Shape markers are circles, rectangles or polygons that mark an area on your interactive map like a country on a geographic map or a district on a city map. You can highlight states, counties, rooms on a floor plan, or areas on a diagram with your own custom shape markers. You can even define a line or a hybrid shape which is a shape that is made up of separate parts such as the islands of Hawaii.
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Shape Marker Demo — Move your mouse over the yellow ovals. Some of these shape markers consist of more than one area that highlight together as one marker.
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Circle and rectangle shapes
You can create circle and rectangle shape markers of any size right in MapsAlive. Circles and rectangles can highlight existing areas of your interactive map such as numbered circles or the boxes on an org chart. You can also create colored dots or squares of any size using shape markers.
Polygon, line, and hybrid shapes
Polygons, lines and hybrid shapes are created outside of MapsAlive using a program (such as Adobe Illustrator, Dreamweaver or Mapedit) that lets you draw or trace shapes and save them as HTML image maps. MapsAlive can import HTML image maps and automatically create polygon shape markers and place them on your map. See the Related Links for more information on importing marker shapes.
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How do I choose a new marker for a hotspot?
- Click in the menu.
- Click the dropdown to choose a new marker.
Note: With the Plus and Pro Plans you can also replace markers for multiple hotspots in one operation by clicking in the menu.
How do I create my own markers?
Click in the menu.
Can I make a copy of a marker?
Yes. Making a copy is a good way to customize a marker without modifying the original.
- Click in the menu.
- Click the name of the marker you want to duplicate.
- Click in the menu.
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