Interactive Map that I can place on my Site?

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    I want to add a Map of New Zealand to my wordpress site (at this stage, but once completed will move on to Australia then USA then UK) that I can place markers on several locations and readers will be able to click and get directed to other pages I have on my blog.

    I have set it up as just an Image map but its a mess with all the locations and isn't very precise when two locations are close to each other.

    Anyone know another way I can do it?
     
    MiletNZ, Sep 26, 2010 IP
  2. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    You can use Google's My Maps (or whatever they call it).
    Except if you're in NZ or Australia :confused:

    Hopefully Google will be adding AU and NZ to the list soon.

    You might want to have a look at www.quikmaps.com (it's free) - you can make your own custom Google map with your own pins, but I'm not sure if you can add hyperlinks to the pins. I've used it for a few accommodation sites (without hyperlinks), and it works pretty well.
     
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    Thanks kerosene for sharing such helpful information with us.
     
    Eric89, Sep 27, 2010 IP
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    rajiga Peon

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  5. 51face

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    #5
    you should use Google maps API to do that
     
    51face, Sep 30, 2010 IP
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    seouniverse Greenhorn

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    you can do that with google earth
     
    seouniverse, Sep 30, 2010 IP
  7. MiletNZ

    MiletNZ Member

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    Does google maps API allow me to put pins with my own Link on them?
     
    MiletNZ, Oct 4, 2010 IP
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    shahilroyhere Well-Known Member

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    Google maps are always the best option available which gives you all the features like Pins, search, custom locations etc... but I didn't know that You can use Google's My Maps Except if you're in NZ or Australia, a astonishment for me too.
     
    shahilroyhere, Oct 5, 2010 IP
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    Nice information..
     
    joybrown, Oct 5, 2010 IP
  10. MiletNZ

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    Thanks for all the suggestions, but do any of these actually let me put links on certain places?
     
    MiletNZ, Oct 9, 2010 IP
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    tdjprj Greenhorn

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    Google Maps can be a good solution for you but you would have to know how to program it using Google Apis. You can then insert you own pins, links and speech bubbles etc. The speech bubble display HTML supported text, so it should be easy for you to embed links. If you have no programming background, I would suggest you consider using an online map builder tool such as iMapBuilder Google Editor, which let you add links and icons easily without having to learn Google API. All you have to do to embed the map is by copy and paste few lines of code to your WordPress Blog.
     
    tdjprj, Feb 10, 2011 IP