Recipe 61: Google Maps
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Ingredients
jQuery Update: http://drupal.org/project/jquery_update
Country Codes API: http://drupal.org/project/countries_api
Google Maps Tools: http://drupal.org/project/gmaps
Gmaps Content Fields, Gmaps Views, and and Google Maps. (These modules come with Google Maps Tools, above.)
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Complete Recipe 60, Steps 1 and 2
There are a number of different mapping solutions available to Drupal users. In this recipe we use a relatively new module called Google Maps Tools.
The module is rich in functionality, offering a selection of five different CCK field types. For our map of trailhead parking sites, we will use the Map marker field. We'll assign each trailhead its geographic coordinates by viewing aerial photography and manually placing a marker.
The assignment of geographic coordinates (generally, latitude and longitude) is known as "geocoding".
Recipe 62 is also based on Google Maps Tools, so try out both to get a sense of the extent of this module.
