Changing the WP Go Maps Map Engine

overview wp go maps is designed to run on either the google maps engine or the openlayers engine the map engine provides our plugin access to the (up to date) underlaying map information maintained by the engine providers, and provides a means to query, manipulate and display maps, co ordinates, addresses, objects and other map related information there is broad feature parity built across the plugin for both engines, however differences in initial setup requirements, some remaining exclusive functionality provided each engine that cannot be matched by the other engine, and differences in look and feel, may result in users opting for one engine over the other wp go maps users can freely switch between the map engines without losing any of their created maps and map objects setup general prerequisites the following plugin/s need to be installed and active wp go maps engine specific prerequisites google maps engine an api key is required to make use of the google maps engine for assistance with creating an api key, please see the following resource creating a google maps api key docid\ e4s4n5a p2anogihdngv3 openlayers engine the majority of features have no prerequisites when using the openlayers engine however, to make use of directions services an openrouteservice key is required this api key can be obtained from the openrouteservice developers console certain tileserver providers may require an api key for the user of their tile service changing the map engine changing to the google maps engine to change to the google maps engine, please navigate as follows wp go maps > settings > general settings > maps engine select google maps from the drop down and remember to select the save settings button once you have changed to the google maps engine, you will need to insert your api at the following location wp go maps > settings > advanced settings > google maps api key (required) please remember to press the save settings button changing to the openlayers maps engine to change to the openlayers engine, please navigate as follows wp go maps > settings > general settings > maps engine select openlayers from the drop down and remember to select the save settings button once the openlayers engine is selected, you are now presented with an additional option to select a tile server url the default option openstreetmap is sufficient for the regular users if you are planning to use the directions feature with the openlayers maps engine the openrouteservice key can be entered by navigating to the following location wp go maps > settings > advanced settings > openrouteservice key once the openrouteservice key has been entered please remember to press the save button