With Maparoni, you can create personalised and compelling maps that can be shared and followed by others. These maps are called collections and you can begin a new collection with a template. Each template comes pre-installed with a set of fields and views, which you can use as a starting point. Replace the templates’ example locations or routes with your own and add more as needed.
Create a collection from a template
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To open Maparoni, click or tap on the Maparoni icon on your device.
Click the “+” icon in the bottom right corner of the Maparoni app to either start with a blank empty map or to bring up the template chooser.
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In the template chooser, browse the list of templates or choose the first “Blank” template to start without a template. Select one and click “create” to open it.
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The new collection using the template is displayed. Most templates come with example content. You can select to either keep those sample locations and routes, or remove them. You can also ignore that at first and make that decision later.
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To add your own content to the collection, do the following:
- To add a location: Start searching for a location by tapping the plus button and selecting search, or drop a pin by long-tapping on the map and hold down until the pin appears. If the map is displayed in “Map” mode, you can also select a feature on the map and then press “Add to Map”. After adding a location you can start entering your own data into the fields.
Note: If you started with a blank template, no custom fields have been created yet. Learn how to create new custom fields in the “Add custom fields” page. - To add a route: Tap the plus icon and then select “Draw Route”. Use your finger, or pencil on the iPad to draw a route. After you’ve finished drawing, press the drawing icon again to deactivate the drawing mode and save the route. The route will be automatically added to your collection.
- To add a location: Start searching for a location by tapping the plus button and selecting search, or drop a pin by long-tapping on the map and hold down until the pin appears. If the map is displayed in “Map” mode, you can also select a feature on the map and then press “Add to Map”. After adding a location you can start entering your own data into the fields.
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After you’ve added a new location or route, you can start adding your own data to these items. The available fields are different depending on the template that you have selected.
To view these fields, select the location or route in the list or on the map.
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Once you’ve added locations or routes to your collection, you can also filter, group or sort them by the different fields, you can show a computed subtitle in the list, and you can change how the collection should appear on the map. Find these options under the filter icon in the inspector panel. Under the puzzle-shaped button that says “Organise”. You will find viewing presets that came pre-installed with the template.
To learn more about how presets work and how you can create your own, see the “Filter, sort, group and more” page.
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To exit the collection when you’re finished, press the back button in the top left corner. Your collection will save automatically, so you won’t lose any of your work.