Bride Show Dubai is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC

This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.

Informa

Google Maps

Usage

The Google Map component allows for the configuration and display of a google map item on a page.

Note

You can’t have multiple maps that are sharing the same API Key on the same page. Add additional location markers instead.

Example

Example google maps

Authoring

Configure Dialog

The configure dialog allows the content author to define the google map and how it will behave and appear for a visitor to the page.

Example google maps toolbar

Properties Tab

Field	Description
Google Maps API Key	The required key to utilize google maps. For example, AIzaSyBAULa3GKfXiZR-tP19h4SOMPXvHO3KLDw. Click here to learn how to get the API Key.
Zoom Level	The default zoom level for the map. Please refer to Finding the Zoom Level value below for details on how to extract it.
Center Address	The address to center the map on.
Center Latitude	The Latitude to center the map on. Please refer to Finding the Latitude and Longitude value below for details on how to extract it.
Center Longitude	The Longitude to center the map on. Please refer to Finding the Latitude and Longitude value below for details on how to extract it.
Center Info	Information to be displayed about the centered location after clicking the pin.

Google Map Properties

Finding the Zoom Level value

You can extract the Zoom value within the URL after searching for a specific location in Google Maps. Look for the ‘,#z/’ parameter as shown below once you’ve achieved the desired zoom level. Don’t include the letter z when copying the value. For example, copy 20 from ‘,20z/’.

Google Map Properties

Finding the Latitude and Longitude value

The Latitude and Longitude values are preceded by an @ symbol within the URL after searching for a specific location in Google Maps. The first value is your Latitude (25.2272455) followed by the Longitude (55.2888243).

Google Map Properties

Locations Tab

Use the Add button to add additional location markers/pins to the map.

Google Map Properties

Once added, an entry is added to the list, which contains the following fields:

Field	Description
Address	The address to center the map on.
Latitude	The Latitude to center the map on. Please refer to Finding the Latitude and Longitude value above for details on how to extract it.
Longitude	The Longitude to center the map on. Please refer to Finding the Latitude and Longitude value above for details on how to extract it.
Location Info	Information to be displayed about the centered location after clicking the pin.

Note

If the same details are used on the Map Settings and Locations tab, the information provided on the latter tab will take precedence over the former.

Google Map Properties