Mapping with Drupal

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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

Authors

Mapping with Drupal is written by Thomas Turnbull and Alan Palazzolo.

Thomas Turnbull

Thomas Turnbull has been building websites in PHP since 2002, and working with Drupal since 2006. He has been an organizer for Drupal Camp New York, and has been contributor and maintainer for several Drupal modules. He has done Drupal development for Sony Music and Zagat, and now works for Google.

Alan Palazzolo

Alan has been architecting Drupal applications for nearly 5 years. He is the main developer on the OpenLayers module as well as others on Drupal.org. His work has focused on serving the non-profit and NGO sectors across the world.

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Credits

The following people helped in producing Mapping with Drupal.

Technical Reviewers: Denis Wood, Sara Hodges, Robert Holmes, Joseph Bachana, Ronald Turnbull, Theodore Biadala, Reuben Turk, Ankur Rishi, and Patrick Hayes.

The logo is by Richard Lehmann.

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