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Nearby Map by Wabeo
Allow you to insert a map to show activities, places and services around a given geographical point.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.5★ from 4
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 16 May 2013
- Added
- Feb 2013
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 3.5.2
- Downloads
- 6,210
Our analysis
AI-assistedNearby Map is a WordPress plugin that allows you to insert interactive maps into your content, highlighting a main location and nearby points of interest. It creates a custom post type for managing locations and provides an interactive list of these places, complete with navigation options for users.
The plugin uses Leaflet and OpenStreetMap for map creation and geographical data, rather than Google Maps. It also includes SEO optimisation through Schema.org markup, making it suitable for event planners, hospitality businesses, and anyone needing to display multiple locations on a map.
Best for: This plugin is best for event planners and businesses like hotels or campsites that want to showcase nearby locations.
What it does well
- ✓Creates interactive maps with custom markers
- ✓Includes a navigation system for users
- ✓SEO optimisation with Schema.org markup
- ✓Uses open-source mapping libraries
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in May 2013, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
- •Limited information available on features and support
Verdict
Nearby Map offers a straightforward solution for displaying locations on a map, but its outdated status may limit its usability for some users.
From the developer
Willy Bahuaud's own description of Nearby Map by Wabeo, lightly tidied.
Nearby Map allow you to easily insert a Map into your content. With it, you can show a main location and every interesting places around it.
The map is dynamic. You can show to users the best way to travel from your main location to any other one.
Nearby Map also includes SEO optimisation with Schema.org markup.
Should I use Nearby Map ?
Here’s a few example to show you what you can do with Nearby Map
- You’re planning an event, and you want to show every location involved in it (for example a wedding or a trip)
- You own a camping or an hotel, and you want to show to every customer what’s around it
- You are planning a seminar, and you want to give to everyone informations about restaurants and hotels for this event.
- And everything else involving a map of course…
Features
- It creates a custom post type to handle every location, with an easy metabox to enter every information about them.
- It creates a nice map with custom markers and informations.
- It adds a full interactive list of each place with more information for users.
- Users have access to a navigation system betwen every location on the map.
- for each place, Nearby Map creates a new page with more detail and geographical information
How does Nearby Map works ?
Nearby Map does not use Google Map, beacause there is other good librairies :
- Leaflet, in order to create the map and every Location (under BSD open-source licence)
- OpenStreetMap, to gather geograhpical information (under Open Data Commons Open Database License)
- CloudMade to retrieve GPS coordinates, and in order to generate every route from one location to another Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License
- An icon font for every custom Markers (maki, by MapBox (BSD),Typicons, by Stephen Hutchings (CC BY-SA 3.0) and Font Awesome, by Dave Gandy (CC BY 3.0))
- For Pins Maps , i’ve drawn my inspiration from those icons
Nearby Map is optimised for SEO
When a map is displayed, structured data from schema.org is included for each location.
An adaptable plugin
Nearby Map has been created with custom hooks and filter : you can override every data and action to improve or adapt the plugin to suit your needs. FAQ
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