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title: "Maps2 API"
manual: "maps2 (Maps2)"
version: "13.1"
source: "DeveloperManual/Api/Index.rst"
rendered: "2026-10-01T12:50:05+00:00"
---

# Maps2 API {#developer-api}

Maps2 comes with some public methods which we have marked with `@api`. Use
them to simplify your life within your extensions when working with maps2.

## GeoCodeService {#geocodeservice}

### getFirstFoundPositionByAddress {#getfirstfoundpositionbyaddress}

Give it an address (string) as first argument and you will get first found
address as Position object. If the geocoding service has nothing found or an
error occurs this method will return `null`. There is no need to
:php:rawurlencode the address as we will do it for you.

### getPositionsByAddress {#getpositionsbyaddress}

Give it an address (string) as first argument and you will get all found results
from geocoding service as Position object in an ObjectStorage.

## MapService {#mapservice}

### createNewPoiCollection {#createnewpoicollection}

Use it, if you have some location records in your extension and want to create
a new PoiCollection relation automatically while saving your location record.

### assignPoiCollectionToForeignRecord {#assignpoicollectiontoforeignrecord}

We have over 5 extensions working together with maps2 and we always have to
implement a part to save the PoiCollection UID to our other extensions. Wouldn't
it be better to have a centralized method doing that?

### addForeignRecordsToPoiCollection {#addforeignrecordstopoicollection}

This method is NOT public API. It will be called automatically, if you call
getForeignRecords of a PoiCollection. It contains a SignalSlot where you can
remove or modify foreignRecords before adding them to PoiCollection.

#### Example {#example}

Here we have a working example out of our extension events2:

```php
// create new map-record and set it in relation
$position = $this->googleMapsService->getFirstFoundPositionByAddress($this->getAddress($eventLocation));
if ($position instanceof Position) {
    $tsConfig = $this->getTsConfig($eventLocation);
    $this->googleMapsService->assignPoiCollectionToForeignRecord(
        $this->googleMapsService->createNewPoiCollection(
            (int)$tsConfig['pid'],
            $position,
            array(
                'title' => $eventLocation['location']
            )
        ),
        $eventLocation,
        'tx_events2_domain_model_location',
        'tx_maps2_uid'
    );
}
```

## MapRegistry {#mapregistry}

### getColumnRegistry {#getcolumnregistry}

Get the Maps2 registry as ColumnRegistrationStorage object for all
tables, columns and its configuration.

We have added a service `maps2.columnRegistry` to `Services.yaml` which you can
use for your extensions:

```yaml
MyVendor\MyExtension\Service\MyService:
  arguments:
    $columnRegistry: '@maps2.columnRegistry'
```