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Map with pins: plot places by name or coordinates

Pin places on a map by name or coordinates, and join them as a route - here in this tab, with nothing uploaded.

How to make a map with pins

  1. Type one place per line - a city, or a label with latitude and longitude.
  2. Or click the map to drop a pin where you click.
  3. Choose pins, dots or numbers, then save the map.

Why this one stays private

A list of places can be a client list, a delivery round or the route of a trip. Online map tools send every address to a geocoding service. Here the 19,000 cities are part of the page and the coordinates are worked out in your browser.

Questions

Which places can I type by name?

Every city and town of 30,000 people or more, worldwide, plus country names. For a smaller place, paste its coordinates - right-click it in any map app to copy them. The city list comes from GeoNames (geonames.org, CC BY 4.0) and is part of this page.

There are several cities with that name.

The largest is chosen. Add the country or US state after a comma - 'Springfield, IL' or 'Valencia, Venezuela' - to pick another.

Can I colour pins by group?

Yes: put a group after the place, e.g. 'Lisbon, Portugal, Trip 2' or 'Office, 51.5, -0.12, Branch'. Each group gets a colour and a line in the legend.

Can it draw a route?

Tick 'Join in order' to connect the pins in the order you listed them.

Can I use the map in my own work?

Yes, for anything, commercial work included. The map data is public domain (Natural Earth and the US Census Bureau); there is no watermark and no credit required.

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