XML Google Maps WordPress Plugin » FAQ (en)
Which data is used from the GPX File?
- All Waypoints (Coordinates, Name, Description
- All Routes (Coordinates) and Tracks (Coordinates, Elevation Data, Timestamp)
Can I change the look & feel of a single card?
Yes! Always all the the settings from the settings-page in the admin-section can be overwritten with parameters! These parameters are specified here. Some samples you’ll find here!
How to insert a map in a post?
Usually almost this is really simple. You only have to insert a link to a map (“My Maps” from Google Maps or “Show in Google Earth” from Picasa Webalbum), to a KML- or GPX-File.
From Version 1.7 all XML-Files that are supported by the GeoXML Object of the Google Maps API are also supported with the following syntax (dynamic KML Links, geoRSS Feeds, …):
This last variant won’t function for GPX files.
How to show only a section of the map?
Try this here:
I’d like to show a map from “My Maps” from Google Maps. How to do this?
- Open the Google Maps Map and copy the URL of the “Show in Google Earth”-Link:
- Open the post, create a link:
- The map appears in the post instead the link:
How to show a Picasa Webalbum in my post?
Please ensure that your pictures are geotagged! Then let these images speak:
How to add a Flickr geoRSS into my Blog?
Have a look at Sample 10!
Picasa Pictures won’t be displayed on the map?
Did you set your album to public? Did you set your Picasa Settings to plublicating position in formation in pictures? The Picasa API won’t export coordinates to the kml file if you didn’t set this settings to be public!
How to prevent a link to get converted?
Use parameter urldisplaymode=nomap to prevent a link to get converted.
My gpx file shows an “out of memory”-exception or even nothing!
This occurs on some webspaces if your file is too big and memory needed to parse the GPX file will exceed this memory limit (a file of about 1mb, already needs about 32mb of memory). Since version 1.12 there is an option to use an other algorithm to parse the gpx file (go to options and change parse mode to 2 for all files or use parameter gpxparsemode=2 for a single gpx file). This second gpx parse algorithm instead uses database to save the gpx file into. Your database will grow a lot!
Plugin doesn’t display a gpx file in a password protected area!
Since version 1.11 this plugin uses curl (if installed) instead of fopen because of security issues. curl_exec works like an external viewer, that means if a directory is password protected curl_exec has no access to this directory. You have to define the user and password directly in the URL (e.g. http://testuser:testpwd@www.somedomain.com/somefile.gpx).
