I'm using the GMap suite of modules to generate a block on each page of a directory site that shows the location of the node, driven by the postcode (suing UK postcodes). The markers are being placed inaccurately. Doing some experimentation it appears that the marker is placed based only on the initial part of the postcode. UK postcodes are made up of 2 parts, e.g. 'HD7 5AN', where the first part specifies a post area and the second part refines it down to a much smaller number of properties, about 32 I think.

Am I correct in thinking that it is the GMap/Location modules that are responsible for translating the postcode into lat/lon data that Google Maps can work with, or should I be reading up on the Google Maps API to find out how to resolve this issue?

What data is being used to generate the marker? what can I do to enable it to be more accurate? In some cases my markers are 5 or 10 miles out, which sort of nearly makes them useless in my case, and merely annoys the users.

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rooby’s picture

rooby commented
Project: GMap Module » Location
Version: 6.x-1.1-rc1 » 6.x-3.2
Status: Active » Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

This actually belongs in the location module.

There have been a lot of changes in the location module since this was posted.

Can you please try with the latest version and see if the problem persists?

jkingsnorth’s picture

jkingsnorth commented
Issue summary: View changes
Priority: Critical » Normal
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (cannot reproduce)

Location passes the information to Google Maps or another API for geocoding - but since this is an old issue I'm going to close it off. If anyone is still having this problem then please reopen the issue.