README

The module helps to create and manage Google Maps 🌏 in your Silverstripe project. It comes with comprehensive settings that you can use to your advantage. Whether you need to create simple or complex maps 🗺️, markers 📍 and more.

Install

1. Install module

composer require goldfinch/google-maps

2. Create Google Cloud API key with the required libraries

There are two API Libraries that need to be enabled for the proper work of this module.

• Maps JavaScript API for maps integration
• Maps Static API for maps thumbnails and previews

3. Add Google Cloud API key to your .env

APP_GOOGLE_MAPS_KEY=""

4. Implement JavaScript front-end component

via Silverstripe Requirements PHP

Requirements::javascript('goldfinch/google-maps:client/dist/map.js');

via template require

<% require javascript('goldfinch/google-maps:client/dist/map.js') %>

via ES6 module

npm i @googlemaps/js-api-loader

import GoogleMap from '..../vendor/goldfinch/google-maps/client/src/src/map-mod'

// import GoogleMap from '@goldfinch/google-maps/src/map-mod'; // with alias

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
  new GoogleMap()
})

// vite.config.js
// * only if you use alias import above

import { defineConfig } from 'vite'

export default defineConfig(({ command, mode }) => {
  return {
    // ..

    resolve: {
      alias: [{ find: '@goldfinch', replacement: fileURLToPath(new URL('./vendor/goldfinch', import.meta.url)) }]
    }

    // ..
  }
})

Available Taz commands

If you haven't used Taz🌪️ before, taz file must be presented in your root project folder cp vendor/goldfinch/taz/taz taz

Create map segment

php taz make:map-segment

Create InfoWindow template

php taz make:map-infowindow:template

Create MapBlock extension

php taz vendor:google-maps:ext:block

Create Config extension

php taz vendor:google-maps:ext:config

Create MapsAdmin extension

php taz vendor:google-maps:ext:admin

Create MapSegment extension

php taz vendor:google-maps:ext:segment

Create full Yaml config (further config amends are required, you might want to remove what you don't need)

php taz vendor:google-maps:config

Publish all available templates

php taz vendor:google-maps:templates

Runs a bundle of all available vendor:google-maps:* commands

php taz vendor:google-maps

How to create a new map

Each Google Map is built on what is called Map Segment.

1. Create a map segment

Use Taz🌪️ to generate new Map Segment. It will quickly lead you through the setup and take care of it for you.

php taz make:map-segment

2. Create map record in CMS

Go to /admin/maps and add new map. In the Type we need to select our map segment that has been created the step before (should be selected by default). You can go ahead, add markers and check out the Settings tab if you want.

3. Custom Info Window template (optional)

This module comes with various settings for Maps and Markers. You can also add Info Window for markers and easily customize it for your needs. All you need to do is create your custom InfoWindow template by using Taz

php taz make:map-infowindow:template

Once it's been created, you can go to any marker record you added to your map and select your custom template in Info Window Template dropdown.

Usage

Across templates

Using GoogleMaps global provider.

Render map segment template by type

$GoogleMaps.bySegment(office).RenderSegmentMap

Render map frame only by type

$GoogleMaps.bySegment(office).MapElement

Render map segment template by ID

$GoogleMaps.byID(1).RenderSegmentMap

Render map frame only by ID

$GoogleMaps.byID(1).MapElement

Using elemental block

If you prefer using silverstripe/silverstripe-elemental, you can take a look at Map block that already comes with this module.

Sidenotes

Google Maps iframes might have a blue border that you want to get rid of.

.gm-style iframe + div {
  border: none !important;
}

As of February 21st, 2024, Marker is deprecated. Please use AdvancedMarkerElement instead.

Events

• Map events
• Marker events
• AdvancedMarkerElement events
• Info Window events

Available JavaScript callback events

window.goldfinch = {}

window.goldfinch.map_callback = (map, mapSettings, segment, parameters) => {
  // ..
}
window.goldfinch.marker_callback = (marker, markerParams, e, map, segment, parameters) => {
  // ..
}
window.goldfinch.infoWindow_callback = (infoWindow, infowindowParams, marker, map, e, segment, parameters) => {
  // ..
}

Previews

Admin

Map segment

Map segment settings

Map's markers

Marker item

Marker settings

License

The MIT License (MIT)