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Google My Maps

In April 2007, My Maps was a new feature added to Google’s local search maps. My Maps lets users and businesses create their own map by positioning markers, polylines and polygons onto a map. The interface is a straightforward overlay on the map. A set of eighty-four pre-designed markers is available, ranging from bars and restaurants to webcam and earthquake symbols. Polyline and Polygon colour, width and opacity are selectable. Maps modified using My Maps can be saved for later viewing and made public (or marked as private), but cannot be printed.

 

 

Depending on your location, you can create personalized, annotated, customized maps using Google Maps.

 

Finding Your Maps

1. Go to Google Maps. Make sure you are signed in.
2. Click My Maps. A list of your maps appears. Click the appropriate map to view it.

Finding Maps Made by Others
 
Once you have found a map you like, you view other maps by this user by view this person’s user profile. To do this:

1. Click the marker for the map you like. Click Created by…. Note that if you move the cursor over the link, an image appears for that person.
2. A user profile page appears. It displays all maps created by this person and some additional information about this person in the left panel.
3. Click the appropriate tab in the left panel to view all content created by this user, just reviews or just maps.

Deleting Your Maps

To delete your map:

1. Click My Maps. A list of your maps appears.
2. Click Delete beside the appropriate map.

Adding and Editing Placemarks

To add a placemark to your map:

1. Create or open a map.
2. Click icon Placemarks. Your cursor changes into a placemark icon with an “X” crosshairs. The crosshairs indicate where the placemark will fall.
3. Move the cursor to the appropriate location. If you want to dismiss this placemark, press the Escape key.
4. Click your mouse button to place your placemark. It should bounce into place.
5. Add a title and description.
6. You can also change the icon for your placemark by clicking the icon in the top right corner of the info window. You can also add your own icon.
7. Click OK to save your placemark.

To move or edit a placemark:

1. Click Edit in the left panel.
2. Drag and drop the appropriate placemark to the new location. Note that you can only edit or move placemarks on your maps, not others.
3. To edit a placemark’s title or description, click on it to open the info window. Edit the title and description and click OK.
4. Click Done in the left panel when you are finished.

Saving Search Results

You can search for addresses and businesses and save items from your search results to your map. To do this:

1. Create or open a map.
2. Search for the business or address that you want to add. The results appear in the Search Results tab.
3. Click on the item you want to save. Click Save to My Maps in the info window. This copies the result to your map as a placemark.
4. Edit the title or description, if you want.
5. Click OK to save your placemark.

 

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