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  • Google Map v2.1 released – now with KML support

    The release of Goole Map version 2.1 supports KML files which once displayed can even be downloaded as GPX files. Download from the WordPress plugin repository. The following example uses the included example.kml file. tgooglemap(example.kml) The following examples use the included example.xml file. Marker Z – no HTML, nonclickable. Marker 1 – standard maker with…

  • Convert from Google KML to GPS Exchange Format GPX with PHP

    Here is a quick post on converting from KML files used in Google Earth/Maps to GPX Exchange Format (GPX) with PHP. Code is quite explanatory, change $u with the location of the KML file, code will output GPX XML. Alternatively, download the code here. Let me know if you find any issues.

  • In search of the elusive Google default marker

    For a number of years now I have been developing a Google Maps plugin for WordPress <end of plug>, I have even created a script to dynamically generate coloured markers with custom text. This is a great solution for hosting your own markers, but is has a lot of overhead, having to host a custom…

  • Google Map version 1.4.6.1

    Latest offering has cleaned up JavaScript, improved error handling, improved RoboGEO handling of XML, but main features are. Icons now support letters ‘A’ to ‘Z’. Non clickable markers if no ‘html’ element is present. In the below example Marker Z is not clickable. tgooglemap(example.xml) Download the latest from the WordPress repository.

  • GoogleMap v1.4.5 – an inline Google map plugin for WordPress

    GoogleMap v1.4.5 is now available with significant improvements, including The Google Maps Javascript and GoogleMap Javascript is downloaded only as needed, speeding up page loading of all pages without maps. Removal of <head> code means GoogleMap will only be present when called. Compressed GoogleMap code. Multiple maps can now be created in a single post!…

  • tGoogleMap v1.4

    tGoogleMap version 1.4 has been released with two major improvements. Manual zoom parameter added. Google uses an integer value from 0 to 17 (where 0 is the furthest away), to determine the map’s zoom level, this value can now be incorporated into tGoogleMap as follows: tGoogleMap(example.xml, 4). The zoom is an optional parameter and if…

  • tGoogleMap v1.3

    I have finally managed to get WordPress to update the version number. This problem was due to not updating the version number in the PHP file as well as the readme.txt. Version 1.3 fixes a problem with tGoogleMap not displaying correctly when a WordPress blog isn’t located in the domain folder. I have seen a…

  • tGoogleMap – an inline Google map plugin for WordPress

    tGoogleMap is a WordPress plugin that creates inline Google maps in your WordPress posts. There are two main advantages over other existing Google maps plugins and they are: Ease of use, to create a Google map simply type tGoogleMap(mapdata.xml, 600, 480) in your post on its own line. tGoogleMap uses XML map data, this allows…