NOTE: This page is for SE v3, if you are looking for SE v4, please visit Google Map Plugin for SocialEngine v4 page.

This plugin allows you to show member locations on Google Map and visitor can also search for it, visualizing your members geo infos on a big huge map :-) There is also a mini map on member profile. This plugin is extremely fun to play around with. It sure will provide as an awesome add-on interactive tool for your users. With “caching location reversed look-up”, your map would load very fast, because the code cache address longitude and latitude of addresses. Without caching, the your server would have to make connection to Google or Yahoo database to retrieve those info. NO NEED TO DO THAT NO MORE. Everything is cached.

Feature High-light

The only SocialEngine plugin that support for search members around zip/postal code within XYZ distance, aka “proximity search”.

Key features:

• Support proximity search (optional, requires FREE Geo Module & location database)
• Global big interactive map for your members
• Mini map for your member on profile page (optional)
• Pop-up for larger map on profile page
• Privacy setting for your member
• Super config for admin
• Built-in caching location reversed look-up

Requirements:

• SocialEngine v3
• Geo Module (FREE)
• Javascript enabled on user browser (of course)
• Google Map API Key (free)

Demo:

• Global Member Map
• Profile Map

Try zip code 90071, or 91801, change distance from 2 => 10 => 50 etc.. if you want to give proximity search a test drive.

Geo Location Packs

If you want to make use of (optional) Proximity Search feature, which relies on zip / postal location point database, you can purchase our pre-built location import packs for United States and International (7 countries). This is totally optional, you do not have to purchase it from us, they are available for you for FREE (google it) on various of open-source or official websites (ex: http://www.geonames.org), one small issue is that they may be in different format. With these packs, you can save time and directly import locations to our FREE Geo Module:

• Geo Location Pack – United States
• Geo Location Pack – International