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Creating Map

We turn to the tab "Maps".



Enter the number of maps with the correct configuration for us.

Coordinates it is convenient to choose by dragging the marker (the value is automatically substituted in the form fields ) or by clicking the mouse on the desired location.


Map properties

Title Map title
Description Description
Show Title Show map title as a placemark
Open InfoWin Open InfoWindow
Width Map Width,
if set to 0, map will be 100% wide
Height Map Height
Latitude Map center Latitude
Longitude Map center Longitude
Zoom Initial Map Zoom
Map Type Initial Map Type
Google Earth The enabled/disabled state of the Google Earth
OpenStreetMap Layer The enabled/disabled state of the OpenStreetMap Layer and ability to use Map Type Control to switch to that layer
KML Layer URL of the KML Layer, that would be displayed on the map
Category The category that this map is assigned to


Map Decoration

Header HTML-text HTML text on top of the map
Show Header Separator Show Separator after Header HTML text
Show Footer Separator Show Separator before Footer HTML text
Footer HTML-text HTML text on bottom of the map


Map Controls

Map Type Control The enabled/disabled state of the Map Type Control
Pan Control The enabled/disabled state of the Pan Control
Zoom Control The enabled/disabled state of the Zoom Control
Scale Control The enabled/disabled state of the Scale Control
Overview Map Control The enabled/disabled state of the Overview Map Control
Double Click Zoom Enables/disables zoom and center on double click
Scroll Wheel Zoom The enabled/disabled state of the scrollwheel zooming on the map
Rotate Control The enabled/disabled state of the Rotate Control
Street View Control The enabled/disabled state of the Street View Control
Traffic Layer The enabled/disabled state of the Traffic Layer
Bicycle Layer The enabled/disabled state of the Bicycle Layer


Control Positions

Map Type Control Position on a map
Pan Control Position on a map
Zoom Control Position on a map
Scale Control Position on a map
Street View Control Position on a map


Managing Placemarks by Marker Group List



Map Properties for Placemarks

Show placemarks in cluster Create cluster for markers
Marker Cluster Zoom Level Zoom Level on which Cluster starts group markers
Group Placemarks in Cluster by Placemark Group Property Create cluster for each marker group (and you can override cluster icon)
Remember, if you use this feature (without managing markers by group list), you have to activate group in cluster (by setting Active in Placemark Group List)


Map Group Detail for Placemarks

Placemark Group Control Position and type of list of group, that would be displayed for marker management
Placemark Group Column Width Column width for the left or right position of list group
Show Placemark Group Icon Show icon of group in list of group
Placemark Group CSS Type of group decoration

There are two predefined style in

/administrator/components/com_zhgooglemap/assets/css/markergroups.css

and one (external) – for you, which you can set style in you template. ID for tags depend on Placemark Group CSS field. See details in Marker Grouping

Group List Title Group List Title
Top Description Description on top of the list
Show Top-Separator The enabled/disabled state of Separator on top of the list
Show Bottom-Separator The enabled/disabled state of Separator on botom of the list
Bottom Description Description on bottom of the list


Using Marker Manager

File:GM-Map-Detail-PlacemarkManager.JPG

MarkerManager The enabled/disabled state of using Marker Manager


Using Places Library

Enable using Places The enabled/disabled state of using Places Library
Places Types Places Types
for example: 'restaurant', 'store'
Radius Radius from map center (in meters)
If you don't want to see placemark from Places API, and only use autocomplete field, then set radius = 0
Show Autocomplete field The enabled/disabled state of using Autocomplete field
Places Types for Autocomplete field Places Types for Autocomplete field
Show direction Show direction (by Directions API) from place, what you've found by autocomplete field (where marker is) and point on your map (which you set in map, center of map)


Using Panoramio Library



Using Google Earth

We turn to component options.

Enter the key Google Earth API.

For you map select using Google Earth

  • "Yes" - the map is displayed, but if you have not installed the plugin Google Earth Plugin, then that functionality is not available
  • "Yes (Notify)" - the map is displayed, but if you have not installed the plugin Google Earth Plugin, then that functionality is not available and displays a message that there is no plug-in