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This is from a contact form submission on May 26th, 2016 from Chase Anderson ([email protected]):

I received an email from a Google maps support rep. They advised a few problems with the maps api usage in the plugin. I wanted to share their feedback with you here. Please let me know if you plan on supporting changes according to their information:

Please note you can remove the sensor paramter as it is no longer required. Also the version you specified is wrong, and this parameter isn't mandatory. You can check the documentation to learn more about versioning https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/versions.

Added hook for initial additional custom field support

See if / when Google API scripts need inclusion in the admin area

Shortcode attribute that allows user to disable scroll wheel and dragging -
also we can add this feature within the backend UI

Simplemap shortcode attribute for adding custom HTML within the search form on simplemap

• ex: there could be a field called labelbr_custom_ID - and a filter that you could write to customize the text this field will produce.

This is in relation to Premium Support Forum post here - http://support.simplemap-plugin.com/discussions/problems/2478-map-not-loading

Specifically, the map is broken because of a jQuery issue in the custom theme. The developer of the custom theme responded with this:

Our theme can't use the default jquery provided by WordPress, and we have de-registered this one and registered a new one from CDN using the same key "jquery"

The issue with the SimpleMap plugin is because they enqueue the scripts using the "template_redirect" hook, which is run right after our deregistered hook is placed, so the script has as dependency the "jquery" file, and because of the step of execution there is no "jquery" on the dependency manager, so their scripts are not enqueued

This is not best WordPress practice, you should use proper hooks

Front end form for adding locations

Added field for searching by name.

This should enable a user to search for the location name (i.e. the title of the location post).

Allow for separating locations across maps and having multiple maps

Allow the user to add field defaults into search field so if a user searches for, "columbia", google will at least search for columbia within a specified default country instead of anywhere in the world

Better integration with WPML

Rewrite dynamically generated Javascript to use a static Javascript file plus localization

Fix the permalink refresh issue when you enable location permalinks

Add alternative(s) for geolocating addresses based on IP

Add the ability to turn another CPT into a simple map enabled CPT

Implement suggestions in email from Dave Iltis [email protected] dated 02/05/2013

make sure they show up on the .org plugin page

Make the map on single locations better

see this thread: http://support.simplemap-plugin.com/discussions/problems/1648-listing-ok-but-clicking-clips-the-detailed-entry

Add search results pagination

Fix initialization bug where marker initially pans to far left of screen when first clicked

Map pagination, page numbers, previous / next navigation arrows for result list

https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/semperfiwebdesign/simplemap/inspections/e2c64b7c-227f-45ed-9ca2-92716c87afec

See what code we want to keep from Peter's v2.5 plugin

Rewrite settings and options to use our backend module framework

Allow users to search a location by post title

Custom location icons (Paragon Vision Sciences)

Add an interface for adding / removing custom fields from Simplemap

Google Analytics tracking on searches (Aids Healthcare Foundation)

Fix widget / clean up widget options

Since these aren't the real pages, and we hijacked the menu to show them under the SimpleMap top-level menu, the menu isn't expanded as it otherwise would be.

Over the years we have developed various add-ons for SimpleMap for different paying customers. We should collect all of these together and review them for inclusion in the core plugin.

Limit number of results displayed as per conversation with Frank - http://support.simplemap-plugin.com/discussions/problems/1586-not-working-on-a-test-site-im-building

Flesh out the map factory in maps

Better search by country with a country dropdown built from countries that have been populated.

Make it easier to control the size of the map bubble

Fix the upload directory - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simplemap-store-locator-fix-suggestion-for-import-directory

Custom markers add-on with custom markers by location category or tag

Allow user to change size of the map on internal location pages, and allow the user to determine exactly what kind of information is display in the singular location information box

Use wp_localize_script as needed for variables

More / better hooks - add one for the Search form content before it's generated

Better support for other postal code formats and names

I received this email from Yuk at WPML:

We are currently retesting compatibility of your plugin with WPML. We have found common issue related to showing locations from all languages.

Usually this can be easily fixed by adding 'suppress_filters' => false, to your post query.

Please take a look and fix this so I can send WPML an updated version of SimpleMap to test.

This was first requested here - http://support.simplemap-plugin.com/discussions/questions/1370-sort-by-alphabetical-instead-of-by-distance

Add a shortcode option to allow users to order locations by different parameters such as alphanumerically.

Add featured image support

Add an interface for adding shortcodes instead of the user memorizing which attributes are available for the simplemap plugin

Sorting/prioritizing and randomizing of location results (123Dentist)