Currently I have been working on a new project for a Burger King franchisee in the Denver, CO area.  His current site is in dire need of a revamp and added functionality.  One of the pieces of functionality required was a way for visitors to see all the stores he currently operates with the ability to show each store on a map of Denver.

I found a few store location modules out there, but wasnt able to justify the licensing fees with the project budget.  I decided to write my own simple store locator module to utilize with this website as well as others in the future.  This was also a good time for me to get to know the Google Maps API (which i have never used before).

Pardon my language but, Google really has their sh*t together!  Working with their maps api was not only simple, but quite fun to work with.  My store locator module is in a very basic childlike state at this point, but does what its intended to do.

1. Display a list of your physical locations
2. Show these locations on a map

I can already see plenty of areas for additional functionality to be added at a later time, such as Custom Fields, Allow for each location to use a different pushpin graphic, categories or tags, etc.

You can find more information about this module here.