Greeting FileMakers,
I am looking to integrate a feature that will plot individuals address in a found set on a map. Preferably google but not a deal breaker. I have Log Lat for all the records.
I found a couple posts that had features for routing and individual plotting but not for an entire found set.
Has anyone built a similar solution? Though I would start here before doing to much research.
Let me know and thanks as always.
Sam
SeedCode's ProMaps add-on will let you go both ways: pass a found set to the map, or constrain the map with circles/shapes/filters and see the result as a found set in FileMaker. The second video on the page here, shows working with found sets: https://www.seedcode.com/promaps/
As Steve said, everything interesting in Google maps requires a "billable" API key these days, but actually getting charged is probably unlikely as their free credits are pretty generous.
Thanks, John.
It doesn't appear that this solution requires a plugin. Is that correct?
jbrown has developed/assembled a Web Viewer Integrations library and generously made it available here. There is a mapping solution in the demo file which includes multiple locations and clustering on Google Maps. You could use this method (or a variant there of) to accomplish what you describe.
I'm doing something with parts of this approach and working with founds sets is doable with some scripting (generating/updating the content in the HTML).
https://community.filemaker.com/docs/DOC-3321?commentID=2632#comment-2632
I still use this method (well up to a few months ago). The only problem is now you have to obtain & add you own API from Google, which requires giving them a credit card, even if you don't exceed the number of free calls.