Mapping with Drupal

Navigating Complexities to Create Beautiful and Engaging Maps

By: Alan Palazzolo, Thomas Turnbull

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eText | 19 December 2011 | Edition Number 1

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Build beautiful interactive maps on your Drupal website, and tell engaging visual stories with your data. This concise guide shows you how to create custom geographical maps from top to bottom, using Drupal 7 tools and out-of-the-box modules. You’ll learn how mapping works in Drupal, with examples on how to use intuitive interfaces to map local events, businesses, groups, and other custom data.

Although building maps with Drupal can be tricky, this book helps you navigate the system’s complexities for creating sophisticated maps that match your site design. Get the knowledge and tools you need to build useful maps with Drupal today.

Get up to speed on map projections, the ethics of making maps, and the challenges of building them online
Learn how spatial data is stored, input by users, manipulated, and queried
Use the OpenLayers or GMap modules to display maps with lists, tables, and data feeds
Create rich, custom interactions by applying geolocation
Customize your map’s look and feel with personalized markers, map tiles, and map popups
Build modules that add imaginative and engaging interactions