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Import and map 800+ lighthouses in Drupal 9

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Waaaaay back in 2013, I wrote a blog post about importing and mapping over 5,000 points of interest in 45 minutes using (mainly) the Feeds and Geofield modules. Before that, I had also done Drupal 6 demos of importing and displaying earthquake data. With the recent release of Drupal 9 , I figured it was time for a modern take on the idea - this time using the Drupal migration system as well as (still!) Geofield. This time, for the source data, I found a .csv file of 814 lighthouses in the United States that I downloaded from POI Factory

Import and Map Over 5,000 Points of Interest in 45 Minutes

At Florida DrupalCamp 2013, I presented a session (video included) that demonstrated how to utilize the Feeds, Feeds Tamper, Address field, Geofield, and other modules to create a fully-functional website for searching for Farmers Markets anywhere in the United States. While the session's intent was to inspire people as to what Drupal can do in a very short amount of time, this blog post will focus on the details of the process.

Location Block

Need a quick way to show a map of node location data on your site? If you're using the Location module to collect address data for your nodes, then you're almost there.

Missing Markers on Your Maps

More often than I'd like to admit, I run into the same little issue that usually takes me more than a couple of minutes to figure out. In this specific case, the small issue that I'm talking about is map views that I create not showing all the markers I think they should.

DrupalCon DC: Summary So Far

I've been at the business-end of the DrupalCon firehose for 3 full days now, so I thought it would be a good time to share some of the cool stuff I've learned. As you've no doubt heard by now, this DrupalCon is over 50% larger than last year's event - with 1400 people and 6-tracks of sessions. It's been a chore not to get overwhelmed with all the options. Here's a quick summary of some of the sessions I attended:

Custom GMap Solution for Dynamically Updated Markers (Part 1) (Drupal 6)

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I recently upgraded OffRoadAtlas.com with a custom map interface based on the GMap module. I was able to do this while leaving the GMap module is virtually un-hacked (with the exception of modifying the "GMAP_API_VERSION" variable) - all of the customizations were made via an additional "helper" module that was written specifically for this site. The site utilizes a map on the home page that shows all the off-roading areas and clubs in the database. The problem I was trying to solve was that I didn't want to have to load all 1,500+ points each time the home page was