VBGooglemap Member Edition

I'm proud to announce that the new version is currently available to you all !!!


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 !!!!!!!

Feel free to support this mod and make a paypal donation to admin@stonyarc.com

INSTALL

HOTSPOT EDITION AVAILABLE ON : https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=114149
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 2.5.1 brings you a lot of new features. It?s vital that you uninstall any previous version before upgrading/installing version 2.5.1.

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 2.5.0 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 (vbgooglemap2.5.0_guide.pdf)
Special credits to Google, Pyg for the javascript tips.


FAQ

The FAQ is included in the pdf file.

INSTALL



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(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[Trana]

Originally Posted by Trana

Is there a way to create site markers for locations without having a member tag it? For example, I would like to hardcode some local attractions.

Can this be done in this version?

Can anyone help?

[lpetrich]

One would have to do some extra coding for such markers. In particular:

• Code for displaying them
• User interface for setting them up
• Database interface for storing and retrieving their info

But one might use the existing code as a guide for what coding to do, though I am concerned that doing so will violate StonyArc's copyrights.

I don't have a test forum to work with, so some of you other people will have to code this. But I can help with the Google Maps parts; I can create HTML-page mockups with working code. And while I have some expertise with the Google Maps API, I don't have any with database-interface code. I have an elementary knowledge of SQL, and that's it.

Finally, has anyone tried contacting StonyArc? It would be nice to have his permission for using his code and posting updated archives, if he chooses to give it.

[Mark Tomlinson]

Originally Posted by Trana

Is there a way to create site markers for locations without having a member tag it? For example, I would like to hardcode some local attractions.

Can this be done in this version?

I don't see why you couldn't change the markers.xml directly. Something like this;

<marker mapid="9999" title_map="Eiffel Tower" lng="-88.246731" lat="42.215226" userid="9999" username="Eiffel Tower" text_map="Eiffel Tower, France" type="blue" pimage="http://mysite.com/forums/images/googlemapme/noimage.png" />

Of course the link to the member's profile will result in a message that the user does not exist. But the rest should work fine.

[lpetrich]

The big problem is that markers.xml gets refreshed by a cron job, and by editing marker info. So one has a choice of:

• Doing some coding to support such markers
• Creating some sockpuppet accounts whose "locations" are those hardcoded places

[carcomp]

Has the issue been fixed where markers disappear from the map?

[lpetrich]

Originally Posted by carcomp

Has the issue been fixed where markers disappear from the map?

ZeroHour has come up with a fix over in the vB-3.6 vbGooglemap thread, so you can check there. You'll have to edit some code files and re-upload them, but it works. It turns ' into \', but that's a small price to pay, because fixing that would mean more code rewriting.

[ralle007]

I?ve a problem too :-(
Couldn?t find anything about this problem:

First time, I click the link to the usermap, it works fine, the second time I click on, Iand most of my users) get this message:

<www.db-forum.de>

Der auf dieser Website verwendete Google Maps API-Schl?ssel wurde f?r eine andere Website registriert. Sie k?nnen unter http://code.google.com/apis/maps/ einen neuen Schl?ssel f?r diese Website erzeugen.

Warning: unserialize() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in [path]/vbgooglemapme.php on line 64

I?ve created the key maybe five or six times, I?ve tried the subdirectory, but the result is always the same.

Has anybody an idea, what the problem is?


Thank you very much..

[ralle007]

Nobody here, who has a similar problem??

[vbem2]

Is there anyway to have it autopost from the user location fields? Say if they were all formatted to zip code or what have you? Thanks.

[GrossKopf]

This was working on my vb 3.8.2, but today all the markers are missing, although it says there are 6 of them...

http://flotgaming.net/forums/vbgooglemapme.php