Google Maps + Gallery

This was already in the module for a while now .... ?

The module should gather the value of the path directly from the Imagemagick module, if this one isn;t found there would be no path specified and so the "%PATH%" variable would be use to locate the binary...

I'm not sure why you need to specify the path manually, I'd like to fix this bug if posssible

I think I need to add some sort of a guide on how to setup the map.
This is normal behaviour, the map only shows up when you go to a certain URL (http://yourdmain/youpathtofallery/main.php?view=map.Showmap)

That is because you have no GPS coordinate set in any album yet, I tried to explain it in the posting but I guess it wasn't clear enought
Also, I thought I had fixed it ... guess not ...

I'll be looking at that in more details

Thanks for the input !

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The Termite

In fact this only fixes the problem in certain situation ... so I made a bigger change and I'm gonna upload it soon....

I did not understand why this was necessary; but, it was. The correct path -is- set in 'Graphics Toolkits' and I've not seen any other complaints (from my system) about this.

Yes, Please . . . For Dummies.

Coordinates are necessary at the album level? I did set coordinates for a photo within an ablum; but, not for the album itself.

I tried this -and- the newly uploaded 0.4.0b and I no longer get the error; but, I get a blank admin section.

...i PM-ed you

Here is the problem with the balnk admin page (at least with me).
mapSiteAdmin.tpl is actually named MapSiteAdmin.tpl

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Error Detail -
Error (ERROR_BAD_PARAMETER) : Smarty error: unable to read resource: "gallery:modules/map/templates/mapSiteAdmin.tpl"

* in modules/core/classes/GallerySmarty.class at line 108 (gallerystatus::error)
* in lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php at line 1584 (gallerysmarty::trigger_error)
* in lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php at line 1410 (gallerysmarty::_fetch_resource_info)
* in lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php at line 1859 (gallerysmarty::_compile_resource)
* in /opt/csw/apache/gallery2data/smarty/templates_c/%%3122720344/%%CD^CD7^CD714190%%SiteAdmin.tpl.php at line 63 (gallerysmarty::_smarty_include)
* in lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php at line 1861
* in /opt/csw/apache/gallery2data/smarty/templates_c/%%3122720344/%%54^54D^54D7A448%%admin.tpl.php at line 4 (gallerysmarty::_smarty_include)
* in lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php at line 1861
* in modules/core/classes/GalleryTemplateAdapter.class at line 638 (gallerysmarty::_smarty_include)
* in /opt/csw/apache/gallery2data/smarty/templates_c/%%3122720344/%%3A^3A8^3A818B59%%theme.tpl.php at line 53 (gallerytemplateadapter::theme)
* in lib/smarty/Smarty.class.php at line 1251
* in modules/core/classes/GallerySmarty.class at line 90 (smarty::fetch)
* in modules/core/classes/GalleryTemplate.class at line 228 (gallerysmarty::fetch)
* in main.php at line 318 (gallerytemplate::display)
* in main.php at line 87
* in main.php at line 80
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also see the new GPS module: http://gallery.menalto.com/node/39661

what is the difference between http://gallery.menalto.com/files/map%20theme%201.0.2.zip

and the 0.4.0b code here?

The wiki links to this thread. Seems like there should be a seperate thread for each?

Also at some point the theme would not be usefull if the module has the capability to restrain the number of marker based on a criteria (like a group or something)

In the mean time when I'm done with the route feature I might take a look at the theme to see if it's a big deal to bring it up to speed.

See you !
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The Termite

Well ... that's heritage I did not change that in the module it has been that way from the beginning when steven has created it
It can be change pretty easily but If i do it in the module it's gonna mess up everyone using it at the moment and you would need to change all the gps coordinates of all pictures/albums.

Does everyone think we should change it or keep it the way it is ?

That's a good idea but seems a little more tricky

Sorry I got out of hand but I was happy

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The Termite

The GPS module http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Gallery2:Modules:Gps has just become a perfect partner for use with the GooleMap module, it can now import a GPS track - I use Ozi Explorer track logs - and add to the GoogleMap GPS field the locations of photos it finds on the track. These phots will then appear in the Gallery map view as well as in the Google Map exported file. To use these features it is neccessary to use the latest versions of both modules.
Nice work all concerned. Dave.

Yes I am and yes you are correct

I made the module independant of CustomField so that it's a lot easier to add features like this one.

thx for your jpeg I had not made one (and I wasn't sure how) but that's next on the list right after the route deal is finish (sometime this week).

I'm going to propose 2 ways to automate:
- Directly from the photo and
- From the admin page where you just click a button and it browse all pic and put GPS coord in the pics (but that's only a step 2) :D

See you
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The Termite

I guess a code review would be in order.

On another note;
I’m thinking of adding "labels" to the map. They would be .png images and shadows (if needed) to label specific buildings or points on interest. I started to do this but after looking at the tracking that termite has done, I have to rethink my implementation. (it looks great termite!) I will look at the track code and test to see if my labels would be useful.

Dave

Hello,

I've started a wiki on the gallery codex so we can have user's guide and such ... I'll be completing it this friday or maybe before If I get some time.

In the mean time if you want to refer to it:

Map Module Wiki Doc

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The Termite

...i guess it does

Not sure whats up with PSPro but I see the GPS data now. I had to update jhead on my linux box.

you only need the map module. i don't think the theme affects the module. but it doesn't make much sense to use both i guess.
what's your g2 version and what is the exact message you're getting?

I am just using the module now with Gallery 2.0.1.

I don't see any links to a map. Below is the change I made to photo.tpl. I see the message "Hi Kenny", but not "kdw: in if for MAP." If I remove the "if", then I see my message with a link to a map. I can even see the pins I have identified (no error message about invalid key). The same thing is occurring on the album page.

In the Edit Album > Theme page, I have added Google Map to Sidebar, Album Page and Photo Page.

Apparently, I missing some setting. I just have determined which one yet.

{if !empty($theme.item.description)}
<p class="giDescription">
{$theme.item.description|markup}
</p>
{/if}
<p>Hi Kenny</p>
{if isset($smarty.get.g2_FromMap)}
<p>kdw: in if for MAP</p>
<a href="{g->url arg1="view=map.ShowMap"}">Go Back to the Map</a>
{/if}

Thanks,
kwick

Geocoding. I received permission to distribute the code. However EVERYONE needs to get in touch with mike if you make use of it. I suggest that geocoding be incorporated into the module as a *default off* preference and that the preference CLEARLY state that you need to contact Mike (if using the brainoff server) or instructions on using geocoder.us (which I believe requires an account - and only supports United States geocoding). It should be pointed out that both servers only allow free geocoding for NON-COMMERCIAL purposes.

ShowMap.inc
This is my attempt to filter based on a passed in album id. Something like:
/gallery/main.php?g2_view=map.ShowMap&g2_itemId=36187 should only show items who are children (however distant) of 36187

GPSMap.tpl
A lot of javascript to parse the geocoding response. I haven't bothered to clean this, or pretty much anything, up. You'll note, in particular that the url needs to be changed. It currently points to a bogus example.com. It should point to a file created into the module that simply redirects to brainoff.
I found out *after* I was done, in the process of asking permission, that someone else created a similar proxy already:
http://brainoff.com/gmaps/mgeocoder.html (I'm not a fan of their "Geocode" button that magically makes the entry data fields appear. My mom doesn't know what "Geocode" means. It's fun javascript, but confusing UI.)

proxy.php
Mine looks like this:

<?php
//load "http://brainoff.com/geocoder/rest?"
/*
$zip = $_GET["zip"];
$city = $_GET["city"];
$addr = $_GET["addr"];
$country = $_GET["country"];
*/
//print $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
$url = "http://brainoff.com/geocoder/rest?" . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
print readfile($url);
?>

But this one might not require php.ini changes (although I imagine there are some hideous security issues with simply passing in any content to curl), and supports two geocoders :
http://brainoff.com/gmaps/proxy.txt
You'll need to modify the url in GPSMap.tpl to send your preferred geocoder domain. such as:

        url = "http://example.com/~jelwell/geocode/index.php?http://brainoff.com/geocoder/rest/?";

Joseph Elwell

I don't know if that's a great idea ... the final goal is to get the module as part of the default installation of Galllery2 (or 3) and I'm not feeling very confortable with this idea.

Can we look at other alternative (if there is any ?) ?

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The Termite

It looks like the geocoder in jelwell's posts is implemented in javascript. This seems like like a painful and potentially buggy solution to the problem. Wouldn't be much easier to just implement a geocoder in php since we only have to lookup the coordinates once.

Also, is it just me or are the brianoff.com folks reinventing Google Maps?

http://www.geocoder.us is free for non-commercial. No other stipulations, and see this page for how to get the data in php. http://www.atlphp.org/node/70