Issue with Google Maps on Connections

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  • 08/14/2018 at 5:45 pm #469994
    Erik Leander
    Participant

    Recently I discovered that the Google Maps feature in our connections install is not working correctly. We get a popup that says…

    “This page can’t load Google Maps correctly.”

    With a watermark that says “for development purposes only”

    Connections Version 8.25.1

    Wordpress version 4.9.8

    08/15/2018 at 11:50 am #470041
    Steven Zahm
    Keymaster

    @ Erik

    This is not really an issue with Connections… Google now requires an API key in order to access it Maps API. They’ve been transitioning to this requirement over the past year or so.

    Here’s a link to a tutorial on how to create the required API keys:

    Hope this helps!

    ps. I am presently working on adding a multi-service provider backend for Connections. The goal will to allow you as an end user to choose your maps provider. I plan on adding support for Google Maps, Bing Maps, Open Street Maps and Yandex Maps. Since all services require an API key and will charge for usage I figure it’ll be a good idea to allow you as a user to decide which provider you would like to use.

    The first update to include these backend changes should land by the end of the week. You as an end user should not notice any functional difference … that will come in future updates.

    This will also require updates to the templates. This should be a relatively minor update. Basically if no API key exists for any of the providers, no map will be displayed.

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