Setting up Location Module with zipcode search for Drupal 6.13
We really struggled with this module and thought this might help others avoid the black hole.
1. Setting up Location Module with zipcode search for Drupal 6.13
Location: 6.x-3.1-rc1: http://drupal.org/project/location
GMap: 6.x-1.1-rc1: http://drupal.org/project/gmap
CCK: 6.x-2.5
Views: 6.x-2.6
2. Prelim with Google:
Create a Google account. If you are using GMail or Google Analytics you probably already have one.
Get a Google Maps API: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
Save the API key as you will need it later.
3. In Drupal:
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