Link to a map

Linking to a map on MapsGeek is pretty simple and you can do it from absolutely everywhere: blogs, websites, reports, presentations...

Finding the link

When you visualize a map, the link you need is in the yellow box at the bottom left of the map. You can use the URL to link directly to the map, or copy/paste the Embed script on your pages.

When you are working on a map via the map interface, the link is located right below the map preview:

The link to a map is the always the same, in our example, the link is : http://www.mapsgeek.com/map/7ew0o8sebe8i2m4r

Using the link

You have two ways to use the link, if your blog/website interface allows you to specify a URL as an image, just copy and paste MapsGeek link, that's it. If you want to include it directly as an HTML tag, you'll need to insert the link into an image tag just like that : <img src='http://www.mapsgeek.com/map/7ew0o8sebe8i2m4r'>

That's all you have to do to include a MapsGeek map on your site !

Include a map in a document or presentation

When visualizing a map, right click on the image and choose 'Save as...', that's going to save the map as an image on your hard drive, you can then include this image in your document.

Why should I directly link to MapsGeek instead of uploading the map on my site ?

That's a good question. It's true, you could actually directly upload the map on your site. Now think about it. If you upload it directly, whenever you'll change something on your map in MapsGeek, you'll have to upload the new map version on your site. If you link directly, the changes you'll make are instantly taken into account.

Now think about a public map. A public map is a map that everybody can modify. Let's say a map that display data that are quite likely to change often. Whenever someone will update the data, your map will also be updated, your map is alive !