The plugin provides the possibility to find all nearby points of interest of a post/location on your map. It supports all place types allowed by Google Maps. These are the steps to follow to find nearby points of interest on your map:
- Open your frontend map page.
- Select a location on your map by clicking on its related marker. Once you click on the marker, a green message will be displayed on the top right corner of your map informing you that a new location has been selected and can be used to display nearby points of interest.
- Click on the button
to open the list of all available place types.
- Select a place type from the list and/or select a travel type (Driving, Transilt, Walking & Bicycling). Once you select a place type, the map will start looking for nearby points of interest of that location. New markers will be displayed on your map surrounded by a circle, each marker represents a point of interest. To display the info about a point of interest, click on a marker (for example,
). The map will draw the route to that point and an infobox that contains the details (Name, Travel time, Distance & Directions) will be displayed on top of that marker.
- To display more or less results, resize the circle that surrounds your markers.
This feature can also be used with the user location. When you enable the Geotargeting option in your map, a user can share their position and start to find nearby points of interest of their location. To do that, all they need is to click on the marker that represents their location, then, follow the above steps (3 to 5).
To change the display order of the place types, do the following:
- Edit a map
- Open the widget “Progress Map Settings”.
- Click on the menu “Nearby points of interest settings”.
- In the field “Place types”, drag a place type to the position where you want it to appear.
To choose the nearby place types to use in the search, do the following:
- Edit a map
- Open the widget “Progress Map Settings”.
- Click on the menu “Nearby points of interest settings”.
- To remove a place type, click on the (x) next to the place type name in the field “Place types”.
- To add a place type, select it from the dropdown list in the field “Place types”.
To show/hide the place types icons and/or names in/from the place types list, do the following:
- Edit a map
- Open the widget “Progress Map Settings”.
- Click on the menu “Nearby points of interest settings”.
Show the place types icons:
- To show the place types icons, select the option “Yes” in the field “Proximity icon”.
Hide the place types icons:
- To hide the place types icons, select the option “No” in the field “Proximity icon”.
Show the place types icons and Hide their names:
- To show the place types icons and hide their names, select the option “Yes & Hide proximity name” in the field “Proximity icon”.
When displaying nearby places of interest, each place type will be indicated with a custom icon. For example, if you look for Hospitals, you will see markers that have a small image of a hospital on them. If you don’t want to use custom icons, you can use the default marker of Google Maps instead. To use custom icons, do the following:
- Edit a map
- Open the widget “Progress Map Settings”.
- Click on the menu “Nearby points of interest settings”.
- Select the option “Custome icons” in the field “Markers icon”.
Resizing the circle will allow users to get more or less results when searching for nearby places of interest. To activate this option, do the following:
- Edit a map
- Open the widget “Progress Map Settings”.
- Click on the menu “Nearby points of interest settings”.
- Select the option “Yes” in the field “Circle option”.
- Select the option “Yes” in the field “Resize the circle”.
To draw a circle around search area, do the following:
- Edit a map
- Open the widget “Progress Map Settings”.
- Click on the menu “Nearby points of interest settings”.
- Select the option “Yes” in the field “Circle option”.
To choose the unit system to use when displaying distance, do the following:
- Edit a map
- Open the widget “Progress Map Settings”.
- Click on the menu “Nearby points of interest settings”.
- Select a unit in the field “Unit System”.
To choose the Minimum and Maximum distance from a given location within which to search for nearby places, do the following:
- Edit a map
- Open the widget “Progress Map Settings”.
- Click on the menu “Nearby points of interest settings”.
- Set the initial radius of search by changing the value in the field “Initial Radius”.
- Change the value in the field “Minimum Radius”.
- Change the value in the field “Maximum Radius”. Note that the maximum value allowed by “Google Maps” is “50000 meters”.
To automatically open the list of nearby places once the map is loaded, do the following:
- Edit a map
- Open the widget “Progress Map Settings”.
- Click on the menu “Nearby points of interest settings”.
- Select the option “Open” in the field “Proximities list display status”.
