Laravel Maps is a simple package that helps you connect laravel with Google Maps WebServices.
Install this package on your Laravel 5.5+ with the follow command:
$ composer require dnery/laravel-maps:2.1.*
Or add the package to require object of your composer.json file
{
"require": {
"dnery/laravel-maps": "2.1.*"
}
}
To use this package on Laravel 4, install the older version of the package:
$ composer require dnery/laravel-maps:1.0.3
Just download the repository and install under the vendor/ folder in your laravel project.
After installing the package in your project, add the package's Service Provider to app/config/app.php in the providers section:
'Dnery\LaravelMaps\LaravelMapsServiceProvider',
Also add the Alias of the LaravelMaps package, in the aliases section:
'LaravelMaps' => 'Dnery\LaravelMaps\Facades\LaravelMaps',
Publish the configuration file of the package in your project:
php artisan config:publish dnery/laravel-maps
First, fill your api_key (you can find it in your painel at Google Developers Console) in the generated config file, located at app/config/packages/dnery/laravel-maps/config.php.
After this, all you need to do is initialize the LaravelMaps with the name of the webservice that you want to use.
$geocode = Laravel::init('geocode')
Currently, LaravelMaps can integrate with 4 webservices from Google Maps:
- Google Maps Distance Matrix API (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/distance-matrix/?hl=pt-br)
LaravelMaps::init('distance-matrix');
- Google Places API Web Service (https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/?hl=pt-br)
LaravelMaps::init('places');
- Google Maps Geocoding Api (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/?hl=pt-br)
LaravelMaps::init('geocode');
- Google Maps Directions API (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/?hl=pt-br)
LaravelMaps::init('directions');
When using Geocoding, Directions and Distance Matrix API, just call $maps->process($params);
- You can find the params for his use in the respective API, at Google. (Links above)
When using Places API, call $maps->run('method', $params);
This is a package that I created and released because of personal need in projects that I maintain. Please, feel free to make pull request and submit issues to help improve this package.