Online Map Editor
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iMapBuilder Online runs directly in browser and allows embed of maps to your own website using copy and paste.
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Map Viewer App for Mobile
iMap Viewer is an Android / iPhone mobile application for viewing interactive maps. (for maps created using our Google Map Editor).
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Make your own map easily using gMap Builder - Google Map Editor !
The following FAQs are for gMap builder users - who build their own interactive maps using our Google map editor. View our Map Sample Showcase.
gMap Builder is an online mapping tool - users can build interactive flash maps with clickable points, lines and bubble infowindow in only a few mouse clicks and keystrokes. No any programming experience required!
Import Marker Data File
iMapBuilder Online - Google Map Editor supports importing markers from data file. The specification for the data file is as follow:
Data file encoding: UTF-16LE (also know as UCS-2LE) with BOM
Format: Tab Seperated Values
The field orders are as follow:
| Column | Field | Type | Value / Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latitude * | float | -90 to 90 |
| 2 | Longitude * | float | -180 to 180 |
| 3 | Icon | integer | 1-74 |
| 4 | Title | string | [any string] |
| 5 | Info Window Description | string | [any string] |
| 6 | Show when | string | mouseover | click |
| 7 | URL | string | [any string] |
| 8 | URL Target | string | _blank | _self |
| 9 | Address | string | [any string] |
Instruction for Notepad
You may use Notepad to prepare your data file, the step are as follow:
1. Arrange your data field according to the field orders table above, press "Tab" on your keyboard to seperate fields.
2. From File Menu, choose Save As.., then select "Unicode" from the "Encoding" drop down box. Finally press Save.
Instruction for Excel
You may use Excel to prepare your data file and export it to a compatible format as above, the step are as follow:
1. Arrange your data field according to the field orders table above.
2. From File Menu, choose Save As.., then select "Unicode Text" from the "Save as type" drop down box. Finally press Save.
Instruction for Open Office Calc
You may use Open Office Calc to prepare your data file and export it to a compatible format as above, the step are as follow:
1. Arrange your data field according to the field orders table above.
2. From File Menu, choose Save As.., then select "Text CSV" from the "Save as type" drop down box.
3. Check the Edit filter
settings checkbox and click "Save"
4. In the "Export of text files" window, select "Unicode" in Character set, "{Tab}" in
Field delimiter and clear the Text delimiter box. Press OK.
If you use other program to create the data file or manually create the file in notepad
1. Please make sure the proper encoding and format as stated above is used.
2. You may get an example of the data file by manually creating the markers in iMapBuilder - Google Map Editor, then use the "Export Marker to Data File" tool to download the data file.
A quick example of the data file is as follow (note the spacing between fields are actually tabs):
29.22 17.44 9 Mark 0 House mouseover http://ex1.com _blank
48.07 8.53 6 Mark 2 Tree mouseover
59.50 36.30 14 Mark 1 Park click
36.46 58.00 1 Mark 3 Museum mouseover http://ex2.com _self
7 Mark 4 Shop click _blank Oxford, OH 45056
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