Title: Change Map Base Location
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Change Map Base Location

 *  Resolved [Marj Wyatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marjwyatt/)
 * (@marjwyatt)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-map-base-location/)
 * Map centering is really critical for both responsive viewports and on desktop.
   The plugin administration section really needs an area for the site admin to 
   define a “home” location for their maps. We need to be able to add a starting
   point based on site owner address, or something … anything.
 * If a business is primarily in the USA, for instance, it makes no sense to have
   the map centering in the middle of the ocean and prominently displaying South
   America. This default location is much more of a problem in narrower responsive
   viewports.
 * After copying off a save of the original plugin script, I tried manually altering
   the starting latitude/longitude but it seemed to have no effect.
 * I’m a Pro Gold licensed user. I posted a similar inquiry to the support forum
   at your site 2 days ago and it is still awaiting moderation.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-google-maps/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-google-maps/)

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 *  Plugin Author [WPGMaps](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpgmaps/)
 * (@wpgmaps)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-map-base-location/#post-6453790)
 * Hi Marj
    There is this setting available. All you need to do is drag the map 
   to your starting location in the map editor and then press “Save map”. That will“
   lock” the location to that point. Please confirm this is working on your side?

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