grosbouff

BuddyPress Maps is a component that allows to find and display location markers on a Google Map. 
It includes several plugins to work with BuddyPress and its API has been coded to allow others plugins to use the component.
You can enable or disable those plugins : 
* Profile maps (for saving the user’s location) 
* Members map (a map with all the user’s location) 
* Friends map 
* Groups maps 
* Custom markers
There is an option for the groups maps to allow displaying member location markers, custom group markers (if you need to give your group a specific location) that the group admin can add; or both.
You can also use the plugin’s API to add maps to your own plugins.
<h4>Try the demo</h4>
You can registrer on <a href="http://dev.benoitgreant.be/" rel="nofollow ugc">the demo website</a> to check how it works. 
* <a href="http://dev.benoitgreant.be/members/admin/profile" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo for profile</a> 
* <a href="http://dev.benoitgreant.be/wordpress-mu/maps/members" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo for members map</a> 
* <a href="http://dev.benoitgreant.be/wordpress-mu/groups/buddypress-map-for-groups-test/map" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo for group map</a>

BuddyPress Maps

BuddyPress Maps is a component that allows to find and display location markers on a Google Map.

Erik Fantasia

With Map My Posts, you can easily create maps plotting the location of your posts, based upon your existing tags or categories.
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<li>3 map types available: Google Maps, Google Static Maps (PNG image), and Geochart Visualizations.</li>
<li>Embed maps on any page using the shortcodes [mmp-map], [mmp-staticmap], and [mmp-geochart]</li>
<li>Associate with a country or any specific map location.</li>
<li>Map My Posts uses existing category or tag names to help define country associations.</li>
<li>Widgets available to display maps in the sidebar.</li>
<li>Full control over size, colors, and click functions.</li>
<li>Perfect for travel bloggers, touring musicians, or anyone else that wants to Map My Posts!</li>
</ul>
Get Help
Please leave a message on <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/map-my-posts" rel="ugc">the wordpress.org support forum for Map My Posts</a>

Map My Posts

Less is more. Light is better. You original idea is awesome. Keep going ! These updates would be appreciate : 
- an update to use the new Google Map API,
- make it 100% WPML compatible (join translated locations using shortcode static map)
- be able to add our own custom taxonomy from the dashboard 

Your original idea is awesome

Map My Posts allows you to display a Google Map or Geochart visualization, associating map locations with your existing categories or tags.

BuddyPress Maps vs Map My Posts