Title: gMapTip
Author: Alexander Rauscha
Published: <strong>August 12, 2009</strong>
Last modified: February 26, 2010

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# gMapTip

 By [Alexander Rauscha](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sirlon/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gmaptip.1.5.zip)

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## Description

gMapTip is a Google Maps Plug-in. With gMapTip you can easily add Tooltips to your
post to let everyone know where he/she can find shops, restaurants, etz. in his/
her environment or just show everyone where something in this world is located.

For more information visit: http://www.gnomx.at/gmaptip

## Screenshots

[⌊Local search for "Starbucks".⌉⌊Local search for "Starbucks".⌉[

Local search for “Starbucks”.

[⌊The Button.⌉⌊The Button.⌉[

The Button.

## Installation

 1. Upload all the files in `/wp-content/plugins/gmaptip/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
 3. Start writing posts with a much easier way to post Google Maps.

## FAQ

  How to use ?

Select a word and click the button or click “Quick Local Search” in the menu. This
Option will automatically add a local search Tooltip to the Word. (e.g.. “Starbucks”–
will search all Starbucks Shops in the viewers city.)
 You can also Customize Local
Search by clicking “Custom Local Search” where you can show everyone where to find
a Starbucks somewhere else around the world.

If you didn’t use the Rich Text editor or any other Editor you can add a Map Tip
by this Tag:

There is another Option to add a Tooltip which shows a specific Point you chose.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“gMapTip” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Alexander Rauscha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sirlon/)

[Translate “gMapTip” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gmaptip)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gmaptip/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/gmaptip/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gmaptip/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gmaptip/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.5

 * Reworked a lot of it, didn’t want to bump to 2.0.
 * You can now Set Marks, just click on the map and a window will pop up. With options
   for lat/lng, title and you can define your own marker image.
 * Added More UI to the output Map, you can now switch the Mat Types.

#### 1.3.5

 * Small Google Maps API Update.

#### 1.3.5

 * Changed Editor functions, it looks now like a Link and you can now edit already
   inserted Links.
 * Changed Tooltip Anchoring to fix some issues with some Themes.

#### 1.3.3

 * Fixed a Problem with Safari and Google Gears installed, where the auto Mode didn’t
   worked.

#### 1.3.1

 * Fixed IE Issue, should now work with Internet Explorer to (damn “,”).

#### 1.3

 * Added styling Options, you can add some own style to the Tip.
 * Have done a nasty fix for the problem that the local search markers didn’t show
   up when hover a second time over the link.

#### 1.2

 * Completely rewritten it with Google Maps API v3 it should now run on nearly all
   browsers.
 * Because it’s v3, you didn’t need a api key any longer.

#### 1.1

 * Fixed Tooltip position
 * 2 minor bug fixes

#### 1.0

 * Initial Release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.5**
 *  Last updated **16 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.9.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gmaptip/)
 * Tags
 * [google](https://zh-sg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google/)[Google Maps](https://zh-sg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/google-maps/)
   [map](https://zh-sg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/map/)[maps](https://zh-sg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/maps/)
   [tooltip](https://zh-sg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tooltip/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://zh-sg.wordpress.org/plugins/gmaptip/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Alexander Rauscha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sirlon/)

## Support

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