Introduction

This plugin allows you to include one or more google maps right inside your content item or article.


This is a very light-weight and easy-to-use plugin for displaying googleMaps right inside your Joomla article.

You can use this to easily add a map to your company address.

Unique features:
* uses Google Maps API V3
* You can embed more than one Google Maps within an article
* Each Google Map can be of different size, zoom level, map control and map type
* Support for kml files
* Now works with IE!
* With built-in geocoder! i.e. you can specify using standard address instead of longitude and latitude
* Built-in street view!
* Support for many native languages e.g. Italian, Russian, French
* Supports all Joomla versions - 1.0, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.5 and 3.0!

How to Use the googleMaps plugin

How to use: http://www.kksou.com/php-gtk2/Joomla-Gadgets/googleMaps-plugin.php#howtouse

Tutorials: http://www.kksou.com/php-gtk2/Joomla-Gadgets/googleMaps-plugin.php#tutorials

GoogleMaps with Directions

This plugin displays the map only. If you want to display the map + driving/walking directions, use the googleDirections plugin:
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/maps-a-weather/maps-a-locations/map-directions/8487

Latest Version

v3.0.30 (for Joomla 3.0 and above)
Released Jul 20, 2017
- Added support for responsive design for googleDirections and googleDirections_tohere
- Added support for PHP 7

v3.0.28 (for Joomla 3.0 and above)
Released Jul 8, 2017
- Added support for Joomla Update System
- Tested to work with Joomla 3.7.3

v1.0.26 (for Joomla 1.0), v1.5.26 (for Joomla 1.5), v1.6.26 (for Joomla 1.6), v1.7.26 (for Joomla 1.7), v2.5.26 (for Joomla 2.5), v3.0.26 (for Joomla 3.0 and above)
Released Apr 20, 2017
- Support for secured websites (https)
- Support for PHP7

v3.0.25 (for Joomla 3.0 and above)
Released Nov 16, 2016
As of June 22, 2016, Google now requires everyone to have an API key in order to display Google Maps on your website. Details here.
This latest version added support for Google Maps API key.

v3.0.23 - for Joomla 3.0 and above
Released Dec 20, 2014
Support for Joomla 3.3.6

v3.0.21 - for Joomla 3.0 and above
Released Feb 10, 2014
Support for Joomla 3.2.2

v1.0.20 (for Joomla 1.0), v1.5.20 (for Joomla 1.5), v1.6.20 (for Joomla 1.6), v1.7.20 (for Joomla 1.7), v2.5.20 (for Joomla 2.5), v3.0.20 (for Joomla 3.0)
Released Apr 21, 2013

  • Support for Joomla 3.0!

  • Changed onload() to addEvent('load') so that it works with some Joomla templates that also use onload().

v1.0.19 (for Joomla 1.0), v1.5.19 (for Joomla 1.5), v1.6.19 (for Joomla 1.6), v1.7.19 (for Joomla 1.7), v2.5.19 (for Joomla 2.5)
Released Mar 24, 2012

Supports zoom and multiple InfoWindows with KML files!

v1.0.18 (for Joomla 1.0), v1.5.18 (for Joomla 1.5), v1.6.18 (for Joomla 1.6), v1.7.18 (for Joomla 1.7), v2.5.18 (for Joomla 2.5)
Released Feb 4, 2012

  • added support for Joomla 2.5
  • add flag w3c=1 => w3c compliant
  • support for IE7!
  • allow googleMaps to display in tabs
  • now allow address to include ' (apostrophe)

v2.5.17 (for Joomla 2.5)
Released Jan 26, 2012

Native version of the googleMaps plugin for Joomla 2.5!

v1.0.17 (for Joomla 1.0), v1.5.17 (for Joomla 1.5), v1.6.17 (for Joomla 1.6), v1.7.17 (for Joomla 1.7)
Released Jan 03, 2012

Thanks to feedback from Florian who found out that the reverse geocode lookup by Google sometimes do not gives the right mapping. Have modified the code so that the googleMaps plugin now maps the exact location when latitude/longitude is given.

v1.0.16 (for Joomla 1.0), v1.5.16 (for Joomla 1.5), v1.6.16 (for Joomla 1.6), v1.7.16 (for Joomla 1.7)
Released Dec 24, 2011

New features:

  • Support for googleDirections multiple stopovers!
  • If no label is specified, will
Great program! Was very easy to install and use. The directions given on the download page and were very concise and easy to understand. It took me longer to sign up for this site than it did to get this extension up and running. Once again great job!
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Version:
3.0.30
Developer:
kksou
Last updated:
Jul 20 2017
7 years ago
Date added:
May 09 2009
License:
GPLv2 or later
Type:
Free download
Includes:
p
Compatibility:
J3
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