Comments on: GeoContent: a new Google Maps Joomla! component

By: Alessandro Pasotti

Alessandro Pasotti — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:45:00 +0000

@sam

you can set center and zoom in menu item component parameters, this way you can have different default zoom and center for each map.
Leave the fields blank to inherit defaults.

By: sam

sam — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:37:00 +0000

hello, I’ve purchased this component. Overall is amazing, I’m so amazed by its ability to draw directli into google map. But, I have little bit problem here, I’ve configured lattitude and longitude in the parameter. my front end default map can’t display my configured map. it displays italian map. but, in back end, when I press/click “open google map editor” it can display my configured map as the default. So, how to make my front end map display correctly associted to my configured map?

thanks

By: Alessandro Pasotti

Alessandro Pasotti — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:12:00 +0000

@Sam

1 – not in the current version
2 – for each layer, you can choose the Icon image
3 – mad width is in %
4 – they are saved in a DB table in WKT format
5 – unlimited
6 – no

By: sam

sam — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:48:00 +0000

hello…, thanks for this map component.., I’m interested in buying and using this component, but before, I have a several question
1. is it possible to import/load KML file? not only GPX?
2. is it possible to use custom marker?
3. what is map’s width parameter is used? in px or %? I prefer to use width parameter of its map in %.
4. When we input data, where will it be saved? is it on our own hosting or in another location? Because, I’m worried the data is not 100% guaranteed to be the same in long time purposes.
5. how many layers are allowed to be stored? is it unlimited?
6. And is it possible to use routeplanning between each point?

thanks again, looking forward to your responses

By: Alessandro Pasotti

Alessandro Pasotti — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:11:00 +0000

@Chris

It’s the other way round: user add geodata to articles, so it’s not possible to specify balloon content, it is the same for all geodata that belongs to the same article.

Front-end editing is possible, see some tests here:
http://joomla.studioarborea.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=55

… and give a look to the manual:
http://joomla.studioarborea.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:00 +0000

Hi, wow, thanks again for the prompt response!

The editing function looks really good! How does the user add data to the markers? I see it is easy to add the data to different articles (which we could use to ensure each user can only see their own data) but in your demo when a point or polygon is clicked data comes up? Is it possible/easy to add data via the front end too?

If this is possible I’ll be talking to my boss to see about purchasing the component!

By: Alessandro Pasotti

Alessandro Pasotti — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:45:00 +0000

@Chris

Yes, sorry, the demo site is a test site we use internally for our other component Simple ACL. I’ve disabled it right now. You should be able to edit maps now.

GIS export is fine: data are stored in OGC-compliant WKT format.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:29:00 +0000

Hi, thank you for the prompt action. I’ve registered an account and confirmed it, but sadly am receiving the following permission error:

“Access denied by Simple ACL rules (HTML allowed)
Default action policy…”

It would be great to be able to see how the map editing works before committing to buying the module. The demo output looks perfect, but the challenge for us is how the user enters the output. I have been looking at several other components and options and so far they all have had problems or have been far too complex!

We literally want the ability for someone to register, browse the map, and click and create a point marker which can store 2 values. It would be great if there is an option to make it so that registered users can only see the markers they have created, as this is going to be used in a survey so we do not want people seeing what other people have entered. The markers positions and the values entered will then be copied into a GIS program for analysis.

Thanks again, so far I am impressed with what I have seen and the communication!

By: Alessandro Pasotti

Alessandro Pasotti — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:00 +0000

@chris

Yes, just enabled. Login form is in the “GeoContent Manual” page.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:40:00 +0000

I’ve been asked to look into how to get people to map important areas using google maps. It sounds like this extension might do just that, but it needs to be easy to use for the public. Is there any way of updating the demo site so that we can register to see how the front-end map editing works?