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Google Maps format
Displays queried geographical data onto an Google Maps map
Further Information
Provided by:	Semantic Maps
Added:	0.1
Removed:	still supported
Requirements:	none
Format name:	googlemaps
Enabled by default:info.pngIndicates whether the result format is enabled by default upon installation of the respective extension.	yes
Authors:	Jeroen De Dauw
Categories:	geo
Table of Contents

The result format googlemaps, part of the Semantic Maps extension, can be used to display geographical data onto Google Maps maps.

Parameters

Parameter	Aliases	Type	Default	Description
geoservice	-	Text	geonames	The geocoding service to use to make translations between addresses and coordinates.
zoom	-	Whole number	no	The zoom level for the map. For maps with markers this will default to the most zoomed in level that still shows all markers.
width	-	Text	auto	Allows setting the width of the map. By default pixels will be assumed as unit, but you can explicitly specify one of these units: px, ex, em, %.
height	-	Text	350	Allows setting the height of the map. By default pixels will be assumed as unit, but you can explicitly specify one of these units: px, ex, em, %.
type	-	Text	roadmap	The map type to initially show.
types	-	List of text items	roadmap, satellite, hybrid, terrain	The map types that will be available via the type control.
layers	-	List of text items	empty	Special layers to load onto the map.
controls	-	List of text items	pan, zoom, type, scale, streetview	The controls to place on the map.
zoomstyle	-	Text	default	The style of the zoom control.
typestyle	-	Text	default	The style of the type control.
autoinfowindows	-	Yes/no	no	Automatically open all info windows after the page has loaded.
kml	-	List of text items	empty	KML files to load onto the map.
gkml	-	List of text items	empty	KML files hosted by Google to load onto the map.
fusiontables	-	List of text items	empty	IDs of Google Fusion Tables which should be loaded onto the map.
resizable	-	Yes/no	no	Makes the map resizable by dragging at it's lower right corner.
tilt	-	Whole number	0	Tilt for the Map when using Google Maps.
kmlrezoom	-	Yes/no	no	Rezoom the map after the KML layers have been loaded.
poi	-	Yes/no	yes	Show points of interest.
staticlocations	locations	List of text items	empty	A list of locations to add to the map together with the queried data. Like with display_points, you can add a title, description and icon per location using the tilde "~" as separator.
centre	center	Text	no	The centre of the map. When not provided, the map will automatically pick the optimal centre to display all markers on the map.
icon	-	Text	empty	Allows setting the icon used for all markers.
forceshow	force show	Yes/no	yes	Show the map even when there are no locations to display?
showtitle	show title	Yes/no	yes	Show a title in the marker info window or not. Disabling this is often usefull when using a template to format the info window content.
template	-	Text	no	A template to use to format the info window contents.
title	-	Text	empty	Allows setting text that will be displayed in the pop-ups of all markers that do not have a specific title. When used together with label, the title will be bold and underlined.
label	text	Text	empty	Allows setting text that will be displayed in the pop-ups of all markers that do not have a specific label.

Examples

Semantic Maps examples can be found on the Semantic Maps wiki.

See also

• Semantic Maps query documentation
• Semantic Maps extension page

Geo formats

These are the geo related result formats provided by SMW and extensions to SMW.

• Google Maps format
• KML format
• Map format
• OpenLayers format
• Yahoo! Maps format

This documentation page applies to all SMW versions from 1.4.2 to the most current version.

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