Nearby Places

Nearby Places is an extension of Progress Map. It allows to display various places – also known as “Points of Interest” – nearby a location/post on the map. All points of Interest are provided by Google Maps.

The plugin was designed to be used with the posts/locations added from “Progress Map” but it also provides a powerful search form that let users find their current position or to enter a given address, then, display all nearby points of interest.

The plugin supports all place types in Google Maps. When a user selects a place type (e.g. Schools), a list of all nearby places will be displayed. Each place comes with a details page that can be accessed by the user in order see the place address, distance, website, photos, reviews, etc… From the map, users can display the route & directions to the place with the possibility to switch between the different travel modes (Driving, Transit, Walking & Bycicling). All these will be displayed inside a widget without the need to reload the browser’s page.

The plugin was designed with customization in mind. It can be customized from the admin panel in order to match the general look of your website.