Location Error
Per my report, here is one example of the imprecise location for your maps: this is our 32 Crafton St, Wellsboro PA 16901 address.
As filled in by your “Add Location” form: 41.7473826,-77.3000566 and shown in the first map below, the marker is across the street and half a block away…
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Here is your map, after correcting the coordinates by editing to use the Apple/Google coordinates, but still off by about 20 feet…
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Here is the corrected map using the default marker. It appears the location is correct, but using a Category Marker > icon throws it off…
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I am working on a project to convert a Joomla site over to WP, and in looking for an Open Street Maps plugin, I found yours. I started working with it last week, and immediately encountered a problem: the location of markers is not correct.
Here is an Open Street Map rendering on the current Joomla site: https://firstbaptistwellsboro.org/index.php/about-fbc/sunday/parking
Here is the same Open Street Map using the same coordinates, rendered on the WP site with your plugin: https://fbcwellsboro.org/home/parking/
As you can see, every marker is off by about 20 feet. For a precision map like this — where we are trying to show building entrance points, etc. — this just won’t work.
To troubleshoot this, I created some maps for your benefit, using just our 32 Crafton St, Wellsboro PA 16901 address.
See that map here: https://fbcwellsboro.org/home/parking-wpmaps/
Issue #1: the coordinates your address retrieval system provides are incorrect…
as filled in by your “Add Location” form: 41.7473826,-77.3000566
as provided by Apple’s Maps.app: 41.74699,-77.29978
as provided by Google Maps: 41.7469471,-77.3000017 (Note: Google Maps actually points at the middle of the building, not the street entrance. Entering the coordinates correctly points to the street entrance: )
Issue #2: Given the coordinate retrieval problem, it would be good if you turned off the requirement to provide a street address. Besides, for some applications — such as mapping the landmarks on our family’s homestead — there will be no street addresses at all, so GPS coordinates will be all you have to work with.
Issue #3: As you can see by comparing maps #2 & #3 on the samples page, the positioning problem is due to the Category marker (icon) using the “upper left” corner of the computed location for the standard marker. This becomes a serious issue when you zoom in/out as the location being pointed to moves dramatically. Using “bottom center” would fix this rather easily, I think.
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PS: a “Duplicate …” action would be really useful in the “Manage …” panels.
PPS: there’s an “offsetting” issue with the selector for using “Media Library” to choose a Category marker. I’ve attached a screenshot to show that.
PPPS: There seems to be a z-index issue between you and the Kadence theme: notice how scrolling the page covers the sticky header. (Same is true for Otter Blocks map module, so I don’t think this is your issue.)
Addendum: this is the same map, using an Otter Blocks Maps block. Significantly more limited, than yours, so I hope you will fix those bugs!