# Dynamic Google Maps **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 22, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-google-maps/192015 "2010-07-22T13:39:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mercurius)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-google-maps/192015/1 "2010-07-22T13:39:18Z")
My Rails application (Rails: V 2.1.0, Ruby: V 1.8.6) has on it, the ability for users to submit stories with their address information, which _will_ be atomised into appropriate fields. A front end form allows users to submit stories, these stories are saved into a database table. They are then approved by my client and are displayed on a map. Currently, this map is static and has to be changed by my client and re-embedded every time a story, with a postcode, is submitted. So, the map displays markers in the position of the postcode that is submitted with the story. My question is: what would you recommend as the most effective way to automate this process to omit the need for my client to re-embed this code? If my request is not clear, please post whatever else you may need. ---
**Author:** ![mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mercurius)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-google-maps/192015/2 "2010-07-22T14:42:51Z")
You can use geokit ([GitHub - andre/geokit-gem: Geokit has a new home](http://github.com/andre/geokit-gem)) + ( [http://github.com/andre/geokit-rails](http://github.com/andre/geokit-rails)) to geocode the story location and then use the YM4R-GM plugin to display the geocoded locations on a google map ( [GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm)) . This article might be a bit dated, but it goes how you can interact with the YM4R-GM plugin: > **[Adding Google Maps To Your Rails Applications | Developer.com](https://www.developer.com/open-source/adding-google-maps-to-your-rails-applications/)** > > In the months following publication of the final part of the very popular series on integrating Google Maps into PHP applications, I've spent quite a bit ---
**Author:** ![mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mercurius)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-google-maps/192015/3 "2010-07-22T16:13:09Z")
Patrick R. wrote: > You can use geokit ([GitHub - andre/geokit-gem: Geokit has a new home](http://github.com/andre/geokit-gem)) + ( > [http://github.com/andre/geokit-rails](http://github.com/andre/geokit-rails)) to geocode the story location and > then > use the YM4R-GM plugin to display the geocoded locations on a google map > ( > [GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm)) . > > This article might be a bit dated, but it goes how you can interact with > the > YM4R-GM plugin: > [http://www.developer.com/open/article.php/3757576/Adding-Google-Maps-To-Your-Rails-Applications.htm](http://www.developer.com/open/article.php/3757576/Adding-Google-Maps-To-Your-Rails-Applications.htm) Does this generate a new map with each post code that I will pass or will it add a marker to the existing map? ---
**Author:** ![mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mercurius)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-google-maps/192015/4 "2010-07-23T15:07:05Z")
a = Geokit::Geocoders::YahooGeocoder.geocode “#{ModelName.first.address}” a.ll The above works in my console and returns the latitude and longitude as requested. I cannot get this to work in my (development) application. When I attempt to run “script/plugin install svn://rubyforge.org/var/svn/ym4r/Plugins/GM/trunk/ym4r\_gm”, it returns “svn: not found”. I assume this is a result of me missing subversion. Is there another way to install this plugin. Alternatively, can anyone tell me any better ways of finding the geocode from an address or postcode? ---
**Author:** ![mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mercurius)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-google-maps/192015/5 "2010-07-23T15:16:20Z")
> I assume this is a result of me missing subversion. Is there another way to install this plugin. Alternatively, can anyone tell me any better ways of finding the geocode from an address or postcode? [GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm) is a port onto github that I’ve used in the past. If your model is using geokit (acts\_as\_mappable) , lat/lng are attributes from a provided address. Otherwise you have to geocode from calling that geocode method. acts\_as\_mappable provides convenience on top ActiveRecords find method as well for a geocodable model. ---
**Author:** ![mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mercurius)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-google-maps/192015/6 "2010-07-28T20:14:18Z")
Pale H. wrote: […] > Installing the plugin from that port causes an error: > > script/plugin install [GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm) > > - ./opensearch.xml > Plugin not found: [“[GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm)”] You may need to tack “.git” on to the end of that URL. ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mercurius)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 10:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-google-maps/192015/7 "2010-07-28T10:11:50Z")
Patrick R. wrote: > I assume this is a result of me missing subversion. Is there another way to install this plugin. > > Alternatively, can anyone tell me any better ways of finding the geocode from an address or postcode? > > [GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm) is a port onto github that I’ve used in > the > past. > > If your model is using geokit (acts\_as\_mappable) , lat/lng are > attributes > from a provided address. Otherwise you have to geocode from calling > that > geocode method. acts\_as\_mappable provides convenience on top > ActiveRecords > find method as well for a geocodable model. Installing the plugin from that port causes an error: script/plugin install [GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm) - ./opensearch.xml Plugin not found: [“[GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm)”] Is there a way to produce the process of automatically adding custom markers with info-windows onto Google Maps without a plugin or gem using a provided address and postcode? ---
**Author:** ![mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@mercurius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mercurius)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dynamic-google-maps/192015/8 "2010-07-29T15:59:32Z")
Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Pale H. wrote: > […] > > > Installing the plugin from that port causes an error: > > > > script/plugin install [GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm) > > > > - ./opensearch.xml > > Plugin not found: [“[GitHub - queso/ym4r-gm: A port of the YM4R-GM plugin for rails, to github](http://github.com/queso/ym4r-gm)”] > > You may need to tack “.git” on to the end of that URL. > > ## Best, > > Marnen Laibow-Koser > [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Thank you, Marnen.