Major Additions - VBGooglemap Member Edition

Version 3.0.1 is currently available

This is the tested port of my 3.5.x version h(https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=99920)

You can now nominate hacks yourself for hacks of the month. There is a link on the right of hacks on top of the files.

Function
This will display the members of the Bulletin Board based on their lattitude and longitude coordinates on a googlemap.

Don't forget to hit install !!!!!!!
Please read the guide before asking for support !!!!!!!

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INSTALL

Detailed installation instructions and screenshots in the included pdf file.

Current Features



NOTE:
VBGooglemap 3.0.0 contains the vulnerability fix. Please upgrade immediately. Version 3.0.0. also contains all features from 2.5.X

As always you use modifications at your own risk.

VBGooglemap Member Edition 2.5.x brings you a lot of new features. It?s vital that you uninstall any previous version before upgrading/installing version 2.5.x.

Upgrading from version 2.5.0 is easier. Instruction are available in the guide.

As the uninstall function will not remove your googlemap data in the database but only the templates and files you can safely remove an older version. As a precaution you should always take a backup. This should be done on each major change you make to your bulletin board.

IF YOU ARE RUNNING VERSION 1.0.3, 2.0.X AND YOU CHANGED TEXT DIRECTLY IN THE TEMPLATES YOU NEED TO SAVE YOUR CHANGES AS VERSION 3.0.0. REQUIRES YOU TO UINSTALL PREVIOUS VERSIONS.

This has taken quite some work and still will take a lot more. Please give credit where credit is due. You cannot remove any notice without prior written permission.

Changes in this version

SEE FIRST POST FOR FULL ROADMAP AND HISTORY

Planned Features
- TBD

Volume warning

high volume of users may slow down the load. Currently a load counter is included.

Languages

Thanks to Wachtmeister there is a German translation available to you all. Feel free to use it.

The translation will be updated on each new version.

Special

- Read the attached PDF for more information. The pdf is also included in the zip file.
- You'll need a googlemap key for your domain. Get your own key for your domain view http://www.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html for more information.
A googlemap key is only valid for a specific domain. You'll need a specific google account to create one.
All is explained on the googlemap link indicated above.
- Set the file permissions on the marker.xml file to 777
- The googlemap script can handle non-registered users. They will only see the main map and won't be able to enter information. This is reserved for logged in users (detected automatically)
- usergroup permissions are available in the backend
- To change location just drag the map while holding the left mouse key or by using the zoom and key functions on the left
- First time loading of the map may take a few seconds longer because of Google API hosting



Special Xbox Live version
http://www.xboxlivenation.com/community/gamermap.php

Credits

This has taken quite some work and still will take a lot more. Please give credit where credit is due. You cannot remove any notice without prior written permission. Instructions are included in the pdf file.
Special credits to Google, Pyg for the javascript tips.


FAQ

The FAQ is included in the pdf file.

INSTALL



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[lpetrich]

In my experience, it does. Some other people here report it working successfully in 3.8.x.

[der_darkon]

I installed it on 3.8.2 and it works


But i have one question...
We switched from SMF to vB and i wish to transfer the locations of all users to this map. I tried to enter the data into the markers.xml, but this didn?t work (it showed on the startpage of the map the correct count, but the users did not show up in the list or on the map.

[lpetrich]

Originally Posted by der_darkon

We switched from SMF to vB and i wish to transfer the locations of all users to this map. I tried to enter the data into the markers.xml, but this didn?t work (it showed on the startpage of the map the correct count, but the users did not show up in the list or on the map.

The problem is that markers.xml is an intermediate file that is composed from the contents of a table in the board's database file: googlemapme

If you can get direct access to the database, you may be able to bypass the manual-entry process or at least make it easier, though you'll have to know which vBulletin usernames correspond to which former SMF ones.

Short of that, you can ask everybody to re-enter their locations.


ETA: various bug fixes and feature additions by ZeroHour, Falcon Capt, and myself:

ZeroHour: marker-display fix
Keeps info-balloon text from causing XML-parsing errors and aborting the marker display if it contains certain characters

Me: several
Me: markers
Me: terrain display
Me: marker positions
Mouse-over showing username when info balloon is absent
Mousewheel zooming
Marker in location editor becomes vbGM red marker
Marker position in map fixed; it "points" to the right place
Added the option to show the terrain maps
Centers image in info balloon and imposes maximum size

Control of info balloon:
Admin CP > Vbgooglemap ME > ME Settings > Enable the mouseover support on the markers?
Set to No

Falcon Capt: position and zoom as URL args
Changed $HTTP_GET_VARS(...) to $_GET(...)

[der_darkon]

Oh, anybody has a clue why the content ist stored doubled?

I thought they would store it just in the file....

[lpetrich]

That database table is the primary storage for the map data. The file markers.xml is for the downloaded map page to read with AJAX -- it can't read the database directly.

[hbalagh1]

can't get markers to show, tried the fix found here

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....&postcount=697

but still nothing

but also i dont find anything in the task related to the maps to be able to update it

[hbalagh1]

anyone?

[hbalagh1]

nevermind for some reason after uninstallign and reinstalling it worked

[trotskid]

I?m very interested in this addon but it doesn?t work the markers on my forum (v3.8.3), even modifying the ZeroHour marker-display fix

Any solution to that?

Thanks

[trotskid]

EDIT: Finally works well on 3.8.3 with the files modifications. The problem was the AME addon (I´ve replaced for Passive Video).