Alastair Green

The WP Map Factory plugin allows any number of maps to be easily created and used in your website.
The “Basics”
Choose how from a variety of map types
<ul>
<li>Google maps – Roadmap, Satellite and Hybrid</li>
<li>Open Street Maps</li>
<li>Thunderforest maps – Open Cycle, Landscape and Outdoors</li>
</ul>
Choose how to toggle between the map types
<ul>
<li>Drop-down menu</li>
<li>Buttons</li>
<li>Thumbnail image</li>
</ul>
Choose how to fit the map
<ul>
<li>Manually – pan and zoom the map to what you want</li>
<li>Automatically – fit to all displayed objects</li>
</ul>
Choose what map controls are visible
<ul>
<li>Center button</li>
<li>Full screen button</li>
<li>Street view button</li>
<li>Zoom buttons</li>
</ul>
Set the map size
<ul>
<li>By pixels</li>
<li>By percentage</li>
</ul>
Markers
Create an unlimited number of markers defining the following type
<ul>
<li>Marker type</li>
<li>Size</li>
<li>Fill colour and opacity</li>
<li>Stroke colour, opacity and thickness</li>
<li>Anchor position of the marker</li>
</ul>
Placecards
Create a placecard to highlight your business or location of interest
<ul>
<li>Direction</li>
<li>Link</li>
</ul>
Circles, Polylines and Polygons
Create an unlimited number of circles, polylines and polygons defining the following type
<ul>
<li>Size</li>
<li>Fill colour and opacity</li>
<li>Stroke colour, opacity and thickness</li>
<li>Tooltips and info windows</li>
<li>Elevation chart (for polylines)</li>
</ul>
And…
To save time and hassle you can view a sample of the map prior to placing the shortcode in the post, page or widget in which the map will be displayed.
It was never so easy to create maps in WordPress!

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