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Similar to other mambots that can be run with jReviews, I think this one will be quite useful for some of you. If you try it and get it to work, please let us know. It's the Googlemaps plugin.

You just need to create a custom field for longitud (JR_LON) and latitude (JR_LAT) and then add the code in the com_content.html template:

{mosmap width='500'|height='400'|lat='{JR_LAT}'|lon='{JR_LON}'|zoom='3'| zoomType='Large'|zoomNew='0'|mapType='Satellite'| showMaptype='1'|overview='0'|text='sv DWO'|key=''}

Make sure the googlemap bot comes after the jReviews comment bot.

It should not be too difficult, maybe you can suggest it and donate something to the cause.

  OK!

I am getting there - my problem was not entering my key in the right place.  I entered in the plugin but for some reason wasn't picking it up when the page was created so the key was missing so i entered my key directly into the "com_jreviews/tmpl/default/com_content.html" page :

{mosmap width='500'|height='400'|lat='{JR_LAT}'|lon='{JR_LON}'|zoom='3'| zoomType='Large'|zoomNew='0'|mapType='Satellite'| showMaptype='1'|overview='0'|text='Located Here'|key='MY-KEY-GOES-HERE'}

Now i want to replace "Located Here" with the content title and maybe another field or two but if i enter |text='{title}'| it doesn't work - how do i get my content item into the mosmap text ?

Problem 2
 i don't want the map to be given space on the page if the LON + LAT are blank otherwise i get a large white space of 500x400 pixels just under the main text ?

Nice To Have
Ideally i`d like to create a hyperlink to the googlemap in place of the LON/LAT fields in the content item - is this possible ?

1) seems pointless to duplicate a field !!!  Thats what relational databases are for !  I`ll wait until you add the field to the relevant query

2) I got that working fine but can't get the link to NOT display if the field is empty :

<a target="_blank" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q={JR_LATLON}">Get Directions and Map It</a>
<patTemplate:tmpl name="googlemaplink" type="simplecondition" requiredvars="jr_latlon">
<a target="_blank" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q={JR_LATLON}">Get Directions and Map It</a>
</patTemplate:tmpl>

3) I think you misunderstand !  I want the hyperlink in (2) to replace the actual LON-LAT custom field in the content record, but i guess i could "hide" the field entirely ?

#1 ok - its GREATLY appreciated - i will remember you when i make my first million ! 

#2 all done - just need to work on the URL to get correct ZOOM and Satellite image as default.

#3 done

I've got the MOSMAP thing working as well just can't decide on best course of action !

I've been interested in using Google maps for visitor location on my site for some time.

Another great component that using Google Maps to mark visitor and member locations is called GeoCommunity.  I was involved in the beta testing of this component and it now works very well at automatically placing the locaion of visitors on the map.  And for members it works nicely with Community Builder to link members locations to their profiles and shows their name, location and avatar on the map.

It also has a sister module called GeoVisitor which just plots visitor locations on a map.

This may not be of use for what you are trying to do, but I thought it might be of interest as it uses an IP location server to automatically find the location of visitors and places them on the map, as well as having the ability to manually alter you location to make it more accurate, or to manually add your location if your IP wasn't found when the mambot tried to reference and look it up.

What do you mean you get nothing? Have you tried entering the code with hardcoded numbers instead of the {JR_LON} {JR_LAT} tags to see if it works?

What did you name your custom fields? Also try just putting the above tags without the rest of the google map mambot code to check if you see the values in the template.

I'm having a similar problem.  Of course it is late and I might be missing something but here is what I have tried:

In a regular Joomla content item I inserted the following code:


and the map displays ok.

In JReviews I have the following custom fields:

     jr_address
     jr_city
     jr_state
     jr_zipcode

and I insert the following code into - com_content.html:


But it will not display, only a big white space.

If I use Long & Lat without the custom fileds it also shows.

Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.