Posted by socialtalker on August 27, 2009 at 6:59pm
is there anyway for markers on a map to be timed? appear, then disappear on a map after a scheduled event? i just signed up to this list, so if it has been already asked/answered, please excuse me. thanks.
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Views should allow 'timed markers'
If you use views2 to create the map view, then it would be a case of creating an additional field on the content type (via CCK & date) for an expiry date, then using views to show all items with expiry dates after the current date/time.
You may want to consider creating an 'expired events' view too so people can still see the expired events. It would be a clone of the view with tweaked settings.
I haven't tested what I have suggested above, but I would recommend starting using views with simple 'list' view or table style view before you go onto setting up gmap views, since they can be harder to work on.
groovy!
i will try that and see if it works, thanks!
Auto Expire
You could also take a look at http://drupal.org/project/auto_expire