rvwoens

Remco Bron

<p><em>Map pins makes it easy to create a map with locations of businesses, events, or venues on a map.</em></p>
<h4>You can:</h4>
<ul>
<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:
<ul>
<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>
</ul>
</li>
<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>
</ul>
<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>
</ul>
<h4>Example shortcode:</h4>
<p>[mappins-map width=”500″ height=”900″ searchbar=”Y” list=”left” showmap=”show” listwidth=”40%”]</p>
<h4>List of location attributes:</h4>
<p>name, address, zipcode, city, country, telephone, category, markericon, openinghours, link URL, latitude/longitude</p>
<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.

NickDuncan

CodeCabin_

DylanAuty

WPGMaps

<p>The easiest to use Google Maps and Open Layers Map Plugin is now available as a standalone map block!</p>
<p>Create a custom map block with high-quality markers and add them to your WordPress posts and pages effortlessly. Perfect for contact pages, business locations, event venues, and more!</p>
<p>Map blocks are lightweight and deliver optimal performance, ensuring a seamless experience for your WordPress site. They’re easy to customize, allowing you to quickly add and configure maps to suit your needs without compromising site speed or performance.</p>
<p>If you need more features like multiple markers, shapes, and a store locator, our full (free) <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-google-maps/" rel="ugc">WP Go Maps plugin</a> might be perfect for you.</p>
<h4>Block Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Add unlimited map blocks to your posts/pages</li>
<li>Choose between Google Maps or OpenLayers for each block</li>
<li>Edit your marker directly from the block editor </li>
<li>Set marker location by free location search, or by right-clicking on the map preview</li>
<li>Preview your map in real time, within the block editor</li>
<li>Easy to use and customize without any coding experience </li>
<li>Control width, height and alignment of your maps</li>
<li>From the team that brought you the most popular Google Maps plugin on WordPress</li>
<li>Lightweight for optimal performance</li>
<li>No database queries or tables</li>
<li>Basic info-window for your marker</li>
<li>Control zoom level of your map</li>
<li>Support for localization</li>
<li>Latest Google Maps API</li>
<li>Latest OpenLayers API</li>
</ul>
<p>Already using WP Go Maps? You can still use this block for single locations, as it is fully integrated with both our basic and Pro versions!</p>
<h4>References</h4>
<p>We make use of a various libraries and 3rd party service providers in order to render maps in your preferred mapping engine. This section will describe each of these in more detail and when they are used.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>OpenLayers:</strong> Served from a local library file (lib/ol.js & lib/ol.css), provided by OpenLayers. We use this library when you set your block to use OpenLayers (default). You can find the source files on the <a href="https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers" rel="nofollow ugc">OpenLayers GitHub</a>.</li>
<li><strong>OpenStreetMap:</strong> When you select the OpenLayers engine, a default map tile server is used, which is provided by <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">OpenStreetMap</a>. This is a <strong>3rd party service provider</strong> that we rely on to render your map. They may also make use of <a href="https://www.mapbox.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">MapBox</a> for some of their assets.</li>
<li><strong>Google Maps API:</strong> If you decide to use <a href="https://developers.google.com/maps" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Maps</a> as your map engine, we will include the Google Maps API as a <strong>3rd party service provider</strong> that we rely on to render your maps. In this case, admin map previews are still rendered by OpenLayers and OpenStreetMap.</li>
<li><strong>Nominatim (OpenStreetMap):</strong> If you perform an address search within the admin area, we will make use of the <a href="https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow ugc">OpenStreetMap Nominatim</a> to lookup locations and suggest addresses to you. This is a <strong>3rd party service provider</strong> that we rely on for address searches.</li>
</ul>


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