Dynamically center a gmap view with a custom function [#1322962]

howdy!

my use case: i've got a gmap view that i want to center on the current user's content_profile node if it exists, or a geolocation from the user's ip address if it does not.

the "center on node argument" option in the gmap style options panel is on the right track, but i can't figure out any way to get an argument that returns the current users profile node - i'm currently using a php code default argument that calls a custom function to work around this, but that doesn't handle the geolocation fallback.

it looks like this will require some custom coding/extension of the gmap views integration. does any have any ideas on the best way to approach this? should i add a setting to the gmap style settings that allows a php eval? should i try to extend the gmap macro to have a dynamic center?

thanks for any advice...

Comment	File	Size	Author
#2	1322962-center_argument-2-D6.patch	2.86 KB	firebus

Comments

Comment #1

firebus commented 27 October 2011 at 01:21

Title:

use case - center map on content profile cck location OR reverse-geocoded IP address

» use case - center map on content_profile cck location OR reverse-geocoded IP address

Comment #2

firebus commented 15 November 2011 at 01:39

Title:	use case - center map on content_profile cck location OR reverse-geocoded IP address	» Dynamically center a gmap view with a custom function
Version:	6.x-1.1	» 6.x-1.x-dev
Category:	support	» feature
Status:	Active	» Needs work

Status	File	Size
new	1322962-center_argument-2-D6.patch	2.86 KB

Here's a patch that provides a new option in the gmap style options panel called 'Center on lat/long argument'.

This option expects an argument that returns a comma separated lat,long string.

I'm using it by abusing a node/nid argument with a php code default argument that calls a custom function that returns a properly formatted string. I would love to hear any ideas for doing this in a less ugly way - maybe it would make more sense to have the php code in the gmap style options panel?

My custom function (not provided here) returns lat/long from the user profile if one exists, falling back to smart_ip if there's no profile.