WP Event Manager has recently introduced a brand-new addon named OpenStreetMap, which can be a great alternative to the Google Maps addon. It helps event organizers display their event location directly on their website through the map. The newly developed addon is enriched with multiple useful features that allow you to add your preferred look to the map and improve user experience on your website.
For any WordPress website owner, offering a great user experience to their website visitor is essential. When it comes to a WordPress events website, this can be achieved through interactive maps that clearly show the event location. It makes it easy for attendees to identify the exact location of the event that they wish to attend or find out the nearby ones. The OpenStreetMap addon does exactly the same for you. The best part of the plugin is that it does not need any coding and a more cost-effective option than the Google Maps addon.
In this article, we will be introducing you to the OpenStreetMap addon and its salient features that you must know about but before we discuss the addon, let us explore OpenStreetMap.
About OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap came into existence in 2004 in the UK. It is a free and fully editable world map that was developed to make map data available to common people. The map data covers buildings, addresses, shops, businesses, railways, transit, roads and more.
There are almost 5 million registered users working behind the map and it also has more than a million contributors in each country in the world. OpenStreetMap is widely used by businesses, local people, volunteer groups, government bodies, developers and people from different professional backgrounds.
The clean structured map is completely maintained by the members of the OpenStreetMap foundation who also provide financial support to it.
The developers at WP Event Manager created the OpenStreetMap addon with the combined strength of WP Event Manager and OpenStreetMap to build a feature-filled map that will show and highlight events to your website visitors.
Let us find out more about the OpenStreetMap addon in our next segment.
Explore the OpenStreetMap Addon
The OpenStreetMap addon developed by WP Event Manager offers a clean and straightforward Map that displays your events on your website. It is not only easy to use but also improves user experience on your events website. Besides this, it makes it easy for your audiences to find their nearby events without hassle.
The addon carries the potential to increase your event attendance as people who are interested in your event can easily find out the location. Sometimes audiences also step back from attending an event because of the hassle of finding the location. This problem can easily be removed by the OpenStreetMap as it simplifies the entire process for attendees.
Salient features
The features of the OpenStreetMap addon include the following:
- Display all your events in a single map on your website.
- Create map for each of your event detail page.
- Show details of your events on the map to help users get a quick event view through the map.
- Choose your preferred map style and view to add a personalized touch to your event map.
- Save time through the address autocomplete feature which automatically recommends event location or address when you start typing a location on the search bar.
- Offer multiple filters to your audiences to make their event searching experience fast and simple.
- Users and website visitors can easily zoom in the map to see a specific event by simply scrolling their mouse wheel.
To get the full list of features, click here.
OpenStreetMap Vs Google Maps addon
Now that you know about the OpenStreetMap addon developed by WP Event Manager, let us give you a competitive picture of our Google Maps and OpenStreetMap addon. Technically both the add-ons carry the same features but the OpenStreetMap is a more cost-effective option. How? This is because users do not need to make any additional payment to use the OpenStreetMap addon. They only have to purchase the addon and start using it after installation. When it comes to Google maps, users need to make payment for the addon as well as the API key which ultimately increases the cost.
Wrapping up
The OpenStreetMap is a brand new addition to our addon family and we recommend all our users and audiences to try it to experience the difference. Whether to choose Google Maps or OpenStreetMaps is decision that completely depends on your choice but if you have budget constraint, go for OpenStreetMap.
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