Vik Google Maps
Module to locate your important points on Google Maps, the module allows you to customize every point with a marker, title and description.
Set the latitude and the longitude coordinates of your locations and optionally add a text, a description and a customized image and shadow for the marker.
The default images are located in the folders /modules/mod_vikgooglemaps/src/markers/markers/ shadows and shapes.
Leave the image fields empty to use the default Google Marker.
MODULE PARAMETERS:
Map Setting:
- Map width and Map height - in this fields you need to set the size of your map, if you want a full size map, use the 100% value for the width and then set a fixed height, an example 400px.
- Map style - the module allows you to choose different map style for your website.
- Map Center and Zoom level - this three parameters are very important to center your map and give it a properly view, you need to set up to see correctly your map. These are the coordinates that Google needs just to center your map, you need to insert your Locations coordinates from the LOCATIONS tab. Without the Locations coordinates the map will not show up.
- API KEY - Google Maps needs an API KEY to work properly, without it the module won't work. Read the Knowledge Base article about how to create an API Key here.
In this tab you could add all your contact details and choose where should be positioned in your map, you can always disable it whenever you want through the params Contact enabled.
Locations:
in this view you can insert your locations and for each one choose the type of marker you want, title and description of your point and set it up the longitude and latitude.
The LOCATIONS tab is very important, if you don't add any location, your map will be white.
Here you can add your locations, for each one you could choose the type of marker you want, title and description, and set it up the longitude and latitude.