Map pins

Map pins makes it easy to create a map with locations of businesses, events, or venues on a map.

You can:

• Insert a Google Map with custom markers anywhere on your blog using a shortcode.
• Show a scrollable list of locations next to the Google Map.
• Order the locations based on distance from visitor location (based on browser location).
• Oodles of information can be maintained per pin/location.
• Business hours are defined per location. Visitors can search for currently opened locations.
• Most options are highly customizable:
  • All options can be controlled by shortcode parameters
  • Show different sets of locations on various pages by using the location category
  • You can display only a map, display a map and list combination and even show only a list of locations (for example in your sidebar). All variants are searchable.
  • Includes country specific search options, for example zip-code optimized searching (powered by Google Maps).
  • Large number of marker-icons provided (courtesy of Maps Icons Collection project by Nicolas Mollet). You can add your own custom icons to the map as well.
  • Configurable admin environment to make location maintenance very easy.
• Automatic scaling of the map boundaries based on locations shown.
• English and Dutch translations are included.
• Translatable using .mo and .po files.
• Optimized for WordPress Multisite

Your visitors can:

• Browse a Google Map with all the locations you added.
• Use an intelligent search option to find locations close to a location (search powered by Google Maps).
• Find locations based on their current location (using GPS / IP location via the browser).
• Search based on business hours of a location is opened right now or not.
• Find information about the location you added by clicking a map marker including: name, address, business hours, any text you add and a hyperlink).

Example shortcode:

[mappins-map width=”500″ height=”900″ searchbar=”Y” list=”left” showmap=”show” listwidth=”40%”]

List of location attributes:

name, address, zipcode, city, country, telephone, category, markericon, openinghours, link URL, latitude/longitude

Licenses:

• The plugin uses wonderful custom marker icons from the Maps Icons Collection project by Nicolas Mollet. (http://mapicons.nicolasmollet.com/)
• Header photo by Dave77459 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave77459/6335868568/) cc license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)