The Map client module enables the use of different types of map clients. By default OpenLayers is used as a map client.

The Map client implements a filter with an input format Inline maps in order to be able to mix content with maps.
<map> tags are used to define the map properties. The Map assist module can help in defining maps.

Three different map clients are available: internal, openlayers, java, and flash. Which map client is used to render a map is determined in the following order:

1. a mapclient=.. parameter in the url, e.g. http://aardbodem.nl/?q=node/24&mapclient=flash
2. an explicit mapclient attribute in the map definition, e.g. [map context="node/24/context" mapclient="flash"/]
3. the user has overriden the default mapclient setting on his user/#/edit page
4. the default map client setting of the system

The following map is defined as [map context="node/24/context" mapclient="internal" /]