Import placemarks to interactive map using Latitude and Longitude data
iMapBuilder offer maps support adding placemarks using Latitude and Longitude coordinates, which is suitable for pinpointing city locations, displaying branch offices across the regions, or showing an absolute location of a particular place. It allows you to import data from an Excel spreadsheet file.
1. Select a map template that supports Lat / Long to get started.
2. Click "Import" button from Toolbar, click "Points".
3. Click "Import File" button and click "Browse" to load your data file.
The supported data file is in Unicode text format (.txt), you can find this format in Excel.
You may also download the sample file as a reference.
A message would be displayed when the upload completes.
4. Click "Delete" to remove unwanted item or click "Apply" button to proceed.
Major columns of data file
| Column | Description | Sample |
| ID | 1 | |
| Category ID | You can assign them to different Category ID or unassign it (unassign the category ID means the mark will always visible in the map). | 0 |
| Label | The label beside the placemark. | Houston Office |
| Scale | Icon size in percentage. Icon size ranges from 1 to 300 and it should be an integer value. | 100 |
| Latitude | The latitude coordinate of the placemark, it should be in decimal degree format. If you have Latitude in degree/minute/second format, you are required to convert into this format first.
|
29.762778 |
| Longitude | The longitude coordinate of the placemark, it should be in decimal degree format. If you have Longitude in degree/minute/second format, you are required to convert into this format first. |
-95.383056 |
| Icon | bulb-yellow | |
| Font Color | 000000 | |
| Mouseover Description | The description text for the mouse over tooltip. | Houston Description Here |
| Mouseover Alpha | 70 | |
| Mouseover Width | 250 | |
| Mouseover Image URL | http://www.imapbuilder.com/images/imap-icon48x48.gif | |
| Mouseover Image x | 150 | |
| Mouseover Image y | 150 | |
| Mouseover Background | FF33CC | |
| Mouseover Border | CCCCCC | |
| Mouseover Symbol | 000000 | |
| Mouseover Anchor | The anchor position of the mouse click infobox, Value [1-9] where 1 for Top Left and 9 for Bottom Right  |
0 |
| Mouseclick Description | The URL Address when mouse click the placemark | http://www.imapbuilder.com/ |
| Mouseclick URL Target | The target for the URL Address, For example, "_blank" for new window, "_self" for same window | _blank |
| Mouseclick Image URL | http://www.imapbuilder.com/images/imap-icon48x48.gif | |
| Mouseclick Image Hot URL | http://www.imapbuilder.com/ | |
| Mouseclick Image x | 150 | |
| Mouseclick Image y | 150 | |
| Mouseclick Background | FFFFFF | |
| Mouseclick Border | CCCCCC | |
| Mouseclick Symbol | 000000 | |
| Mouseclick Alpha | 100 | |
| Mouseclick Anchor | The anchor position of the mouse click infobox, Value [1-9] where 1 for Top Left and 9 for Bottom Right |
9 |