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17th of June, 2011

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In order to control the map display on your IDX pages you can go to the Map Options feature located under My Preferences -> Global Prefrences -> Map Options in the IDX Control Panel. This controls the global map settings throughout all IDX map search and results pages.

Google Map Key - In order to use the Google maps API, Google requires that each account have a unique map key which makes you subject to their terms of service in exchange for using this free mapping service. In most cases this is not something you will not need to modify unless you change your primary domain name within your IDX account. Click here for instructions on updating your Google Map Key.

All Results Page Maps - This yes/no field gives you the ability to turn on or off the display of a map alongside your search results. Turning this off for larger results pages with over 100 listings by default is helpful in order to reduce overall page load time for the end user.

Display Google Map On - This allows you to selectively turn on and off the maps on specific results pages.

Map Behavior - This controls the map display on the results pages only (not map search). The options are to display all properties on the map that were returned from the search or only those that display on the active page. Many times searches will result in multiple pages and this will help reduce load time if you select to display only those mappable properties on that specific page, instead of the entire results set. This section also lets you set the default view; Terrain, Map, Hybrid or Satellite.

Map Search Center Location - Note: The myAgent iPhone Application uses this to determine your location for application users who press "Get an Agent ID". When your account is first setup by your account rep the center point for your map search page is set on your address listed in your account. This may or may not be the area in which you want to center your map search by default. In the event that you want to modify the default center point, you can enter a specific latitude and longitude of that here. If you don't know the latitude and longitude, not to worry, we provide you a handy little lookup tool here as well based on address.

Map Search Defaults - This feature allows you to control the default search values (i.e. number of beds and baths) for each property type available within your MLS data. This also allows you to set the default number of properties to display in the active search window at a given time.

Use Search Control Palette - We supply you with a search control palette that is a little different than the default Google controls. If you don;t want to use these controls and prefer the default style you can turn this feature off.

Map Zoom Level - This allows you to set the default zoom levels for the results and map search pages independently

See below for a demonstration of map preferences:

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