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Tag Archives: Google Maps

Basic Google Maps Placemarks Plugin

I wrote a new WordPress plugin for a side project and just released it into the repository. It creates a custom post type for markers and then inserts them into an embedded Google Map, using the post’s featured image as the map icon.

Note: all support requests should be posted to the support forums.

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Ian Dunn. Posted in WordPress | Tagged Google Maps, Plugin Development | 18 Comments

How to Backup Placemarks in Google Maps

Google doesn’t give you a link to export placemarks that you add to a saved map, but you can change the ‘output’ parameter in the iframe URL from ’embed’ to ‘kml’ to download an XML file with all of the map details, including the placemarks and custom icons. I got an error when trying to […]

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Posted on April 23, 2011 by Ian Dunn. Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Backup, Google Maps, iframe, KML | Leave a comment

URL Parameters for Google Maps

Mapki has a detailed list of URL parameters for Google Maps. Setting daddr is useful when you want to create a link for a user to get directions. You can also control the zoom level, type of map (normal, satellite, terrain, etc), overlay information and lots of other things.

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Ian Dunn. Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Google Maps | Leave a comment

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