Author Topic: CiviEvent Map Location - simple suggestion (Read 1722 times)

scedwar · September 25, 2007, 03:41:56 pm

CiviCRM is an amazing system - well done everyone.

One minor thing I spotted - integration with google maps could easily add a useful feature. Instead of the lat lng allow the user to submit a URL to a google maps page, for example:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=troubadour+old+brompton&sll=54.162434,-3.647461&sspn=21.169811,31.728516&cid=51488640,-191952,13660748045774876991&li=lmd&ie=UTF8&ll=51.494049,-0.185051&spn=0.033506,0.048923&z=14&iwloc=A&om=1

This links to an actual venue, shows their details, picture etc. Must more informative. Not sure how that links in with the API, but a link to a separate google maps window is fine IMHO.

Dave Greenberg · September 25, 2007, 05:18:21 pm

CiviCRM does provide integration with several Mapping Providers including Google and Yahoo. The functionality allows mapping of contact addresses as well as Event locations. Some examples on the demo:

An Event with "Include Map Link" checked in the Event Information and Settings screen...
http://demo.civicrm.org/drupal/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=3
(adds a "Map this Location" link under the Location address)

A contact address ("Map this Address" link):
http://demo.civicrm.org/drupal/civicrm/contact/view?reset=1&cid=108

However, if you want to link to a specific business/org entity as in your example, you could include that link in the Event Description (which accepts simple HTML tags). I've added this to event above as well - "Detailed Map and Photo of this Location".

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