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

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by pgowder

1. Ability to upload a photo
2. Have the points automactially placed--have the map read from the DB.

The locations ARE stored in the DB

your entry inserts them.

The googlemap requires to read the info out of an xml file. This is how the google API works.

So the scripts creates the XML file which is than read by the javascript parser function.

[NuclioN]

alt caption when hoovering on the marker

[StarBuG]

Hi

I tried to install this hack but I get "Cannot open XML File"

The markers.xml file is chmod 777 (-rwxrwxrwx)
it is in the forum root like the VBGooglemap.php

I have uploaded the product to the product manager and set the api key in the options for my forum.

Any Idea what is wrong?

EDIT: Got it to work after I set the whole server path to the file into VBGooglemap.php to specify the markers.xml location.

Unfortunatly Google does not have detailed maps about europe.
That is making this hack nearly impossible to use for me because I can?t find my city NOR can I enter long and lat by hand (Suggestion!! *hint* *hint* )

[ricker]

Effortless install, very impressive. This rocks!

[ricker]

I have an idea ... we are a Jeep-related forum, and it might be cool if the admin can post areas of interest (off-highway hotspots) on the map, like the Rubicon Trail or Moab, UT, but give them a different way of displaying, so you can tell it's not a user post.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by StarBuG

Hi
I tried to install this hack but I get "Cannot open XML File"
The markers.xml file is chmod 777 (-rwxrwxrwx)
it is in the forum root like the VBGooglemap.php
I have uploaded the product to the product manager and set the api key in the options for my forum.
Any Idea what is wrong?
EDIT: Got it to work after I set the whole server path to the file into VBGooglemap.php to specify the markers.xml location.
Unfortunatly Google does not have detailed maps about europe.
That is making this hack nearly impossible to use for me because I can?t find my city NOR can I enter long and lat by hand (Suggestion!! *hint* *hint* )

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

Google is working on detailed Europe maps.

You can edit the googlemap templates and change the <input text> for longitude an lattitude. Just remove to readonly's that are in there and your users can put it in themselves.
I think there are 4 occurences in total in VBGooglemap_display_yourlocation VBGooglemap_set_yourlocation.

After that you should be able to enter the data manually and keep the drag function.

Greetz

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by ricker

I have an idea ... we are a Jeep-related forum, and it might be cool if the admin can post areas of interest (off-highway hotspots) on the map, like the Rubicon Trail or Moab, UT, but give them a different way of displaying, so you can tell it's not a user post.

Hey, Ricker

Thanks for appreciating this mod.

The next version is a performance/stability release but event handling will be a feature.

I'll add the hotspots as a feature to add. You can follow the planning in the first reply to this thread.

[GrendelKhan{TSU]

hmm....problem:

the location markers are not appearing.

I successfully enter my location (and tested with other ids as well)....but no marker actually appears, which..well...defeats most of the purpose. heh.

everything else seems to be working fine.

Any ideas?
also, any word on a fully phrased version?



last, idea for future versoins: (if possible and time willing of course)

--automatically adds marker with new registration (somehow have set of most common of locations/cities).
--have fields for long/lat or choose preset cities for Googlemap FOR forum REGISTRATION PROCESS. Maybe this could be connected with daylight savings menu options.
--add location data (lat, long) via user cp.
--fun: CALCULATE/FIND DISTANCE between users. show a dot line and distance between two chosen markers.


(sorry for piling it on...I just think this hack RULES!! and I'm just excited for it to continue I think it has awesome potential to be very important part of all boards -- not just novety )

[Andy R]

Originally Posted by stonyarc

Thanks for appreciating this mod.

Awesome hack!

Think there could be anyway to make a map like this using zip code and/or city/state/country profile fields using an opensource longitude/latitude database? It would just be so awesome to capture this geo location info during registration and automate the process of posting the locations onto the map.

[stonyarc]

Originally Posted by Andy R

Awesome hack!

Think there could be anyway to make a map like this using zip code and/or city/state/country profile fields using an opensource longitude/latitude database? It would just be so awesome to capture this geo location info during registration and automate the process of posting the locations onto the map.

Andy,

This is included in the planning for future releases.

You could host a L&L database but to make it international it would need to be a very big one.

I'm still "inventing" a solution.