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Improving Map Point Selection
Written by Andrew Eddie
Mapping has been an integral part of the Magazine and Catalog since their inception. Both store the mapping location via latitude and longitude values. While these values are very efficient for plotting points, they are not the easiest the look up. The good people from MyDynamicSite asked us if it was possible to just put in an address. I must admit, I did stuggle trying to work out what the lat/long was for my house when I actually tried to find out what it was. So fortunately for us, Google's Map API has such a feature and with a little hunting we found the appropriate code snippet to drop in.
Provided that you have set your site and administrator map keys correctly (see the Preferences Toolbar icon when you are on the Dashboard), when you now edit an Article or a Catalog Item you will also have a small map that allows you to search for an address, or even simply drag the point around the map until you find just the right spot. Once you are settled on the point, simple click the "Use this point" button and the interface will automatically update the latitude and longitude values.
This feature is available in the latest versions of both Magazine and Catalog.
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