There is a new version of GMapEZ that brings with it some new features, I’ve implimented some of these into GMaps PHP.
As you can see from the screenshot above the map now supports varying sizes of markers, the small ones are good for maps with lots of points but obviously they do not support any kind of text on the marker.
To activate mini icons for a specific type of point you need to edit your config file:
[types] visit = orange mini transit = blue lived = green
The above configuration snipped will make any points of type visit to be small markers.
The other change in this version is simply a little mouse-over window that will show the title of any point when you hover over it, activating this feature does not require any config changes.
These features will only be available to you if your config file points to the latest version 2 of GMapEZ:
[misc] gmapez=http://bluweb.com/chouser/gmapez/gmapez-2.js
There is one more feature in GMapEZ 2.2 that I did not include in this release, it supports tabbed popup windows, if anyone need these please drop me a line and I’ll look at including them.
GMapEZ also supports drawing lines, I may include support for these if there are demand for it, personally I don’t need them but if someone does, leave a comment here and I’ll keep it in mind for the next release.
Upgrading from 1.4 to 1.5 is really simple, simply replace the gmap.inc.php from your site with the one in the tarball below. Then make the optional config change above if you’d like mini icons.
As always you can get the latest version at http://www.devco.net/code/gmapsphp-current.tgz and full documentation can be found on my Wiki
