Hello.
Looks interesting.
But I do not quite understand the features, the purpose.
perhaps, this is a language problem
. Or simply technical incomprehension of the features.
My thoughts:
A bulletin board is category and sub category based. Like a filing cabinet.
Alternative: Users are able to set (direct, or by entering an adress) a pin, and comment this pin.
Instead of a user selected position (forum, category...) in a regularly board.
The map (as main view) is your "board", a place is like a "category". Different types of user selected pins.
In the background there can also exist the regularly board with his category structure.
But the categories are created automatic by the place on the map. For example, Country/State/City/Street...
Vistors could search entrys ("pins" or other symbols) by using the address search field (whole addresses or parts like city) or a free "zoom search". As with Google Maps.
Or also a regular search over the titles of the themes. If possible in combination (searching a title in a sepcific map area).
But they can also go through the board view with his (automatic created) categories.
Maybe, visitors should not see the regular phpBB.
If you open a "pin" there is the regular phpBB-Topic.
In the regular board structure or only in a closable windows over the map (selectable by the admin).
It is important at all times be able to easily go back to the map, if the map is the central element of the website.
Is this possible with this Module?
No? Than, this is my feature request.
And I suggest different symbols for different things.
For example, "a nice place" has a scenery symbol, a doctor a aeskulap stick, a restaurant knife and fork etc..
Freely selectable by the admin (his own image files or free icons).
What is with a review/rating function for the places?
Perhaps also with different pin symbols.
For example, the same pin symbols, but in different colors (green, yellow, red), or with additional numbers or letters (e.G. "A to F").
For example "1 to 6" (in many countrys, "1" ist the best in shool grades), or the classic "1 to 10".
But this is also the decision of the admin.
But only visible at the level of each item.
From a great distance this makes no sense.
On the other hand, it would be good, you could see the overall rating of an area.
Is this possible with this Module?
No? Than, this is also my feature request.
Can I use all features from modules as in a regular Board in a post "in" (or "behind") a pin/symbol?
Upload/embedd all media files etc..
What about the number of markers?
Such a website could include millions, or dozens of millions of markers after some time.
Spread over the whole country or the whole world.
That would be my base functions.
Perhaps, here you can find some gui suggestions:
http://mundraub.org/map
I still have other ideas.
But some might be a different Mod.
Is there a german translation?
If not, I could help.
Thanks...