Map Pins Help Guide

Plot your data as pins on the map to show their geographic distribution

Map Pins Help Guide

Plot your data as pins on the map to show their geographic distribution

Creating a project

A project is used to group together a collection of map layers that have been put together in order to fulfil a specific objective. The following instructions are a step by step guide showing how to create a new project, name the project and save it so that it is ready to add layers to and is available for future use.

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Opening an existing project

How to open and save an existing project within Geoplan mapping software.

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Importing map pins to the map

To add multiple map pins to the map, you can import data from an external source such as Microsoft Excel. The following instructions will give you a step-by-step guide on how to import your data from Microsoft Excel into Geoplan mapping software and display them as points on a map.

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Manually adding a map pins

You can manually create a map pin layer by clicking on the map to place pins in the desired location.

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Changing the location of a map pin

Use the following steps to adjust the location of an existing map pin and placing it in a new location.

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Rename a map pin layer

Control the name and appearance of the layer, as well as the data associated with it.

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Change the name of a map pin

Use the following steps to rename your map pin labels

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Map pin colours

Use the Design and Build tools to change the appearance of your map pins in Geoplan mapping software

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Map pin shapes

Select the style of the map pin shapes using the following steps.

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Map pin size

Change the size of all the map pins using the following steps.

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Search map pins

Use the search tool to interrogate the maps pins layer.

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Map pin info tool

Use the info tool to click on the map and find out about your map pin layer.

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Filter map pins

Apply a filter to your data to control what you see on the map.

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Exporting map pins

Export your map pins data from Geoplan mapping software

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Printing a map pins map with a Google map base

Create a PDF using the printing and reporting tools.

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Printing a map pins map with an OSM map base

Create high resolution detailed PDFs using the OSM printing capabilities within Geoplan mapping software

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