Mercury Dokumentation

Display a map for events

For a list of events or church services, the locations can now be displayed on a map.

For this project, the input fields for the event and the church service were expanded as follows:

  • When selecting Address data > Address (i.e., direct input) for events or church services, it is now also possible to enter geocoordinates for the address.
  • For church services, the fields Location (linked POI) and Location (direct entry) have also been combined into a selection field Address data, as is also used for events.

Part of the Mercury expansion pack

This feature is not included in the open source version of the Mercury template, but is part of the Mercury extension pack from Alkacon Software. Please contact us if you are interested in our Mercury extensions.
Further information

Events can be used with the “Dynamic list: Map search” formatter. “Events” here also refers to church services, to which the following points apply equally.

Only the event locations are displayed on the map, but no information about the individual events at that location. 

First, the locations of all results are always displayed, which can then be narrowed down using the filter options on the map.

When setting the geocoordinates, please note:

  • If a location is assigned to an event via a location reference, the geocoordinates of the location are automatically adopted for the event.
  • It is also possible to enter the geocoordinates directly with the address in an event.
  • If no geocoordinates are assigned to an event, it will be displayed in the results list but not on the map.
  • Only events at locations with exactly the same geocoordinates are grouped together on the map.
  • If the geocoordinates of events differ even slightly, two locations are displayed on the map.

Locations that are very close to each other on the map may not be distinguishable even at the maximum zoom level, as the markers may overlap almost completely.