For your listing detail pages to show the Google Maps and Streetview showing the location of the listing, it requires a valid latitude and longitude coordinate setup - these are commonly referred to as "lat/lng" values.
For MLS® Reciprocity imported listings, the lat/lng values will be configured already by Brixwork's MLS® IDX cloud, and you don't have to set this yourself.
Manually setting the lat/lng value is necessary when:
- You are loading a listing manually (not converting to OWN from MLS® IDX)
- The MLS® IDX system had a momentary glitch, and the lat/lng came out blank.
- The street/neighbourhood is so new that our geocoding system could not extrapolate the lat/lng from the address
- Google's lat/lng wasn't quite on the spot, or you want it precisely set at a certain point of the street.
To set a custom lat/lng (coordinate) value for your listings on your website
When you are editing the home details, (accessed by entering the edit button, or after clicking the "Add A New Listing" button) follow these steps:
- Enter the full address of the listing in Location under the Basic Info tab, including the city.
- Hit the "Find Address" button, and see if the map automatically finds the geographical location of the listing.
- IF it does NOT find the location automatically, manually drag the map so that the target in the centre is right over the street location of your listing.
- When the map is centred to the right location (based on the target icon in the middle), make sure you hit the "SAVE LISTING" button at the bottom to save the changes you made.
