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Map pins makes it easy to create a map with locations of businesses, events, or venues on a map.
<h4>You can:</h4>
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<li>Insert a Google Map with custom markers anywhere on your blog using a shortcode.</li>
<li>Show a scrollable list of locations next to the Google Map.</li>
<li>Order the locations based on distance from visitor location (based on browser location).</li>
<li>Oodles of information can be maintained per pin/location.</li>
<li>Business hours are defined per location. Visitors can search for currently opened locations.</li>
<li>Most options are highly customizable:
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<li>All options can be controlled by shortcode parameters</li>
<li>Show different sets of locations on various pages by using the location category</li>
<li>You can display only a map, display a map and list combination and even show only a list of locations (for example in your sidebar). All variants are searchable.</li>
<li>Includes country specific search options, for example zip-code optimized searching (powered by Google Maps).</li>
<li>Large number of marker-icons provided (courtesy of Maps Icons Collection project by Nicolas Mollet). You can add your own custom icons to the map as well.</li>
<li>Configurable admin environment to make location maintenance very easy.</li>
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<li>Automatic scaling of the map boundaries based on locations shown.</li>
<li>English and Dutch translations are included.</li>
<li>Translatable using .mo and .po files.</li>
<li>Optimized for WordPress Multisite</li>
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<h4>Your visitors can:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Browse a Google Map with all the locations you added.</li>
<li>Use an intelligent search option to find locations close to a location (search powered by Google Maps).</li>
<li>Find locations based on their current location (using GPS / IP location via the browser).</li>
<li>Search based on business hours of a location is opened right now or not.</li>
<li>Find information about the location you added by clicking a map marker including: name, address, business hours, any text you add and a hyperlink).</li>
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<h4>Example shortcode:</h4>
[mappins-map width=”500″ height=”900″ searchbar=”Y” list=”left” showmap=”show” listwidth=”40%”]
<h4>List of location attributes:</h4>
name, address, zipcode, city, country, telephone, category, markericon, openinghours, link URL, latitude/longitude
<h4>Licenses:</h4>
<ul>
<li>The plugin uses wonderful custom marker icons from the Maps Icons Collection project by Nicolas Mollet. (http://mapicons.nicolasmollet.com/)</li>
<li>Header photo by Dave77459 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave77459/6335868568/) cc license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)</li>
</ul>

Map pins

Add custom markers on an embedded Google Map. Includes full search-ability, my-location via GPS, a list of nearby locations, and business hours.

Infigo Software

The easiest to use G-maps plugin! Add a customized Google map to your WordPress posts and/or pages quickly and easily with the supplied shortcode. No fuss. No iFrames and super easy to use! Perfect for contact page maps, routes, maps showing delivery areas and any other use you can think of!
While the free version of WP G-Maps allows you to create a Google map with as many markers as you like, the Pro version allows you to do so much more!
<h3>Lite Version (Free) Standard Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Multi Location Maps</li>
<li>Interactive Google map options</li>
<li>Route Map Options</li>
<li>Unlimited Maps</li>
<li>Responsive Maps</li>
<li>Google Maps Autocomplete</li>
<li>Support for localization ( google map language)</li>
<li>Popular map themes to choose.</li>
<li>Map widget functionality</li>
<li>New Modern Infowindow</li>
<li>Custom Markers</li>
<li>Add animations to your map markers!</li>
<li>Full screen map functionality</li>
<li>Choose from four Google maps types: roadmap, terrain, satellite and hybrid</li>
<li>Define your own width, height and zoom level for your map</li>
</ul>
<h3>IS-Google Maps Lite Features</h3>
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Single Location Map – You can easily show your location by its address or latitude and longitude. Also you can customize it, from its backend as your needs.
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Multi Location Map – You can display a number of locations in a single map at the same time. You can show your all branches locations in a single map or you can customize it (Information to display in Info-window with your custom style).
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Interactive Map – This allows you to embed a colorful Interactive map into your WordPress powered site by a few clicks!. Whenever you need to give your visitors a simple yet effective way to navigate through regional sections of your site, or if you want to provide some geography-related information to your visitors.
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Route Direction Maps – Help your users find the best way to get from A to Z with comprehensive data and real-time traffic. You can display routes from one location to another on a map. Get directions for transit, driving, and walking. Calculate current or future travel times based on real-time traffic.
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Custom Markers – You can change the ​icon of a Google maps default marker as you desire. Simply add/upload your marker image it will show as location marked on maps.
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Multiple Map Theme – You can change the Map theme style while creating it from the options. Using a styled map, you can customize the presentation of the Google base maps, changing the visual display of such elements as roads, parks, and built-up areas.
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Google Map Widget – By using this widget you can easily show your custom map in the sidebar or you can show it in footer widget section.
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Map Customization – User friendly option to customize your map. You can easily change its height, width, background color, region color, tool-tip font color etc.
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Centralized Dashboard – Centralized dashboard to manage all short-codes. You can add, delete, edit any short-code from here.
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Multi Language Maps – You can show or change map language. Means you can show your map in your desired language on the posts or pages.
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Translation Ready
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<li>Infowindow Card</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<h4>Professional Edition</h4>
*Single Location Map. 
 *Photo as Marker Icon. 
 *Location Image. 
 *Info window. 
 *Multi Location Map. 
 *Geolocation map. 
 *Multiple Markers. 
 *Interactive Map. 
 *Tooltip Region Info display. 
 *Display Extra info. 
 *Customizable Colored Region. 
 *MagnifyingGlass(when the user lingers over a cluttered marker, a magnifiying glass will be opened.). 
 *Active Regions with custom color or labels, Individual colors for each active region. 
 *Route Direction Maps. 
 *WayPoints in directions. 
 *Waypoints with Route directions, location address, Route Panels, Directions panel. 
 *Custom markers (Custom Image as marker). 
 *You can change default google map marker with your own marker for your location to deisplay. 
 *Multiple map theme(Styles). 
 *You can change default google map theme to predefined themes. to change its view. 
 *Google Map Widget. 
 *To display google maps in sidebar or footer widget. 
 *Map Customization . 
 *Customizable CSS for maps, Height, Width, color. 
 *Centerallize Dashbaord. 
 *Multi Language Maps. 
 *Translation ready. 
 *Tooltip Action. 
 *MagnifyingGlass(when the user lingers over a cluttered marker, a magnifiying glass will be opened.). 
 *Responsive (The maps will adapt according to the space available to display.).
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IS-Google Maps Lite

The easiest plugin to use Google Maps! Create a custom Google map with Quality markers containing categories, descriptions, images and links.

Map pins vs IS-Google Maps Lite