Daily Archives: December 3, 2005

After much trial and Error, I'm just about ready to release the MTYahooMaps Movable Type Plugin.

It works in a similar way that MTGoogleMap by Nick Punter does (in fact this was originally based on MTGoogleMaps). A container tag called "MTYahooMaps" is created that accepts the following Parameters:

• address = Postal Address i.e. "499 Park Avenue, NY, NY, 10022", Required
• lat = Latitude i.e. "40.762979"
• log = Longitude i.e. "-73.969966"
• info = Informational Text (No HTML)  i.e. "Corner of 69th and Park Ave."
• zoom = Numeric Zoom Level i.e. "3" (Defaults to "2")
• width = Width of Map in your Post. Numeric and in Pixels i.e. "540"
• height = Height of Map in your Post. Numeric and in Pixels i.e. "300"
• align = Alignment of your map in your Post. i.e. "left","center", "right" (Defaults to Center)
• maptype = AJAX or Flash. (Defaults to AJAX)
• mapsathyb = map, sat, or hyb (Defaults to map)

Example:

<MTYahooMaps
address="11 Madison avenue,NY, NY, 10010"
info="A Nice Place"
width="540"
height="300"
zoom="3"
maptype="ajax" mapsathyb="hyb"></MTYahooMaps>

String this out with no Carriage returns. My Advice, try resolving addresses at http://maps.yahoo.com/ and get the ZIPCODE. 

If you use  lat and log, address will not be used to resolve the coordinates, but is still required.

Update: Now Handles multiple Markers 

Update: Now uses Yahoo Geocoder, uses MAP, SATELITE, or HYBRID and the FLASH version works better too. It will also convert "|" to "<BR>" when put in the info and address parameters.

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