Google Maps Block

This module for Drupal 8 creates a Block type called 'Google Map' that can be used to create a simple themed embedded map with a single Map Marker and an Info Window either opened or closed at load. The bulk of the logic is directly in the template file googlemaps-block.html.twig which you can override and modify in your own theme to your needs, for example, to modify the default Blue theme from SnazzyMaps.

This is a dead simple implementation for the most basic needs, only core Drupal Block API is supported. If your needs are more complicated, please evaluate the Geofield Map, which also uses the Info Window feature and supports multiple markers and the Styled Google Map modules which leverages the infobubble.js API. Both of these modules have dependencies on the Geofield module and GeoPHP PHP library.

Requirements

Unlike Geofield Map and Styled Google Map modules, this module has no other Drupal or PHP dependencies.

However a project must be created in Google Cloud Platform, and you must enable the Google Maps Javascript API and generate an API Key. Please see the Maps Javascript API documentation for further details.

Installation

1. Install this just like any other Drupal module hosted on Github.

   Add googlemaps_block to the "repositories" section of your project's main composer.json file:

   "jameswilson/filename_transliteration": {
       "type": "vcs",
       "url":  "git@github.com:jameswilson/googlemaps_block.git"
   }
   

   Then require the module with composer and install with drush:

   $ composer require jameswilson/googlemaps_block
   $ drush en googlemaps_block
   

2. Navigate to /admin/structure/block, click the "Place block" button find the "Google Maps block" option.

3. Fill in the various fields including the API Key, the lat/long coordinates, the min/max/default zoom levels; provide an info window title, and the body text for the info window.

4. Save the block, visit the front-end of your site to verify the map is working.

5. Optionally, if your site is multi-lingual, the Info Window's title and body fields will be translatable.