Yoran Brondsema

This plugin allows the administrator to keep track of a history of geographical locations. It was developed for a travel blog and the geographical locations were drawn onto a Google Maps widget so that visitors could keep track of the blogger’s traveling.
A live example can be seen on <a href="http://yoranbrondsema.net" title="Yoran Brondsema's travel blog" rel="nofollow ugc">the author’s travel blog</a> (in Dutch).
Its main features are:
<ul>
<li>Add, edit and remove locations easily from the Admin panel</li>
<li>Enter geographical coordinates manually or parse from a Google Maps URL</li>
<li>Assign a date to each location for a true history of locations</li>
<li>Assign a label to each location for easy identification</li>
<li>Exposes a simple API to the front-end</li>
<li>Dynamically request locations with AJAX</li>
</ul>
The plugin is administrated from the admin (addition and removal of geolocations) and it exposes an API to the front-end. Once the plugin is installed, a theme can call the following functions:
<ul>
<li><code>lochis_get_location_history()</code>: returns an array containing the whole history of geolocations, sorted by ascending date.</li>
<li><code>lochis_get_latest_location()</code>: returns only the most recent geolocation.</li>
</ul>
Each of these functions also has an AJAX-equivalent that returns a JSON-object instead of a PHP object. This way you can use the geolocations in Javascript, for instance to be shown in a Google Maps widget. The AJAX functions are:
<ul>
<li><code>lochis_ajax_get_location_history()</code></li>
<li><code>lochis_ajax_get_latest_location()</code></li>
</ul>

Geolocation History

Keep a history of geographical locations for your travel blog.

worldnomadmap

For each location that is added to the map you can set the type of content you want to show. Either the excerpt of a blog post, a short custom description or only the travel dates.
The location content itself is shown in a carousel underneath the map. When you slide through the carousel the map will automatically zoom to the location that is linked to the visible content.
<h4>Features include:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Create multiple independent maps</li>
<li>Add multiple maps to the same page</li>
<li>A sidebar widget that can show your last location</li>
<li>Show a list of visited locations with optional arrival and departure dates</li>
<li>Set custom thumbnails for each location</li>
<li>Set custom line colors for the past and future travel routes</li>
<li>Rearrange the order of the travel route by dragging the items up or down in the route list.</li>
<li>Specify if you want the map to zoom to the first or last location of your travel route.</li>
<li>Choose from three different content types for each location. Either link to a blog post, write a custom description or show the travel dates.</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://nomadworldmap.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo</a>
If you want to contribute to the development of this plugin, you can do so through <a href="https://github.com/nomadworldmap/nomad-world-map" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.

Nomad World Map

Create your own custom travel map. Link locations on the map to blog posts and share your travel plans.

Geolocation History vs Nomad World Map