which module to use?
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group: Location and Mapping
ethanre - Mon, 2008-06-02 03:22
guys, i have a new project that will contain a few pages that i'd like to show a google map to indicate the location , i found a few modules like gmap, address, location (no production version), geolocation and geobrowser...
the pages will not have lat/long,, they will only be able to use snail mail for US addresses, and the map should pinpoint the location like a typical google map..
Which of the modules is THE best one to use that's tested and tried?
Thanks in advance
gmap and location
As far as can see the gmap and location modules are you best bet, even though they're still in beta. They seem to work pretty well - I've found no problems so far other than a minor text layout problem. Actually you may not need location, only Gmap.
The location module includes a database of US postcodes and their corresponding latitude/longitude, which means you should be able to convert from postcode to lat/long which is what gmap needs. I haven't tried this part yet (but I need to do the same with Spanish postcodes once I've figured out how to import the data.)
If anyone has any suggestions regarding better solutions, I´d be interested too. I've looked and don't think there's anything better, unless you want to roll your own.