Google Maps

Google Maps
What:
A web mapping service application and technology provided by Google, free for non-commercial uses.
Licence:
Google Maps licence
Parameter value:
googlemaps
Parameter aliases:
googlemaps, google
More info:
Google Maps

Google Maps is one of the mapping services natively supported by the Maps and Semantic Maps extensions. It can be used with:

• The display map parser hook
• The display points parser hook
• Semantic MediaWiki queries

Google Maps v3 specific properties

This mapping service defines several of its own parameters that are supported by most of the features implementing this service.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
zoom	Whole number	14	The zoom level for the map. For maps with markers this will default to the most zoomed in level that still shows all markers.
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.

Google Maps v3 specific settings

Default map zoom

The default zoom of a Google Maps map. This value will only be used when the user does not provide one.

Default: $egMapsGMaps3Zoom = 14;

Default map types

The default Google Maps map types. This are the map types the user will be able to choose in the map type selector control. This value will only be used when the user does not provide one.

Default: $egMapsGMaps3Types = array( 'roadmap', 'satellite', 'hybrid', 'terrain' );

Default map type

The default map type, in other words: the one the map will show when the page is loaded. This value will only be used when the user does not provide one.

Default: $egMapsGMaps3Type = 'roadmap';

Controls

Default: $egMapsGMaps3Controls = array( 'pan', 'zoom', 'type', 'scale', 'streetview' );

These are all currently supported.

Layers

Supported: traffic, bicycling

Default: $egMapsGMaps3Layers = array();

Type control style

Supported: horizontal, vertical or default

Default: $egMapsGMaps3DefTypeStyle = 'default';

Zoom control style

Supported: small, large or default

Default: $egMapsGMaps3DefZoomStyle = 'default';

Auto windows

Open info windows on page load by default.

Default: $egMapsGMaps3AutoInfoWindows = false;

Default tilt

Default tilt when using Google Maps. Integer.

Default: $egMapsGMaps3DefaultTilt = 0;

JavaScript Loader API key

Needed only when using Google Earth. Can be obtained at: https://code.google.com/apis/loader/signup.html

Default: $egGoogleJsApiKey = ;

This documentation page applies to all (Semantic) Maps versions from 1.0 to the most current version.

Other versions: 0.5.3 – 0.7.x      

Google Maps en 1.0