Allow embedding Maps Engine maps on WordPress.com

ajaysimha02 · Member · Nov 9, 2013 at 11:13 am
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With mapsengine, the posts can be taken to the next level… Please Fix this!!!
arnau26 · Member · Nov 13, 2013 at 8:09 pm
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That would be awesome!! Since I use the free version of wordpress (not wordpress.org) it is not allowed the use of neither <iframe> nor plugins. But I’m still trying to find the way of embedding a Google Engine Map in my free wordpress.com blog (without using neither of the solutions listed above).
mpeverson · Member · Nov 16, 2013 at 1:39 pm
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Certainly would help me.
azscvgs · Member · Nov 17, 2013 at 2:44 am
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I wonder if there’s an underlying problem: the Maps Engine maps use JavaScript, which isn’t allowed here on WP.com? — But I’m not sure.
bibdigits · Member · Nov 18, 2013 at 6:37 am
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+1
englishlakesblog · Member · Nov 19, 2013 at 12:59 pm
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Disappointed this is not available to us.
matteastman · Member · Nov 20, 2013 at 3:07 am
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the people have spoken.
awaywiththespoons · Member · Nov 20, 2013 at 6:37 pm
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embedding google-maps-engine would be very useful to me to…please could you make this possible?
mctiterousse · Member · Nov 24, 2013 at 2:33 am
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Damn! I thought it was possible until I saw my embed code vanished! Please fix this!!!

(and if you could do it too for embedment as about.me would be great!)
ictdynamic · Member · Nov 28, 2013 at 11:16 am
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Would it be possible to roll out this functionality in multiple phases. One very neat future of Google Fusion Tables is to allow to retrieve the nearest objects. The code (javascript) is extremely forward, please find following snippet below (retrieving the 8 nearest objects):
```
select: "'Location'",
			              from: myGoogleFusionTable
			              orderBy: 'ST_DISTANCE(Location, LATLNG(51.219987, 4.396237))',
			              limit: 8
```
Other possibilities could be to enable traffic layers or heatmaps. Please find another snippet of code below:
```
var fusionTablesLayer1 = new google.maps.FusionTablesLayer({
			         query: {
			              select: "'stop_name'",
			              from: '1R5UpEtx8WMjgL2U1EOyzQxA9cMm5CeI0f6TY2l4'
			         },
			         heatmap: {
			             enabled: true
			         },
			         map: myMap
	              });
```
var trafficLayer = new google.maps.TrafficLayer();
trafficLayer.setMap(myMap);

I would be willing / able to contribute on this roll out. Solid knowledge of JavaScript, Google Maps API and Google Fusion, less knowledgeable on WordPress (internals) but used to learn new technology and to work remotely.
monimichelle · Member · Nov 30, 2013 at 6:27 pm
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Very disappointed that this has not been added to wordpress.com yet.
bradenjs · Member · Dec 2, 2013 at 12:10 am
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I fully agree with the need to embed customizable maps on WordPress.com. I just started a travel blog (72hoursin.wordpress.com) and would like to embed a destination map on my site.

I found this plugin which is perfect for me… http://bigblogmap.com/your-map/ but of course it is only supported on the .org platform. I understand there are security concerns with plugins, but surely Google’s Maps Engine is secure enough to incorporate into the .com platform.

Perhaps I’ll have to transfer everything over to .org, but if Maps Engine were available, it would prevent me from all that trouble. There are a number of travel bloggers on the .com platform that this would benefit, not to mention the countless other uses that use maps to educate, etc.

Please consider adding this feature ASAP.
ictdynamic · Member · Dec 2, 2013 at 1:51 pm
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All and certainly @stillinparis,

one possibility is to work with an image of a map and, once the end-user decided to click on the map, to forward to the (shared) google map where the end-user can find all the details. I did this with one example : check out the image on the WP page http://ictcalimero.be/2013/11/06/30-wegenwerken-antwerpen/

It’s not ideal but it offers (some of) the functionality we would like to have.
wonderfulexchange · Member · Dec 3, 2013 at 5:45 pm
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Thank you. That last suggestion is really helpful.

Still, I’ll add my voice to the others in hoping that we can embed these properly in time. Please, WordPress?
rincevent81 · Member · Dec 18, 2013 at 1:23 pm
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The suggestion of this topic is a really good one. These new maps are more user friendly than the older ones.
arinelspeth · Member · Dec 19, 2013 at 8:54 pm
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I agree; this would be really quite useful
elishateo · Member · Dec 26, 2013 at 12:46 pm
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Another vote for this!
ictdynamic · Member · Jan 3, 2014 at 2:48 pm
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One more suggestion as a work around. Cartodb.com allows to host maps in the cloud as well (first 5 maps are for free). You can apply the trick of double clicking or embed the html in a wordpress.org site.

I’m inclined to believe the UI of Cartodb is a bit more ‘sexy’ and certainly Web-App ready as opposed to the UI of Google Fusion. Example of Cartodb map with this url: http://cdb.io/1cNhSVT
ictdynamic · Member · Jan 3, 2014 at 2:49 pm
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One more suggestion as a work around. Cartodb.com allows to host maps in the cloud as well (first 5 maps are for free). You can apply the trick of double clicking or embed the html in a wordpress.org site.

I’m inclined to believe the UI of Cartodb is a bit more ‘sexy’ and certainly Web-App ready as opposed to the UI of Google Fusion. Example of Cartodb map with this url: http://cdb.io/1cNhSVT
deletoille · Member · Jan 7, 2014 at 9:23 pm
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that’s bad, same problem. I made my map with google engine, it tooks time, but now I cannot embed it on my wordpress.com site. :-(

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