We are now able to drag the pin to the precise location, in case google can’t get it right, so no need to leave jomres to go to another site for the long and lat values. Hoorah!

We will be able to remove:
Jomres will pass your address to Google to generate the map position in the property details. If for whatever reason Google cannot find your address based on the information found above, you can enter latitude and longitude in the lat/long fields instead. If you choose to enter the latitude and longitude, please note that we have found the Google earth lat and long information to be inaccurate so you are advised instead to visit the itouchmap site and use their information to determine your latitude and longitude. When entering your lat and long, the format should be something like ’51.754564622′ and ‘-4.997314810′.

We still need to clean up some of debris left by the code bombardment and also put in a check to default to map view if there are not any street view information. This is important for areas where the spy drones have not been yet.

I will send a demo example once this phase is completed and the webforless guys are happy with testing so you can see how it works in real live.

The next step would be to assign icons for the different property types and a filter to only display certain property type icons on the map.

We also need to put a draggable pin on the edit property page, among other things.

The strategies and implementation lasted till early morning, when the task force had to disperse until further intelegance has been gathered…

We need to see what mini-components apply to which pages. We also need to confirm to which databse table these pages are written to.

Question 1: What page (. php) is the first”submit”page?: j02300regprop1.class.php,

1.1 Second Page: j02310regprop2.class.php

1.3 Third Page (Room/property type): j02320regprop3.class.php. And j04900saveproperty.class.php when the property is actually saved.

1.4 After you save (1.3) you should go to property details j04200editproperty.class.php. Here you add the geo lat and long + upload the main image for the property. (DB: jos_jomres_propertys)

We need to confirm the above and do some testing.

Thanks to the guys at webforless for their contribution so far.

I now require a high spec map to go with jomres functionanlity, but Maps are not my strong point.

Fortunately for me, I made contact with some WordPress specialists (www.webforless.biz) that also specialise in Maps. Yes I believe WordPress and Joomla experts can work together!

I want to create a map with the following functionality:

http://www.hotelmap.com/hotelmap/?pro=M5X7V

I had the webforless guys at my office yesterday and they basically said that it is not too hard to do…If you are a map pro I suspect.

99% – 100% of the code on that page is freely available. The rest is GUI. As long as you know where to put the code for the forms, maps and output + db tables to pull in.

The data is already there (thanks to jomres).

The Hotel.com map consists of the following:

Calendar: We already have the calendar.

Zoom: (already built into google maps, but different code freely available).

Show on Map: Property types

Hotel Map Assistance: Many Joomla Extension out there. Not sure how well it is integrated with jomres though

Hotels: Price filter already in Jomres. Slider code must exist

Hotels on map: Pulling in Property list

General map: Different icons for property types + bubbles that pull price and stars.

Lets see if can do this!