Display Main Listing page (/places/) as Homepage

Hi Alex. Thanks for the quick response. I have two issues with the homepage I was unable to resolve.

1. The Home page map shows all listings if all categories are selected. I have around 250 businesses and over 60 categories. I really need a map just like the one on the Listing page, where all that is displayed are the listings that appear on the page. I do not want to use the category list on the map as a filter as I have too many categories to display without scrolling. I would prefer to use the advanced search on the page so users can sort that way.
2. I need pagination similar to the Listing page. On the homepage the options appear to be a fixed # of listings or all.

It would be great if there were a GD “Places” page similar to the GD Home and Locations pages which could be selected as the home page to show the dynamic page content.

Shortcodes. That looks like it may do the trick. I have created a new page, set it as home and added the following shortcodes:

[gd_listing_map width=100% height=425 zoom=12 autozoom=true]
[gd_advanced_search show_adv_search='always']
[gd_listings]

There is still one issue. The listing map is not displaying any markers and is set to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. If I can get the map to work this will be the perfect solution. Any ideas why it is not displaying markers for the listings from the gd_listings shortcode?