In May 2009, Google releasedJavaScript Maps API v3, rebuilding the Maps API from the ground up with a deliberate focus on reduced latency and increased performance. A year later, on May 19, 2010, v3 graduated from Labs to become the default JavaScript Maps API. JavaScript Maps API v2 was subsequently deprecated and scheduled for shutdown on May 19, 2013.
Over the past 3 years Google added numerous additional features to v3, such as elevation,cycling and transit directions, and symbols, but Google also recognize that a number of long-standing sites have not yet migrated their applications to v3.
Therefore, Google is extending the deprecation timeline for JavaScript Maps API v2 by six months, to November 19, 2013. On that date, Google will attempt to automagically turn remaining v2 maps into v3 maps, by way of a JavaScript wrapper Google will deploy. Google expects this wrapper to work for most simple maps, but to avoid any last minute surprises Google strongly encourage sites to complete their migration to v3 ahead of this date.
In the next weeks the Joomla plugin Google Maps will release a new version 3.0 that only supports version 3. Most of the features of version 2 are migrated to version 3. Only a couple of special features like Adsmanager, layers like for example wiki and some GeoXML features are not migrated. Most of the website will be migrated automatically from Google Maps version 2 to version 3. If there are problems please contact me.
I hope this site will provide you the necessary information to solve problems or give ideas how to use the plugin in your site. Click read more for more general information of the installation and usage of the plugin or see install tutorial.
If you've a problem or question please do the checklist first. If this doesn't solve it send me an email, with the url of the page with problem and version of the plugin.
Released is version 1.13 of the plugin to include a component in an article without iframe. So the links will work like in an normal page and styling of the site will be used and also the style of the component.
The following features are added, changed or solved:
Option to remove the print parameter in the url
Adapted plugin for Joomla 2.5 and 3.0
Remove special javascript content type around scripts to prevent problems with IE
The syntax is: { component url='<url>' } Double quoutes can be used too. Remove the spaces after { and before }.
Replace <url> with the url to your component and include index.php? Best is to use the url from a menu item in a hidden menu so you can use parameters of this menu item for the component
For example: { component url='index.php?option=com_component&Itemid=73¶meters....' }
You now can define multiple lookats or camera positions for the Earth maptype (version => 3.0). In this way you can define a fly route to you locations.