I currently have a map mashup that has locations that I'm populating from my own database. A few users would like to also show that map on their site(s). I'd like to give them the ability to do that, but would like to retain the actual functionality of the map on my own site: like add "stuff" to places on the map through my a web form on my site. I could open the entire API to allow them to create their own form along with the data points, but most of the people wanting to put up the map aren't developers, they are just enthusiasts that have put together a personal page that they want to spice up.
I was thinking I could just provide a JavaScript of some kind that they could then take to place on their site, or maybe an IFRAME of some type, or...any ideas? Anyone implemented this? TIA.
I haven't done anything like this myself, but I think your idea to utilise an iframe is on the right track. In fact, this is how Google Maps generates its embed code.
Your app will need to generate a URL with all relevant Google Map parameters such as bounds, zoom level as well as your application-specific params. Any event that triggers the map to re-draw (drag, zoom, etc.) will generate a new URL.
If you try the embed link in Google Maps as an example, it generates a URL that looks something like this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&sll=45.434035,12.339057&sspn=0.003294,0.004812&ie=UTF8&ll=45.432724,12.338966&spn=0.006588,0.009624&t=h&z=17
This URL can then be wrapped up in an iframe which your end users can place on their web pages.
Re: resizing
Yes, it's possible to dynamically resize it if width/height is part of your application params that generates the embed code. Again using Google Maps as an example:
<iframe
src="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&sll=45.434035,12.339057&sspn=0.003294,0.004812&ie=UTF8&ll=45.432724,12.338966&spn=0.006588,0.009624&t=h&z=17&output=embed"
width="(width-param)" height="(height-param)"></iframe>
If you mean resized by user, after it's been displayed, I'm not sure.. most likely, yes.
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I want to embed "my maps" to my website using iframe, but I want to let my clients to open that map in a new window and see their location on it.
If I open my map in edit mode on my phone: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=*** I see my position, if I change the mode to "view" it stops tracking my location.
Is there a way to open the big map and to see the current position? It's very useful... Maybe there is another way to embed it...
Based on the documentation
url: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/staticmaps/intro?hl=en
it seems that it is not possible to get the current location (position of the client) using the parameters which go along with the url. This means that you can not use iframe and embed google maps inside it to get your current position.
However, you can still use geolocation and program it to get the user current position on the map,
url (code included in the link): https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/map-geolocation
Bare in mind that the google map API will always ask you the permission to access data in order to locate you.
I created a map using the new Google Maps and I am using the "embed this to my site" feature, but it has no search bar. The intent of the map is to enter an address to see if you fall within a boundary I created but I don't know how to alter the HTML code to add a search feature. I also have next to no HTML experience, so please be kind.
Here is what I have as the embed code:
No actual space between first < and iframe but I added it for it to show up
<iframe src="https://mapsengine.google.com/map/embed?mid=z-3d_xUUkSNQ.kL7YAhEFIavc" width="640" height="480">
</iframe>
There are many things you can do. One idea is you can use the address provided by your users to obtain the coordinate of the location. This can be done via google Geocoding service. Then from there you can determine if the given address falls within the region you have provided. You probably want to start playing around with HTML and Javascript first for a more complicated task like this.
I have a Google Map that I have embedded on my web site. I have managed to size and position the iFrame so that it sits where I want it to sit on my web page. I am using the new Google Maps version.
However, I want to be able to shift the centre of the map to the right, because as it standsnow, the box that displays the map layers is covering some of the locations I have marked.
I am not at this point using any Javascript or jQuery. I have simply taken the iFrame link provided by Google's embed feature and placed it in my HTML. I see there are other questions about map centering, but I can't parse them for my situation because they assume some Javascript implementation. Also, I'm hoping that I do not have to take on a whole API or Javascript library to solve this. Further, it is unclear to me if the other questions relate to the new Google Maps version, which is what I'm using.
Is there a way I can alter the centre of the embedded Google Map?
Just add a "center" parameter to your iframe url. Like so - center="40.714728,-73.998672". You can get the required coordinates by searching in google maps and picking them from the address.
You could alternatively also use a query parameter but center is more accurate.
refer - https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/static-maps/intro#location
i am trying to make a custom page that would look like this
if i have a page where you can upload an image and enter description which feeds into a sql dB using PHP, how could one create a map of image thumbnails instead of markers? this photo was taken from: http://www.blocsoft.com/bmap/ but after browsing thru their site i didnt see anything about image thumbnails as markers
An alternative, but less flexible, approach would be to store the photographs in Panoramio and enable the maps Panoramio layer http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/layers.html#PanoramioLibrary
You're going to want to do this via Javascript.
See http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.html#SimpleIcons
Example # http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/icon-simple.html
Basically, you can use PHP to populate the markers within the javascript markup, then let JS init it.
Well i want to upgrade contact page with dynamic map showing location and give oportunity to calculate route for comapny headquatters. Id it necessery for such simple task use Google api? i mean here generating akey etc? Fo i have any other alternatives to google maps?
There's really no reason to mess with the API at all unless you need to customize the appearance or behavior of gmaps. Why not just use an iframe with a url of:
http://maps.google.com/?q=[you-url-encoded-address-here]
or better yet, set up a textbox and a 'get directions' button to redirect that frame to:
http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=[their-address]&daddr=[your-address]
edit: this works well in modal dialog if you don't want the google logo sticking out like a sore thumb in your pageflow
You could probably embed directly with a specific URL that will configure it to have the destination you want.
By the way, well written answers are much more likely to receive useful responses here.
You could consider http://www.openlayers.org/ as an alternative to google maps.
In fact open layers can be used to add a Google map, or an OpenStreetMap map or a Bing map, etc.