only allows one marker to be displayed. What should I do if I want to show two or more markers?
You can display two or more markers using KML files. Please refer to the following articles:
Plugin Conflicts
If you've tried all of the above, and it still does not work, it might be because of conflicts with some other plugins or modules. To ascertain this,
- Please try the plugin on a fresh install of Joomla. This will allow you to know if the plugin works on your machine at all.
- If the plugin works on your fresh install of Joomla, then you could try add in the rest of the plugins and modules one by one until you find the one that causes the conflict.
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September 04, 2009 1:13am
"My problem was not noticing that co-ordinates go into the googleMap plugin as lat=37.4219720 long=-122.0841430, but in the .kml file they are in reverse order!"
Details: Please refer to Forum TOPIC: Re:googleMaps - Multiple markers not working by Pkortge.
September 04, 2009 1:28am
Please refer to Forum TOPIC: Re:maps not working by Stevemc.