Google maps in HotProperty without any hacks!

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Good day to all! I'm glad to present new plugin for Google maps!

The main idea is to avoid any hacking of HP core files. You just install the plugin, enable & configure it and that's all!

Since version 0.6.0 the plugin displays map for all properties in addition to maps on property and company pages.

Plugin has incorporated Street View feature by Google. Let you visitor to walk on the streets and see your property!

More description and price could be found on www.justphp.net
My contact email is justphp{at}gmail{dot}com

Demo on a live site: http://www.delpraga.com/

[Stijn]

Great to see such a nice add-on for HP.
Thank you for developing

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Just added new feature to my Google map plugin: the panoramic Google street view.

[danielgysel10199]

I received the plug in about 10 hours after purchase and I was a bit impatient, would suggest going to a shopping cart that has downloads and can use paypal.

I'll post here about it after install.

Thanks.

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Sorry for the delay. We are just in different time zones
Shopping card is a good solution, I'll think about this when have a range of solutions ready.
Again, sorry for the delay, and please share your experience of usage the plugin

[jessevandersteur]

A few questions about the plugin. Can I add langitude/longitude for every added property specificly? Is there a possibility to show street view / google maps separate in divs in property.php?

And what if there isn't a streetview available at the street I selected, can I manage the langitude/longitude seperate so that I can for example select the city most close by?

I now made the property.php entirly in divs and css and used this http://www.forum.mosets.com/showthread.php?t=14909 to get all the fields. This I find the most easy way to change the lay-out of my page.

In the end it has to look similar like this:

http://www.edwardsestates.es/detalle...d=562&nolist=1

kind regards,

jesse

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1. You can add lang/lat for properties which can not be geocoded. The plugin has a setting "Coordinates, Then Address" which means that if a property has lat/lon fields filled-in map would be based on them, otherwise (empty lat/lon) map would be generated on address, postcode and country fields.

2. Map and StreetView are shown after property info. But it could be set up reference to any element on the view template like <div> and other tags.

3. Google is searching for nearest StreetView by default, but if it's not available a message is displayed asking to click on other locations. Setting StreetView by its own lat/lon is possible but it would lose relation with the map.

4. The pluing could be set to display map after/before any page element (HTML tag). I'll add this option into the plugin's settings.

Some web-sites which uses the plugin
http://www.mycoastline.com.au
http://www.delpraga.com

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Just released new version 0.4

Change Log
[+] added setting of Street View window height
[+] settings of camera yaw and pitch for Street View
[+] all language constants are moved into separate languages file
[+] added option for custom setting of the map position (selection of
HTML element after with the map would be rendered)
[-] fixed minor error on uninstall

My contact email for questions and purchase is justphp/at/gmail/dot/com. More information is available on my site www.justphp.net

[jessevandersteur]

Originally Posted by gray

3. Google is searching for nearest StreetView by default, but if it's not available a message is displayed asking to click on other locations. Setting StreetView by its own lat/lon is possible but it would lose relation with the map.

Ok that's fine by me, they don't have to be related. The point is that I don't want that people look at a property and see a different place then the house that they are visiting. I'd rather show streetview of a nice village nearby

Isn't this hard to realize? So if I see this correctly, if I activate the plugin I see in the back-end of HP while adding a new property a street view lang/long and a google map lang/long?

If that's the case I'm convinced and buying it directly

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jessevandersteur
Yes, it's possible to submit other lat/lon data for Street View. In this case you'd have to specify lat/lon data separately for the SV when adding/editing property.
Do you need to place StreetView window separately from map?
Also could you send via PM or by justphp/at/gmail/dot/com examples of map + street view you'd like to show.

[romandudenkov]

I've find it on http://demo.propertyagentapp.com/, but installation failed. Usefull thing.

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Released new version of map plugin for HP based on Google Map V3 - newest official map Javascript API. It does not require Google Key anymore!

The Google Maps Javascript API lets you embed Google Maps in your own web pages. Version 3 of this API is especially designed to be faster and more applicable to mobile devices, as well as traditional desktop browser applications.

The API provides a number of utilities for manipulating maps (just like on the http://maps.google.com web page) and adding content to the map through a variety of services, allowing you to create robust maps applications on your website.

Next step would be development of a map will all properties on it.

[jessevandersteur]

Question:

I am using a modified (self created) version of property.php in which I use a div construction and php codes to get the property fields and extra fields seperatly so I can manage the lay-out easily. That means that the standard code of Hot Property isn't present in my property.php. Is there a way I could get the google map + streetview with a construction that look likes this:

PHP Code:

 <?php echo $fields->googlemaps; ?>

??

Any help on this would be appreciated.

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The map could be rendered after any HTML tag, it's being set in "container" option at the plugin's back-end (Advanced tab).

Examples: setting the option to 'dl.attributes' means map will be displayed after <dl class="attributes;"></dl> or 'div#hotproperty' would place the map after <div id="hotproperty;"></div>

So, no hacking of HP code is required. Just set the option to respective value.

[jessevandersteur]

Works like a charm now.

Thank you very much, you can see the result here:

http://www.casa-costa.com/properties/villas/nerja001

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New version is released. Support for HP1.0 beta 4 or older was added. Also in case geocoding does not return a result, and user is not willing to indicate exact latitude/longitude, the map would not be rendered on property page.

[jeanpaulbraud]

Does the plugin have the possibility to open the map in a new window? I want for each property to have a link or a button 'See it on map' and on click to open a window with the map.
Thanks

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Originally Posted by jeanpaulbraud

Does the plugin have the possibility to open the map in a new window? I want for each property to have a link or a button 'See it on map' and on click to open a window with the map.
Thanks

Thanks for the question. Currently the plugin is being integrated into property page (without hacking of HP files). Examples:
# MyCoastline.com.au
# www.DelPraga.com

I'll include the pop-up option in my To Do list.

[jeanpaulbraud]

Do you have any ideea when the pop-up option will be implemented? I really need this option for a client.
Thank you

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Originally Posted by jeanpaulbraud

Do you have any ideea when the pop-up option will be implemented? I really need this option for a client.
Thank you

That would be a hack already, not plugin (plugin serves for more complicated tasks). You could find many examples of Google map with Lightbox implementation, for example this one.

Still, as I've said, I added this option in my ToDo list, but now I'm rather busy with 2 big projects.

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Just released an updated version of the plugin. The update includes options for custom HP core address fields list and a possibility of appending a constant value to the resulted address string. More info on my site www.justphp.net

[trevorkubiak]

Sometimes google maps gets it wrong, is there anyway to move the marker to the correct location.. drag and drop would be nice.

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Originally Posted by trevorkubiak

Sometimes google maps gets it wrong, is there anyway to move the marker to the correct location.. drag and drop would be nice.

For such cases correct point could be indicated with longitude and latitude (added in HP extra fields). Here is a service for finding long/lat by "drag and drop".

[trevorkubiak]

how do i set up the extra field?

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Originally Posted by trevorkubiak

how do i set up the extra field?

In HP back-end, go to Extra Fields Manager page; there is a button Add.
If you want to add fields for map coordinates, by default they should be named 'glat' & 'glon', HP field types should be simple text.

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New version v.0.5.4 dd 26 August 2010 is released. Changes:
[-] fixed error when other Joomla components use window.onload
[+] quicker loading of map (onDOMReady)
[+] Google map is localized to current Joomla front-end language (list of Google map API supported languages)

More info is available on my site.

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First release of the hotproperty map plugin with support of Google map for all properties available.
Installed and works on http://www.delpraga.com/nedvizhimostvchehii

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Made some tests with the map plugin - it could render the map for any type of listings (components). Only important thing is that the listing should contain full property address stored in database. And of cause it should be run on Joomla 1.5. Please contact me for more details justphp|at|gmail|dot|com

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Released first version of the plugin building map for all properties.
Details on juspthp.net

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Released an updated version of the plugin (extended version). Details on justphp.net.

v.0.6.1 dd 03 March 2011
[+] added option to generate maps for agents
[+] added options for DOM-containers for companies and agents (useful if HP was modified)
[+] added custom SQL query option for agent's addresses (useful in case agent's address differs from the address of the respective company)
[+] translated lang file into Russian
[-] fixed error with address extraction for companies and other minor errors