Google Maps

[camainc]

I recently added Google maps to our directions page. You can get to the directions page from the home page:

http://www.wschurch.org/

I used to have a static map there, but the Google Map is much more interactive.

Chuck
West Side Christian Church
Springfield, IL

[David Gillaspey]

I recently added Google maps to our directions page. You can get to the directions page from the home page:

http://www.wschurch.org/

I used to have a static map there, but the Google Map is much more interactive.Wow! I love it! My initial impression is that Google maps beat MapQuest maps hand down.

You can get to the directions page from the home pageDo you mean by this the usual link from a dropdown menu, or the fact that the church name and address graphic link to the map? Actually, every church website should do that (that latter), but because so few do, I as a visitor wasn't sure where the link would take me til I actually tried it. (It might have been just a link to the home page, right?) So you might consider adding verbage in small type such as "Click for map" near the graphic.

Sincerely,

David Gillaspey
President
Great Church Websites

[camainc]

Thanks for the suggestion. I added a tooltip to the image so that at least when you hover over you'll know where you're going.

There are actually several ways to get to the map/directions page. One is by clicking the top banner image like you did. Another link is in the introduction text at the top of the content area. You can also get there from our "Help & Information" menu.

I really like Google Maps. It is much faster and more interactive than the other guys, and I think the maps are much easier to read. They also now have a cool "satellite" feature that shows a satellite image instead of the roadmap. The link is way over to the right on the map page.

:)

[Griffon2 6]

I recently added Google maps to our directions page. You can get to the directions page from the home page:

http://www.wschurch.org/

I used to have a static map there, but the Google Map is much more interactive.

Chuck
West Side Christian Church
Springfield, ILHow did you add the Google maps to your page? It looks great. I couldn't find anything on Google's site on how to do this. Maybe I missed something?

Thank you,
David Ossewaarde

[iamcam]

Looking at the page source (Sorry, Chuck... couldn't resist - i wanted to see how this worked for myself!), he used an iframe tag to actually load the Google page. You can copy the actual link by right-clicking on the "link to this page" link (Google maps) and paste its address into the iframe source.

<!-- Google Maps to FLood, in San Diego
Code borrowed from Camainc -->

<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="500"
width="800" marginheight="10" marginwidth="10" scrolling="auto"
src="http://maps.google.com/maps
q=4747+College+Avenue,+San+Diego,+Ca&ll=32.765869,
-117.064795&spn=0.012146,0.024995&hl=en">
</iframe>

Cool trick! I'm glad I could learn it...

[Griffon2 6]

Thank you very much!
I had no idea it was that easy.
It works like a charm. :cool:

Thanks again,
David O.

[McDLT]

I like the map too.

I think you might want to add a link to it on your Thinking About Visiting Page too.

[mickmel]

Very slick! I'll be "borrowing" that code as well. :)

[flutem3]

Help,

I went to Google Maps and couldn't get the one for Wabash to work. I got to the area of our town, but I couldn't seem to get any farther than that. Those maps are much better than the other maps I have seen.

In the code that was written at the bottom of the page, do I just need to stick in the name of our town, address, zip code, etc. for it to work on our website too?

Thanks.

Carol

PS I can leave the Katrina stuff out, right? I know this is really basic, but I need basic.

[MCD]

Carol, my problem is that Google does not recognize the correct address for my church. That is truly dissappointing

[flutem3]

Carol, my problem is that Google does not recognize the correct address for my church. That is truly dissappointing

Hi,

Maybe that is the problem I am having, but I surely don't understand why. Mapquest and other maps find the address without any trouble.

I thought maybe I was entering the information incorrectly. I don't think it is too clear what to enter, but maybe that is just me. That is very possible. I wonder if anyone else on here could recommend anything I can do to get it to work for me.

Why doesn't Google recognize your address? Is it a new one? If so, maybe the cartographers haven't picked it up yet.

I guess I will just stick with what I have, Mapquest, until something else I can use pops its head up to say "howdy."

Carol

[MCD]

Why doesn't Google recognize your address? Is it a new one? If so, maybe the cartographers haven't picked it up yet.

Carol
I have no idea. Our church has been at it's current location since the 70's. Mapquest and Yahoo have it right.

[mickmel]

Carol, my problem is that Google does not recognize the correct address for my church. That is truly dissappointing

What is the address? Maybe someone here can find a way to format it a little differently and get it to work correctly.

[JackWolfgang]

How did you add the Google maps to your page? It looks great. I couldn't find anything on Google's site on how to do this. Maybe I missed something?

There is also a Google Maps API, but you have to sign up for a key (one key required for each domain/subdomain) at http://www.google.com/apis/maps/.

I have done the API route, as demonstrated by http://ministries.tristatecamp.org. If you need assistance, let me know.

[JackWolfgang]

Carol, my problem is that Google does not recognize the correct address for my church. That is truly dissappointing

If you can find the church on the map or the satellite view, you can pick the latitude & longitude out of the Google Maps permalink. Then you can use that to form a map.

[Faithhb_lutheran]

There is also a Google Maps API, but you have to sign up for a key (one key required for each domain/subdomain) at http://www.google.com/apis/maps/.

I have done the API route, as demonstrated by http://ministries.tristatecamp.org. If you need assistance, let me know.

Google's API section rocks. life would be a lot duller without it.

Jack,
thanks for the fact on latitude and longitude. That will help with making directions and maps for all of our youth events.

[JackWolfgang]

Google's API section rocks. life would be a lot duller without it.

Jack,
thanks for the fact on latitude and longitude. That will help with making directions and maps for all of our youth events.

Actually, that's how I did the churches on the Tri-State site. All the lats/longs are stored in XML and the API code reads the XML and displays the appropriate markers.

[tmreg]

I am a big fan of google maps also. I looked at various ways to add the google maps feature on our site but each way I tried looked way too cumbersome and took up quite a bit of room. I just added a link (with a preformatted url) linked to open in a new window directly to google maps. the bubble that points to the address has a link to get directions to here or from here. We put that link up several places in our site. this is what the link looks like it, try formatting it for your address.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1612%20Meadow%20Edge+Spring+TX+77388+(Resurrection+Lutheran+Church)