Google My Maps is a feature of Google Maps (from April 2007) that enables users to quickly and easily create custom maps for personal use or sharing through search.
Google My Maps is a feature of Google Maps (from April 2007) that enables users to create custom maps for personal use or sharing through search. My Maps empowers users to create content-rich maps that are relevant to their interests, expertise, or personal needs. Users can add points, lines, and shapes on top of Google Maps, using a WYSIWYG editor. User can also have layers and customize the items in each layer with uniform styles and having labels for the name or description. There are many different objects user can have as his points, such as the town point, train point, bus point, hospital point etc. Also user can the colour of anything and change the thickness as well.
With My Maps users can:
- Mark locations on a map from a library of icons
- Draw lines and shapes to highlight paths and areas
- Add text, photos, or YouTube/Google Videos to a map
- Add HTML for further personalization
- View their maps in Google Earth
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