GMap not working.

better title

- flushed cache
- deleted map definition
- started everything from scratch

- seem to have gotten rid of errors and i now have a gmap but it doesnt zoom to my location (although does show it if i zoom out far enough)

still wondering if anyone has gotten this working.

giving up and changing this to a bug:

- won't show location on map (although it did earlier)
- has silly Map Info popup that shows when page loads and every time i touch the map
- doesn't center to location (although doesn't even show it so i guess this makes sense)

i think caching issues here as well - it doesnt appear to be good enough to make mods to OL config (map) you need to go through and resubmit field display to get it to use this.

btw.. Geofield Formatter Map display formatter does seem to work correctly; just gmap custom formatters do not.

pretty frustrating there are certainly bugs here... doesn't seem to matter now what i pick for behaviors; it has no affect on the map.

export is:

$items = array();
$openlayers_maps = new stdClass;
$openlayers_maps->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default openlayers_maps disabled initially */
$openlayers_maps->api_version = 1;
$openlayers_maps->name = 'event_map';
$openlayers_maps->title = 'Event Map';
$openlayers_maps->description = 'Map for events';
$openlayers_maps->data = array(
  'width' => 'auto',
  'height' => '400px',
  'image_path' => '',
  'css_path' => '',
  'proxy_host' => '',
  'hide_empty_map' => 0,
  'center' => array(
    'initial' => array(
      'centerpoint' => '-98.437499996007, 39.334297428484',
      'zoom' => '4',
    ),
    'restrict' => array(
      'restrictextent' => 0,
      'restrictedExtent' => '',
    ),
  ),
  'behaviors' => array(
    'openlayers_behavior_geofield' => array(),
    'openlayers_behavior_dragpan' => array(),
    'openlayers_behavior_panzoombar' => array(),
    'openlayers_behavior_panzoom' => array(),
  ),
  'default_layer' => 'google_normal',
  'layers' => array(
    'google_normal' => 'google_normal',
    'osm_mapnik' => 'osm_mapnik',
    'geofield_formatter' => 'geofield_formatter',
    'event_location_openlayers_1' => 'event_location_openlayers_1',
  ),
  'layer_weight' => array(
    'geofield_formatter' => '0',
    'event_location_openlayers_1' => '0',
  ),
  'layer_styles' => array(
    'event_location_openlayers_1' => 'Event Style',
    'geofield_formatter' => 'Event Style',
  ),
  'layer_styles_select' => array(
    'event_location_openlayers_1' => 'Event Style',
    'geofield_formatter' => 'Event Style',
  ),
  'layer_activated' => array(
    'event_location_openlayers_1' => 'event_location_openlayers_1',
    'geofield_formatter' => 'geofield_formatter',
  ),
  'layer_switcher' => array(
    'event_location_openlayers_1' => 'event_location_openlayers_1',
    'geofield_formatter' => 'geofield_formatter',
  ),
  'projection' => '900913',
  'displayProjection' => '4326',
  'styles' => array(
    'default' => 'Event Style',
    'select' => 'Event Style',
    'temporary' => 'Event Style',
  ),
  'map_name' => 'event_map',
);
$items["event_map"] = $openlayers_maps;
return $items;

location is Miami, map looks like this: http://screencast.com/t/gugf979L

patch doesn't apply so will need to go through and do it manually. with all the behaviors removed though; still has no impact on the map.

i'll likely need to do what i did last time - delete the map and add a new one.

also, how would i know what behaviors won't go together ?

yes, deleting and re-adding showed things change: http://screencast.com/t/IumPllZD

now i get marker showing for the city

- still has popup
- not centered to city
- zoom level is wrong

i'll play a bit more, and eventually get that patch in, but having to delete to edit is an issue.

not sure how this isn't a bug? the only way i can change settings is to delete map config and start over.

ok, so it seems i didnt have latest -dev; now i do and patch applies correctly.. :)

getting a bit closer:

- i can now make changes to behaviors without starting a new map each time (which certainly speeds up the trial/error approach to figuring this out.. :( )
- figured out i needed to pick the locator for my event field in "zoom to layer"

with just these 2 behaviors enabled: http://screencast.com/t/K4xRB4wl

i get this: http://screencast.com/t/V8blrEo01

issues:
- miami is shown on map; but not centered there
- there is some other dot added in the middle of the US for some reason
- can't get rid of map data popup - maybe simply hiding this in css would work

is getting a little closer though.. thanks for your help so far.

@17 - what view?? lol.. there is no view involved here; this is simply a node display

ok, well not the answer but your comment about Views made me go look. i guess for behaviors i get this:

http://screencast.com/t/41ZSGjeZY

- google map doesnt work at all
- the event map one is from a view (but certainly cant imagine i need views to make this work)
- the geofield one, no idea where it comes from or what it is for; but it seems to work: http://screencast.com/t/XhtAqLBz

just need to get rid of popup and we're all good. will try upgrading lib as stated above

thanks for your help, much appreciated.. but wow.. and i guess this is the D7 way.. but ridiculously complex for something so simple. could have done this in 2 min with a couple clicks in D6.. i guess the advantage is a lot more features here now?? i guess perhaps Features is going to be a major requirement and possibly make it in to core as need some sort of pre-canned settings for things like "basic gmap" or maybe just some documentation.. :)

only thing left is that the mystery dot is still there if i zoom out far enough: http://screencast.com/t/kUVMMbbmP

again, no data on this node, no view involved in this

i have this now: http://screencast.com/t/7Kg97sm6Yclm

the 3 points are indeed the 3 Event nodes i have in system at the moment. the one that isn't tied to a city is because 1 event has no location data entered.

if you tell me this module only works with a view to provide the date; as opposed to using the location field that is on the node i am viewing; then that is fine (silly, but fine) - i can create a view with an arg of current nid

but sort of seems like a bug for it to pick up ALL the location content from the entire site for no apparent reason.

demo node is here: http://oow.liquidcms.org/event/iitsec-2011 admin login is admin/admin

thanks for all your help. read what i could find but perhaps should have looked harder. hard to tell what is geofield and what is openlayers.. all of this is under openlayers config (i think)

likely just frustrated this isn't anywhere near as easy as it was in D6... but seems to be the d7 way.. :(

cookie is on me.. :)