Using Google maps with Jreviews PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mike Reumer   
Friday, 13 July 2007 22:14
This is documentation how to use Googlemaps Plugin with Jreviews to display maps of custom fields. You ave several option:

  • Use Lon & Lat
  • Use an address

Notes:
  1. Make sure the Googlemap plugin comes after the jReviews comment bot.
  2. Disable the click2search feature as this can break the code.
  3. Insert the code in the
    1. Jreviews version 1.x: com_component.html template, anywhere in between the patTemplate tags.
    2. Jreviews version 2.x: detail.thtml template.
  4. JR_xxx variables ARE case sensitive.
This documentation is provided by Stewart Christian. There is also a discussion at JReviews support forum.

Using Lon & Lat

If geocoding is available in a country then you can use an address.

Create a custom field for longitude (JR_LON) and latitude (JR_LAT).  These contain the latitude and longitude values

Add the code in the com_content.html template of Jreviews:
 
{mosmap width='500'|height='400'|lat='{JR_LAT}'|lon='{JR_LON}'| zoom='3'| zoomType='Large'|zoomNew='0'|mapType='Normal'| showMaptype='1'|overview='0'} 

Using an address

Create a custom field for your address. It is best to use a different field for each parameter of the address so parameters can be added as needed.  An example is :
 
For US,
     JR_ADDRESS
     JR_CITY
     JR_STATE
     JR_ZIPCODE
 
For UK
     JR_STREET
     JR_TOWN
     JR_COUNTY
     JR_POSTCODE
 
Add the code in the com_content.html template of Jreviews:
 
{mosmap width='400'|height='300'| address='{JR_ADDRESS},{JR_CITY},{JR_STATE},{JR_ZIPCODE},US'| zoom='5'| zoomType='Large'|zoomNew='0'|mapType='Normal'|showMaptype='1'|overview='0'}
 
or
 
{mosmap width='400'|height='300'| address='{JR_STREET},{JR_TOWN},{JR_COUNTY}'| zoom='5'| zoomType='Large'|zoomNew='0'|mapType='Normal'| showMaptype='1'|overview='0'}
 
{mosmap width='400'|height='300'|address='{JR_POSTCODE}'| zoom='5'| zoomType='Large'|zoomNew='0'|mapType='Normal'| showMaptype='1'|overview='0'}
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