ZeeMaps

<p>With a few simple clicks, you can post a customized, interactive Google Map in your<br />
blog. Follow these simple steps to post your map:</p>
<ul>
<li>Go to the ZeeMaps server (http://www.zeemaps.com) and create your map</li>
<li>Add markers, regions to your map</li>
<li>Add one marker at-a-time, using Additions->Add Marker menu item, or use Additions->Upload CSV to add multiple markers from a CSV file or Google Spreadsheet</li>
<li>After your map is done, note the map number for your map (the number on the map URL after the parameter <em>group=</em>)</li>
<li>Make sure you have the ZeeMaps plugin downloaded and activated</li>
<li>Go to edit your blog entry</li>
<li>In the second row for your blog editor menu buttons, you should see a new button with the Google marker icon</li>
<li>Place your cursor in the location where you want to publish your map in the editor window</li>
<li>Click on the Google marker icon button</li>
<li>Enter your map number and customize your published map in the resulting dialog</li>
<li>Click on the insert button</li>
</ul>
<p>This should add some text to your blog like:</p>
<p>[zeemaps 45 w=100% h=500 add geosearch]</p>
<p>This text will be replaced by the map in your blog.</p>


Create and customize an interactive Google Map using ZeeMaps and then easily publish it in your blog post.

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.

ZeeMaps vs Map Me