Digital Tool - Google My Maps

 

Google My Maps is a cool map that you can create for yourself to use such as mark (a) location(s) of where you want to share or show off your friends and family about good places that you have visited such as museums, restaurants, or hidden places you want them to visit.

You can create many good and wonderful places to share with your community and let them update their favorite places that they have visited in the Google My Maps to share back with you by allowing them access to “Edit.”

Here How To Create It

To Create a map in Google My Maps, you need to log on to Google My Maps. You need to sign in with your Google account. If you do not have an account, you can create one. It is free.

 Upon create your Google account, go to https://www.google.com/mymaps to sign in with your Google account. You see the following home screen like this below:

Then click ‘CREATE A NEW MAP’

You will see the following screen, click on “CREATE,” on the following screen,

Then click on the “Untitled map” to give it a name,

Like this,

Then click on "Save"

If you want to change or delete the map you just created, click on the three dots on the right side of the screen to see its dropdown. 

Type the name of the place you want to search for on the right side of the screen listed below:

Click search on the right side with the magnifier glass,

Click “+ Add to map”

Click on the three dots on the right side of the “untitled layer,” see the dropdown list and then click on “Rename this layer”

Then click on “Save,”

Click on the “Paint Roller-Individual styles” to change the styles, click on the “Bee’s Thai Cuisine” you will see the following dropdown(Color, Popular Icons, More icons)

Choose the “color” and “Popular Icons” to represent the restaurant,

You can add photo to the place and description of the place in which you just created by clicking the icon below:

The “pencil” icon allows you to write your description under the name of the place where you listed, the “camera” icon allows you to add a picture in it, and the “trash” icon allows you to delete the place you have created.

 If you want to add another place on the map, repeat the process from the first step above to the bottom step. Have fun, keep creating, and sharing the places you like with your community.