The Google Maps API provides developers with the flexibility to add interactive mapping functionality to any website. With our Contact page, we are implementing a map that provides a map marker pointing to a specific location based on the latitude and longitude that we will provide. As we implement this functionality, it is important to note that we will not be covering the in-depth details required to create a Google map or work with the developer API found at https://developers.google.com/maps/tutorials/fundamentals/adding-a-google-map.
Instead, we will take advantage of one of the many libraries that simplify the JavaScript knowledge required. For our next lesson, we have chosen to work with the jQuery-gMap
plugin, which can be found at https://github.com/marioestrada/jQuery-gMap.
In order to implement our map, we will need to follow a series of steps that involve making sure that Drupal can locate the jquery-gMap
library, create a library entry...