Google Maps Field and Coordinates

[Hannes]

Hei,

is there a simple way to get "Google Maps Field" module to work with coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)?
I have an existing databases which does provide the acurate coordinates but not a street adress.

Best regards,
Hannes

[Ben]

Good question. Yes you can, but you need to be a little sneaky.

The Google Maps field type stores all information in the database field in the following format:

Code:

street address here|longitude, latitude|zoom level

So if you have only lats & lngs, I'd import the data into the fields in this format:

Code:

|longitude, latitude|4

- simply omit the address
- "4" is an arbitrary zoom level. I think Google Maps offer something like 1-9 or something...

I think that'll work!

Ben