I have a question concerning Google Maps. On the contact page of a website I did include Google Maps. Unfortunately, when a user hovers (mouse over) over the pin on the map, a comment about a nearby restaurant is also shown. And more unfortunate, the comment is bad :P. How can I hide this functionality from the map?
See http://bullseyemedia.nl/contact and hover over the A.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Kind regards,
Reinder
You could use a static map, very easy to code.
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/
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I have embedded Google map on my wordpress website. When i see page then it on map on top left corner it shows a box with location name, address, reviews etc.
Now my question is how can i hide only review section from that box?
Thanks in advance.
Based on the information you have provided in your question, I'm assuming that you have one static location that shows up with all its details, you can remove the review section using Jquery but that will be complex, why don't you use the Maps API. Also can you provide more details as to what you are trying to achieve ?
I'll be able to help you in a better way then.
I was wondering if you could put a custom StreetView with a marker. I am making a map that has city parks. I want it so if someone clicks on a specific marker, the custom StreetView pops up and shows the panorama. For the custom StreetViews I used Google Views. Is this possible?
Thanks in advance.
Yes, this is possible. Something close to it can be done in two ways.
The easiest option is to load Google maps from the main URL and wait. It will let you build a map or view your custom maps just below the search bar. Google Maps itself lets you create a custom map with markers. This doesn't sound like your desired option, but it is quick to implement. You can even add your own style.
The second is to create your own custom Street View tour, this sounds like your focus. You want the actual panographs to use your markers. This is fairly easy to do, but requires some programming. It is possible on both Google Earth and Google Maps. Check out the Google APIs such as https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference#StreetViewPanoramaOptions. Options include changing out panographs for your own images, defining arrows including labels, overlays, pop-up boxes, action boxes, and more. Check out some options here: http://hpneo.github.io/gmaps/examples.html
I noticed a specific effect when I search Google for a road without the street number, where the static map thumbnail is centered on the street, and the street is highlighted with a red border. Here is my query; you'll see the map before the search results.
Wilson Rd 08012
Does anyone know if there is a way to achieve this effect via the Google Static Maps API? Ideally where I could just pass in the street and zip to reproduce that search image. I know there are other questions on here asking how to use street data to plot a line over the map, but I'm curious if anyone knows how to get Google to do what it's already doing, but programmatically.
Thank you!
The Static Map API is documented: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/staticmaps/ and currently road styles don't include this.
However, features are often added to Google Maps first and do find their way from there into their APIs. But they never announce timescales or what's coming up until it's done. Personally I hope this is optional.
I am programming my first google calendar sidebar gadget right now. When the user is in Google Calendar, I plan to have them open up an event, and when they are in view/edit page, it will use that event's data to find other similar events.
The problem is, I can't figure out a way to know which event is currently being looked at. Once I can tell that, I don't think I'll have much trouble doing the rest.
So, I am wondering:
Does the Google Calendar API provide views information for sidebar gadgets? I think the answer is no but I'd like to be wrong.
Is there any other way I might get this information, like say by looking up info from the page's DOM?
Thanks in advance! I might post this question elsewhere, but I will be sure to post the answer here regardless.
Looks like it's subscribeToEvents that I need. It was right under my nose in the API docs...
I am trying to embed a map widget into a wordpress blog.
Visitors to the blog should be able to place a marker on the map and others should be able to view places that other people have marked.
It should not require people to log in before placing a marker.
Can anyone recommend such a service?
Just found http://mapservices.org - seems to be working great so far.