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#Create a custom map with pins update
If you need to move your pushpins, you can drag them around the screen to a new location and the coordinates will update but the title and info from google maps won’t change. You can get really creative with your pushpins and colors!
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This icon will have a bunch of different colors to pick from and then a list of popular icons with a box to click for more icons. If you want your place to have a specific color and/or shape pushpin, click the icon to the left of the pencil (kind of looks like a paint bucket tipped on its side with a drop of paint coming out or a diamond with half-dark and half-light). You can also add a description of the place in the box under the title. You can edit the name of the place by clicking on the pencil icon in the pop up box. Once you add it, it will appear in the top left box under your map’s title. Once you click the search icon, it will zoom into the place and you will need to click “Add to map” in the pop-up window to have the place added to your map. In this box, you can type in addresses or even just city, state. So now how do you add pushpins? At the top of the screen, to the right of the map title, there is a box with a search icon. You can add a description too if you want.
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You can edit the map’s name by clicking on “Untitled Map” in the top left box and then typing in a new name. A new tab will load and a new map will be created.
#Create a custom map with pins plus
As you haven’t created one yet, click on “Create Map” at bottom of screen or the red circle with the plus sign in the middle at the bottom right corner of screen. If you click on “My Maps”, you are already on the maps screen to create a map. If you click on “Your Places”, then you need to click on “Maps”. Second click on the menu (3 parallel horizontal lines) in top left of the screen, and then click on “Your Places” or “My Maps”. Otherwise you won’t be able to access it from anywhere. You need to be at the website address,, to create it.įirst key to success is logging into your Gmail account so that the map is attached to your account. You can’t add a map from the Google Map app (but you can view the map from the app!). To be able to create a map, you need to be using Google maps from your browser. We all know Google Maps are a very useful tool when it comes to previewing locations and getting directions, but did you know that you can create a digital pushpin map? Remember how we used to have a big map on our office wall and use pushpins to help visually see relationships to other places? You can do this with Google Maps AND you can access the map from anywhere!