#Create a custom map with google maps how to
#Create a custom map with google maps android

Official 48 Hours inвЂ¦ My Maps created by Google Local GuidesД¤8 hours in.Map = new (document. WhateverвЂ™s the case, please create a post in the вЂњTravel and AdviceвЂќ board with your My Maps, so we can all benefit from them! So if you have already created a My Map of your area, you can change your icons or maybe you want to create a new My Map using this beautiful icon set. As an example taken from our own 48 Hours inвЂ¦ My Maps, weвЂ™ve used one for all restaurants, two different ones for cafes & bakeries (depending on the specialization of the place, whether itвЂ™s coffee or cakes), two different ones for nightlife (depending on the type of venue, whether is a general one or a live music place), one for accommodation, two for tourist spots (one for general spots and another one for parks), one for arts & culture places and one or two for shopping. Maybe one or sometimes two per layer is enough. But if you start a new My Maps, then youвЂ™ll have to follow the same process as listed here.ДЄs a tip, try not to use too many different icons. After clicking вЂњokвЂќ, the place you just saved in your My Maps will have this new icon.ДЄnd once you have added an icon for the first time, you donвЂ™t have to re-upload it again for other places that share the same icon. In the example, I added the suitcase icon, as you can see. If you want to add an icon not listed there or you want to personalise your map, click on вЂњCustom iconвЂќ and in the next screen, select the icon from your computer (or drag and drop it), and you are all set. In most cases, these are more than enough to create beautiful and useful My Maps.

YouвЂ™ll see something like the following screenshot, where youвЂ™ll find a lot of different shapes and categories for icons. But in this case, we are going for something different. Click on the bucket icon to change the icon style and youвЂ™ll see a popup that lets you select the icon colour and the icon itself.

#Create a custom map with google maps how to

LetвЂ™s focus on how to add those beautiful icons. See the three options weвЂ™ve marked in the screenshot below? With the bucket icon (first one on the left) you can change the style of the icon, with the pencil icon you can change the name and add a brief description of the place and with the camera icon, you can add a photo of that place, although if you donвЂ™t add one, My Maps will show you one from that placeвЂ™s Google Maps listing.

Once you have added a place to your My Map, youвЂ™ll see a blue pin, but thereвЂ™s much more that you can do. How to personalise your places on the map

Start looking for places and add them to the map by clicking on вЂњ+ Add to mapвЂќДЄs a reference, for our 48 Hours inвЂ¦ My Maps we used these layers: Dining out, Cafes & Bakeries, Nightlife, Accommodation, Tourist spots, Arts & Cultures and Shopping, to give every visitor to these cities a glimpse on whatвЂ™s best in the city to enjoy it for 48 hours (or more!).

Add up to 10 layers in total to distribute your places as you see fit.

Change the name of your only layer (that currently has no title).

Add a title and a description to your newly created map.

Click on вЂњCreate a new mapвЂќ or on the + symbol to start with an empty map.

#Create a custom map with google maps android

Visit My Maps on your computer or with the Google Maps app on your Android phone.

For your mapping pleasure, we present to you the My Maps icons. Starting with the Best of Barcelona My Map the Local Guides team created in January 2016 for the Mobile World Congress, we shared a link to the My Maps icons in our newsletter. These My Maps have become so popular that many of you have created your own My Maps for the cities you know and love and we want to help you to create beautiful My Maps, too. Next to 'Base map' in the bottom of the left panel, click the Down Arrow. Optional: To see popular maps and staff picks, click Explore. To help Local Guides explore their own cities and beyond, weвЂ™ve created 48 Hours inвЂ¦ My Maps that highlight places in cities that Local Guides recommend on Google Maps. YouвЂ™ll see maps youвЂ™ve made or viewed as well as maps shared with you.