The Map Dialog Box

The New Map dialog box used to create a new map and the Edit Map dialog box used to modify an existing map are identical, only their titles differ.

The Map is the basic container for Click2Map markers, drawings and groups: to start creating new markers, drawings and groups of markers, you first need to create a map or select an existing map. To create a new map, use the New > Map… command from the main menu: this opens the New Map dialog box in which you can define your map's parameters.

By default, the map center and zoom level of a map correspond to the values defined in the Settings dialog box.

• Title: Enter the Title for you new map here. This is the default field used for search operations, so you may want to use a descriptive enough Title.
• Name or ID: By default, the Name or ID is a duplicate of your map's Title. The Name or ID must be unique: two maps can not have the same Name or ID.
• Description: The Description text field can hold any additional information about your map.

• Address: If your map needs to be centered on a specific geographical location (country, city, street or full address), you can enter the exact address here.
• Geocode: Click on the Geocode button to convert the location entered above to its geographical coordinates. The corresponding Latitude and Longitude are then displayed in the Map Center Coordinates section and are used as the central point for the Map.

• Latitude: This field is automatically filled in when you click on the Geocode button after entering an address in the Map Center Address area. You can also manually enter the Latitude of your map's desired central point if you know it.
• Longitude: This field is automatically filled in when you click on the Geocode button after entering an address in the Map Center Address area. You can also manually enter the Longitude of your map's desired central point if you know it.

• Map: The map area graphically displays the Map Center Coordinates entered above. You can drag the map to any direction to precisely select the area that should be visible.
• Zoom Level: Move the Zoom Level slider to the left to zoom out or to the right to zoom in. It is also possible to double-click on the map to zoom in on a specific area.

Click2Map markers can hold a lot of information, texts, images, etc. that can be accessed by left-clicking on a marker's icon on the map. The Info Window being rather small, it's always a good idea to organize you information so that it fits in the allocated space: to do so, you can create multiple tabs and use them to classify information.

The Default Marker Properties options tab lets you define the information tabs, icon properties and template that will be used for all new markers in this map.

• Type: You can add three different types of tabs, depending on what they should contain:
  • Text Tab: Useful to add rich text information to a marker.
  • Photo Tab: Allows you to associate an image, picture or logo to a marker.
  • Code Tab: Can be used to associate HTML code to a marker.
• Caption: First select a tab Type, then enter the desired name for this tab in the Caption field.
• Add Tab: Click on the Add Tab button to finalize the creation of a new tab of the selected Type with the selected Caption.
• Tab List: The tab list area displays the list of all existing custom tabs with their types and captions.
• Delete Tab: To delete a specific tab, select it in the Tab List then click on the Delete Tab button.
• Icon: The icon that is presently selected as the default icon for all new markers is displayed here.
• Change Default Icon…: Click on this button to open the Icon Set dialog box and select the icon you would like to use as the new default icon for new markers.

Check this option if you would like to use a template for new markers.

• Template: The name of the selected template, if any, is displayed here.
• Change Template…: Click on this button to open the Choose Template dialog box and select the template you want to used for all new markers or create a new template.