An easy way to integrate Google Maps with Laravel

For Laravel 4.x, check version 1.0.1

Think of Googlmapper as an easy way to integrate Google Maps with Laravel, providing a variety of helpers to speed up the utilisation of mapping. These include:

• Mapper::map
• Mapper::stretview
• Mapper::marker
• Mapper::informationWindow
• Mapper::polyline
• Mapper::polygon
• Mapper::rectangle
• Mapper::circle
• Mapper::render

Installation

Begin by installing this package through Composer. Edit your project's composer.json file to require cornford/googlmapper.

"require": {
	"cornford/googlmapper": "2.*"
}

Next, update Composer from the Terminal:

composer update

Once this operation completes, the next step is to add the service provider. Open app/config/app.php, and add a new item to the providers array.

'Cornford\Googlmapper\MapperServiceProvider',

The next step is to introduce the facade. Open app/config/app.php, and add a new item to the aliases array.

'Mapper'         => 'Cornford\Googlmapper\Facades\MapperFacade',

Finally we need to introduce the configuration files into your application.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Cornford\\Googlmapper\\MapperServiceProvider"

You also need to set your Google API Key into the GOOGLE_API_KEY environment variable. To obtain an API key for your project, visit the Google developers console.

That's it! You're all set to go.

Configuration

You can now configure Googlmapper in a few simple steps. Open app/config/packages/cornford/googlmapper/config.php and update the options as needed.

• enabled - Enable Google Maps.
• key - A Google Maps API key.
• region - A region Google Maps should utilise, required in ISO 3166-1 code format, e.g. GB.
• language - A language Google Maps should utilise, required in ISO 639-1 code format, e.g. en-gb.
• user - Use custom Google Maps for users logged into the Google service, e.g. false.
• marker - Automatically add Google Maps marker for your maps initial location, e.g. true.
• center - Automatically center Google Maps around the initial location, when false, Google Maps will automatically center the map, e.g. true.
• zoom - Set the default zoom level for Google Maps, e.g. 8.
• type - Set the default map type for Google Maps, e.g. ROADMAP, SATELLITE, HYBRID, TERRAIN.
• ui - Show the Google Maps default UI options, e.g. true.
• markers.icon - Set the default marker icon, e.g. img/icon.png.
• markers.animation - Set the default marker animation, e.g. NONE, DROP, BOUNCE.

Usage

It's really as simple as using the Mapper class in any Controller / Model / File you see fit with:

Mapper::

This will give you access to

• Map
• Streetview
• Marker
• Information Window
• Polyline
• Polygon
• Rectangle
• Circle
• Render

Map

The map method allows a map to be created, with latitude, longitude and optional parameters for options.

Mapper::map(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000);
Mapper::map(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000, ['zoom' => 15, 'center' => false, 'marker' => false, 'type' => 'HYBRID', 'overlay' => 'TRAFFIC']);
Mapper::map(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000, ['zoom' => 10, 'markers' => ['title' => 'My Location', 'Animation' => 'DROP']]);

Streetview

The streetview method allows a streetview map to be created, with latitude, longitude, heading, pitch and optional parameters for options.

Mapper::streetview(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000);
Mapper::streetview(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000, ['ui' => false]);

Marker

The marker method allows a marker to be added to a map, with latitude, longitude, and optional parameters for options.

Mapper::marker(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000);
Mapper::marker(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000, ['symbol' => 'circle', 'scale' => 1000]);
Mapper::map(52.381128999999990000, 0.470085000000040000)->marker(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000, ['markers' => ['symbol' => 'circle', 'scale' => 1000, 'animation' => 'DROP']]);

Information Window

The informationWindow method allows an information window to be added to to a map, with latitude, longitude, content, and optional parameters for options.

Mapper::informationWindow(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000, 'Content');
Mapper::informationWindow(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000, 'Content', ['markers' => ['title' => 'Title']]);
Mapper::map(52.381128999999990000, 0.470085000000040000)->informationWindow(53.381128999999990000, -1.470085000000040000, 'Content', ['markers' => ['animation' => 'DROP']]);

Polyline

The polyline method allows a polyline to be added to a map, with coordinates, and optional parameters for options.

Mapper::polyline([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000], ['latitude' => 52.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => 0.470085000000040000]]);
Mapper::polyline([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000], ['latitude' => 52.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => 0.470085000000040000]], ['editable' => 'true']);
Mapper::map(52.381128999999990000, 0.470085000000040000)->polyline([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000], ['latitude' => 52.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => 0.470085000000040000]], ['strokeColor' => '#000000', 'strokeOpacity' => 0.1, 'strokeWeight' => 2]);

Polygon

The polygon method allows a polygon to be added to a map, with coordinates, and optional parameters for options.

Mapper::polygon([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000], ['latitude' => 52.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => 0.470085000000040000]]);
Mapper::polygon([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000], ['latitude' => 52.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => 0.470085000000040000]], ['editable' => 'true']);
Mapper::map(52.381128999999990000, 0.470085000000040000)->polygon([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000], ['latitude' => 52.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => 0.470085000000040000]], ['strokeColor' => '#000000', 'strokeOpacity' => 0.1, 'strokeWeight' => 2, 'fillColor' => '#FFFFFF']);

Rectangle

The rectangle method allows a rectangle to be added to a map, with coordinates, and optional parameters for options.

Mapper::rectangle([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000], ['latitude' => 52.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => 0.470085000000040000]]);
Mapper::rectangle([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000], ['latitude' => 52.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => 0.470085000000040000]], ['editable' => 'true']);
Mapper::map(52.381128999999990000, 0.470085000000040000)->rectangle([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000], ['latitude' => 52.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => 0.470085000000040000]], ['strokeColor' => '#000000', 'strokeOpacity' => 0.1, 'strokeWeight' => 2, 'fillColor' => '#FFFFFF']);

Circle

The circle method allows a circle to be added to a map, with coordinates, and optional parameters for options.

Mapper::circle([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000]]);
Mapper::circle([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000]], ['editable' => 'true']);
Mapper::map(52.381128999999990000, 0.470085000000040000)->circle([['latitude' => 53.381128999999990000, 'longitude' => -1.470085000000040000]], ['strokeColor' => '#000000', 'strokeOpacity' => 0.1, 'strokeWeight' => 2, 'fillColor' => '#FFFFFF', 'radius' => 1000]);

Render

The render method allows all maps to be rendered to the page, this method can be included in Views or added as controller passed parameter, and optional parameter for item.

Mapper::render();
Mapper::render(0);

License

Googlmapper is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license