[Resolved] How to use the Longitude and Latitude fields in a view?
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Problem:
How to display lat and long with your map address field.
Solution:
To display lat and long with your types address field:
1) Click on "Field and views" button,
2) Find you custom address field and try to add it (just like other custom field you add to view)
3) A popup will be opened up and there you will find settings to get lat and long.
I'm using the toolset maps plugin and the Address custom field. I see that when I enter an address in it automatically creates Longitude and Latitude coordinates (Show/Hide coordinates) in my custom post type. I'd like to use those in a View in order to output a map but I'm not sure how to do that.
I thought maybe these would work but they don't seem to:
[types field="longitude" output="raw"][/types]
[types field="longitude" output="raw"][/types]
What I'm trying to do is output an image of a map using those coordinates, for example:
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Hi Tim,
You can't get at the lat lng values from the address field (unless you use jquery or similar). But you do have new fields in your Views to add a map and a marker for your address.
You can find out how in this article - https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/display-on-google-maps/
Thanks Simon, but the Address field that the ToolSet Maps adds automatically generated coordinates from the input address, you can see form the screenshot. Shouldn't I just be able to fetch those and use them in a view?
The address field you are using is Types custom field?
If yes, then you should click on "Field and views" button, find you custom address field and try to add it (just like other custom field you add to view) and a popup will be opened up and there you will find settings to get lat and long.
If you dont find that, as requested before, could you please send me access details.
No Tim, the lat lng is not persisted, just the address string. You can use a little jquery to capture them and pop them into custom fields on your post, but there is no 'out of the box' way to get them - only the address string is saved to the db.
You can add a map object to your view (it's available from the fields button) and a marker object in your view. This will display a marker at the lat/lng specified by the address (but it is always using the address and not lat/lng).
Simon, are you sure it's not persisted? It's actually working for me. I'm using this in a View and the output is correct, a google map image if the correct address.
<img src="hidden link field="location-address" format="FIELD_ADDRESS: FIELD_LATITUDE, FIELD_LONGITUDE"][/types]">
So it would seem that the coordinates are saved in the database and can be used with:
[types field="location-address" format="FIELD_ADDRESS: FIELD_LATITUDE, FIELD_LONGITUDE"][/types]
Hi Tim,
Yep sure, it is cached, but it's not saved to the db - if you are pulling lat/lng, then it's either coming from cache or from geocoding the address on the fly. I'd be surprised if this doesn't change in the future. Take a look at phpmyadmin to check the field content.
Having said that, in your example above, it would be appear to be academic - as you can retrieve your lat/lng from the address.
If you are using the address field in a cred form or in the admin backend, you cannot set a lat/lng. If you try to drag the marker, you are not really positioning it, it will always snap to an address, normally based on locality or sub-locality (Town level).
