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You don't need to upload any data for this map. Use the options to the left to create the visualization. 

 

Customization Options

Center and zoom of map: sets the location on which your map is centered and how zoomed in the viewpoint is

  • Set the location with a latitude, longitude, and zoom factor, e.g. "38.03,-78.48,11"

Draggable?: allowd a user to change the map center by dragging and dropping on the surface of your map

Height of map: sets the visualization height in pixels

Width of map: sets the visualization width in pixels

Initial map type

  • Set the type of map that first appears when the visualization loads
  • Choose from Hybrid, Roadmap, Satellite, Terrain, and Land

Enable scrollwheel?: allows a user to zoom in and out of your map by using their scrollwheel

Overview inset control?: opens a small mini-map feature that facilitates easy navigation to nearby regions and places

  • Show a control in the bottom-right corner of the map

Position control?: creates a navigation control in the top-left of the map

  • Useful when the 'Draggable?' option is set to false, but you still want users to be able to navigate your map

Show StreetView icon?: allows users to jump into a street level perspective of a certain location (where supported by Google) shows the Google Maps StreetView icon in the top-left of the map

  • show the Google Maps StreetView icon in the top-left of the map

Map type control? allows users to change the map type by using a control in the top-right of the map

Zoom control?: creates a slider bar on the left side of the map that allows users to change the zoom on the map

  • Useful when 'Enable scrollwheel?' is disabled