Features Free vs Pro

Re 2) I just took a look at leaflet-marker.php. I believe the source address can be passed to Google as saddr. We could just add a config option in the Google Maps Directions Settings to store the default location and include this piece of information in the two places in the marker file where the URL for the directions gets constructed. What do you think?

Hi J.,
answers as comments to your text below.
best,
Robert

I tried to accomplish a couple of things, but seem unable to do this. May I ask if these features would be available in the pro version or if these features are not supported at this stage?
1) Directions on the blog vs. in separate window? Is it possible to open the dialogue for directions below the map, similarly to how Mappress does it? I would prefer to keep the visitor on the blog instead of having to open a new window.
> this is currently not possible. Will check if this might be possible for a later pro release.

2) Set default “from” location for direction. For all my markers the directions should be from the same start location. Can I accomplish this in some way? Otherwise, the user has to re-enter the same address again and again.
> if you enter the address for a marker (and not just setting the location by clicking on the map), this text is always used as starting point

3) Set map to show directions by default on blog. Can I set it up so that each individual map marker (not layers) shows the route from start location to marker location by default?
> directions currently work only in an external window, showing routes for directons on maps is not supported.

4) Can I get the markers on layered maps that are shown below the map to be clickable (again similarly to Mappress)?
> this is planned for pro v1.5 or v1.6 (v1.4 I am currently working on is focusing in csv import/export)

5) Association of map markers with post or page. If I have one marker per post, how can I best associate it to the post? It would be great to be able to build a layered map based on all posts (that have location information) in a specific category.
> not yet possible. Havent found the best way how to achieve this. I am still not sure if a custom post type would be best here or a custom field below posts. Will still take some time to figure out the right way how to achieve this.

6) Display post body as popup content. If my post is associated with the location, it should be possible to take content from the post for the popup, e.g. the post body. Right now, I need to maintain posts, manually add the shortcode for the map marker and customize the content for the popup (which is likely already stored for the post content).
> currently not possible, not sure if this can be achieved in a later pro version, will check though.

Thanks Robert.

Re 2) The marker directions work for me in general. My suggestion is as follows: Google seems to allow parameters for
– source location (saddr parameter)
– destination location (daddr parameter)
Right now the marker location becomes the destination address and source address is left blank.

In my use case the source location will always be the same going to the various destination addresses (markers). I was hoping to be able to store my default source location so that it would be passed to Google together with the destination.

I am not quite sure about this – adding a default source address would assume that all users using this function would start from the same place – this does not make much sense to me.

I think it makes sense in a specific use case that could be optional. This functionality really only requires a single field in the settings. For sites that show locations around a specific location, such as attractions around a hotel, this use case is perfect… It would then always show the directions from the hotel to the marker location. And if that might not be correct a user can still adjust the address details in the Google map which is a single click to erase the preset. In contrast, it takes a lot of characters for more complicated addresses to type in, esp. if the user has to do it multiple times.

OK, now I understand – in that usecase it would make sense to have a default from-location – will check if this can be added to a later pro version…