{"id":942492,"date":"2015-02-13T19:46:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T03:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/maps-returning-incorrect-location-possible-to-use-latlong-instead\/"},"modified":"2015-02-18T05:19:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T13:19:23","slug":"maps-returning-incorrect-location-possible-to-use-latlong-instead","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/maps-returning-incorrect-location-possible-to-use-latlong-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Maps returning incorrect location, possible to use lat\/long instead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi guys,<\/p>\n<p>I posted this in the WordPress forums but didn&#8217;t get a response. I&#8217;ve just installed the Events Calendar on my site, and would like to upgrade but want to make sure that the plugin will work for my needs. So far, so good, except that some our maps are returning the completely wrong location.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example:<\/p>\n<p>This location: https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Raffles+Grand+Hotel+d&#8217;Angkor\/@13.365215,103.85967,17z\/<br \/>\nis shown as this location on my events map (approximately): https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@13.5424267,103.9717021,12z\/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3110455555555555:0xe26f94004717818c?hl=en<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried every possible variation of the address (including, obviously) the location listed in Google Maps, but it doesn&#8217;t work. I assume this must be an API problem, but is there a way to include the address on the event\/venue, but enter in a long\/lat as well to get the correct map location to show?<\/p>\n<p>Also, how can I make my maps clickable so that people can click and go to the same location on Google Maps?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-942492","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Maps returning incorrect location, possible to use lat\/long instead? -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/maps-returning-incorrect-location-possible-to-use-latlong-instead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Maps returning incorrect location, possible to use lat\/long instead? -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi guys, I posted this in the WordPress forums but didn&#8217;t get a response. 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