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



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



(c) 2007 Stonyarc

[stonyarc]

Well it's nice to see that you all like the VBGooglemap and VBStatExtended.

They still needs some work both but I'll get there. These are only the first ones I'm making.

BTW thank you for the nice ratings :smoke:

[Carl Anderson]

Is there any way around this I have a lot of users that have Firefox 1.5?

[banshee]

Love this addon, I've been waiting for a member map for over a year now and this works perfect.

Zip codes would be nice since everyone knows there zip code. Also if you do the Zip code can you make an option to pull from the users profile. I have other programs that give them details based on there zip code if provided in the Profile.

Thanks

[AndyA]

Something has happened to my map. it had several pins on it earlier today but now it doesn't show any at all. My long - lat is still set as before. Any ideas?

www.throttlejockey.co.uk

[Colejo]

How does the www.frappr.com map get their map to work with zip codes?

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by AndyA

Something has happened to my map. it had several pins on it earlier today but now it doesn't show any at all. My long - lat is still set as before. Any ideas?
www.throttlejockey.co.uk

Andy,

I think I found your error.

If you look at the text entry "This is me, Mr "Z"". The double quotes make it behave crazy.

Please remove those and it should be fine. You can do that directly in the googlemap db. I'll correct the php script to escape those random quotes.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Carl Anderson

Is there any way around this I have a lot of users that have Firefox 1.5?

I've added it to the known issues list. I'll be looking at it in a little while.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Colejo

How does the www.frappr.com map get their map to work with zip codes?

Because they have a large zipcode / L&L database behind it.

http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html this one has about all zipcodes and locations in the world except US.

I could mix up a super global DB for the zipcodes but than it would be very hard on diskspace and your database server if you don't have enough performance in there.

[AndyA]

I still see my map but no pins.

http://www.throttlejockey.co.uk/forum/VBGooglemap.php

[AndyA]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Andy,

I think I found your error.

If you look at the text entry "This is me, Mr "Z"". The double quotes make it behave crazy.

Please remove those and it should be fine. You can do that directly in the googlemap db. I'll correct the php script to escape those random quotes.

Sorry but I'm unsure what to do ?