alaingg

<p>This plugin allows to include instances of Google Maps in your blogs with a simple editor button. You can insert maps everywhere: in your theme files, posts and pages. The points can include custom title, description, marker and thumbnail. The plugin is designed to allow multiple interactions with the users:  Animations, Slideshows, Scrolls and more.</p>
<p><a href="http://web-argument.com/google-map-shortcode-wordpress-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Page</a> | <a href="http://web-argument.com/google-map-shortcode-reference/" rel="nofollow ugc">Shortcode References</a> | <a href="http://web-argument.com/google-map-shortcode-how-to-use/" rel="nofollow ugc">How To Use</a> | <a href="http://web-argument.com/google-map-shortcode-modules/" rel="nofollow ugc">Modules</a> | <a href="http://web-argument.com/google-map-shortcode-wordpress-plugin/#examples" rel="nofollow ugc">Examples</a></p>
<p>Special Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>Multiple features allowed like slideshows and scrolls, to interact with the maps.</li>
<li>The plugin can handle large number of map points.</li>
<li>Points can be added using address or coordinates.</li>
<li>Addresses in different languages allowed.</li>
<li>Simple editor button to include points and maps into the posts and pages.</li>
<li>Custom markers.</li>
<li>Based on Google Maps Javascript API Version 3.</li>
<li>Faster and more applicable to mobile devices.</li>
<li>Maps in multiple languages.</li>
<li>Points under categories can be included.</li>
<li>You can customize the html of the info window box on the settings.</li>
<li>The plugin is based on WordPress shortcode and allows many options like: initial zoom, width, height, categories, post ID, specific address, marker and thumbnail.</li>
</ul>
<p>Plugin Languages:</p>
<ul>
<li>English – default</li>
<li>French – Thanks to <a href="http://mapicons.nicolasmollet.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Nicolas Mollet</a></li>
<li>Polish – Thanks to <a href="http://www.fry.li" rel="nofollow ugc">Łukasz Farysej</a></li>
<li>Slovak – Thanks to <a href="http://www.fry.li" rel="nofollow ugc">Branco Radenovich</a> </li>
<li>Spanish – Thanks to <a href="http://web-argument.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Alain Gonzalez</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Please contact me [alaingoga at gmail] in order to include your language within the plugin package.</p>


Google Map Shortcode

Real Friendly integration of Google Maps instances into your blogs. The plugin allows to display multiple maps on your pages.

Marin Matosevic

<h4>Map Me is easy to use</h4>
<p>Map Me plugin can display multiple locations on the map and each location can have different marker and info window, you can also animate some markers to point them out from others.<br />
Map Me offers more than 25 different map theme styles so your map will look and feel perfectly on every website.<br />
Map can be easily inserted into post or page via [mm_map] shortcode, just pass it into your post or page and you’re done.</p>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Easy to use, no coding required.</li>
<li>More than 25 map theme styles.</li>
<li>Multiple markers.</li>
<li>Automatic geolocation.</li>
<li>Each map marker can have a unique icon.</li>
<li>Add animations to your map markers.</li>
<li>Add info windows with details about location.</li>
<li>Easy to change default map settings.</li>
<li>Responsive.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
<p><strong>Idea Behind / Philosophy:</strong> Just a little leightweight plugin for all WordPress users out there to make their maps look better. I’ll try to add more plugin/theme support and more plugin option over time. So stay tuned.</p>


Map Me

Unlike all other insanely advanced google maps plugins that have not got any of their features working smoothly, this one does as long as you do what the author says.

Usability wise this plugin is less powerful as it is technically. That's why I'm leaving you here with the following feedback:

- Try to implement validations with well explained error messages. For example at the settings page you have to make sure the user enters location parameters to center the map on but none of those fields are required.
- Make sure you show/explain/give the user all information to make the user aware of the capabilities the user got. For example you simply display a text area at the short description field when adding a location marker. But you can enter HTML there so why don't you show the WYSIWYG editor included with WordPress or give a little hint?

Features I would change/remove are:
- Selecting a predefined map style, why not store the "snazzymaps" configuration in the database and shortly tell users how they can do it their self. I know this is not making it easier but customizability is way more important here. You can also do both :)
- Center map on the specified address. Why not center on a long/lat coordinate or on the center of the (selected) marker locations

Simpel but not that easy

Easy and fast way to embed google map into your site. Choose between more than 20 beautiful map themes, add multiple locations, info windows and more.

Google Map Shortcode vs Map Me