PHP-GTK2 Cookbook Blog

The plugin now comes with a built-in Google geocoder!

This means that you can now specify address directly, instead of using the longitude and latitude. Please refer to here for more details.

You can now add multiple controls, e.g. GLargeMapControl3D|GMapTypeControl.

Please refer to here for more details.

Have completely rewritten the Google Geocoder from scratch - much cleaner code and user interface.

Google Geocoder v2.0: http://www.kksou.com/php-gtk2/google-geocoder-v2/

Just enter the address to retrieve the latitude and longitude.

Once the map is displayed, you can also click on the map to find out the exact latitude and longtitude of the point you have clicked.

• support for geographical coordinates (i.e. longitude and latitude)
• support for multilines i.e. you can specify multiple destinations across multiple lines
• added GOverviewMapControl, GScaleControl, GoogleBar
• You can now display both the googleMaps and googleDirections in the same article.

• By default, an overview map will be added to the bottom right corner of the map. To turn it off use addoverview=0.
• By default, a Google Bar will be displayed that provides local search capabilities within Maps API applications, allowing users to search locations for local listings. For example, the user can search for restaurants or the nearest bookstores around the place. To turn it off use addgoogle=0.
• To add a a control that displays the map scale, use addscale=1

Bug fix: when swapping the map and directions from left to right, the headings are now displayed correctly.

The googleDirections plugin has just been published on joomla.org:

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/photos-&-images/maps/8487/details

The googleMaps module has just been published on joomla.org:

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/photos-&-images/maps/8399/details

The plugin now works with IE!

Thanks to Nina and Warren for highlighting that the plugin does not work in IE. A quick google will reveal that this seems to be a prevalent problem especially with IE6.

Have fixed this in the new version. The googleMaps and googleDirections plugins now work with IE6 and above.

Note that rendering of the Google Maps in IE6 is relatively slower than that in other browsers. So please be a bit patient. Also it seems that in IE6 the map marker icons (the little red teardrops) were not rendering properly.