Set up Google Analytics

Connect your own Google Analytics and your public maps report page views and rich map events — searches (including what visitors searched for and found nothing), places opened and how, directions taken from A to B, categories, GPS use and more — straight to your GA4 property.

Find the Analytics settings

1. Log in to Mapvera

   Go to map.au and sign in to your account.

2. Open the menu

   Click the menu toggle in the top-right of the admin bar.

3. Go to Team Settings

   Choose Team Settings from the menu.

   Only team admins can see Team Settings.

4. Open the Analytics section

   Scroll down and expand Analytics.

Add your Measurement ID

In Google Analytics Measurement ID, paste your GA4 ID (it starts with G-) and click Save analytics. Leave it blank if you don't use Google Analytics. Saving re-publishes your maps automatically, and reporting begins within a minute.

Automatic setup (recommended)

Mapvera can set everything up in your Google Analytics for you — the data stream, every custom definition, and the Measurement ID. Here's how:

1. Copy the email from your Team Settings

   In your Team Settings, under the Analytics section, copy the email shown there.

   Don't close this page — you'll need it again for step 2.

2. Add that email to Google Analytics

   In Google Analytics: Admin → Property access management → Add user, paste the email you just copied and give it the Editor role.

3. Enter your Property ID

   Back on your Mapvera Analytics page (still open from step 1), enter your numeric Property ID (in GA, Admin → Property details, shown top-right) and click Set up now.

Or set it up by hand

1. Create (or open) your Google Analytics property

   Sign in at analytics.google.com. No property yet? Admin (the cog, bottom-left) → Create → Property and follow the prompts. Google's guide →

2. Add a Web data stream for your maps

   Admin → Data streams → Add stream → Web. Website URL: your maps site (e.g. https://yourteam.map.au) · Stream name: anything, e.g. "Maps".

3. Copy the Measurement ID

   It's shown at the top-right of the stream details and starts with G-. Paste it into the field above and Save. Your maps start reporting within a minute — check Reports → Realtime while you tap around one of your maps.

4. Register the map details (custom dimensions)

   Map events carry their details as custom event parameters, and Google Analytics only shows these once you register each one. Go to Admin → Data display → Custom definitions → Create custom dimension and create one per row below — the columns match Google's form exactly. Google's guide →

   Dimension name	Scope	Description	Event parameter
   Team	Event	Mapvera: every event	team_slug
   Map ID	Event	Mapvera: every event	map_id
   Map slug	Event	Mapvera: every event	map_slug
   Map title	Event	Mapvera: every event	map_title
   Floor	Event	Mapvera: every event	floor_id
   Search term	Event	Mapvera: search events	search_term
   Place ID	Event	Mapvera: place events	place_id
   Place name	Event	Mapvera: place events	place_name
   Method	Event	Mapvera: place open & share events	method
   Category ID	Event	Mapvera: category events	category_id
   Category name	Event	Mapvera: category events	category_name
   Route from ID	Event	Mapvera: directions events	from_id
   Route from	Event	Mapvera: directions events	from_name
   Route to ID	Event	Mapvera: directions events	to_id
   Route to	Event	Mapvera: directions events	to_name
   Route distance	Event	Mapvera: directions events	distance
   Step free	Event	Mapvera: directions events	step_free
   Route error reason	Event	Mapvera: directions events	reason
   GPS start mode	Event	Mapvera: GPS events	mode
   GPS field	Event	Mapvera: GPS events	field
   Shared item	Event	Mapvera: share events	item_id

5. Register the two numbers (custom metrics)

   Same page, Custom metrics tab → Create custom metric. Two of them:

   Metric name	Scope	Description	Event parameter	Unit
   Search results	Event	Mapvera: search events	result_count	Standard
   Route ETA minutes	Event	Mapvera: directions events	eta_min	Standard

6. Mark the key events

   In Admin → Data display → Key events → New key event, add these four so GA's built-in key-events reporting tracks them: route_drawn, directions_start, place_more, share. (The automatic setup above does this for you.)

7. Done

   Events show in Realtime immediately; standard reports fill within 24–48 hours.

The full event list

Every event your maps send: search, search_no_results, search_view_all, place_open, place_more, share_open, share, category_open, directions_start, route_drawn, route_error, step_free_toggle, directions_swap, floor_switch, fullscreen_toggle, gps_dot_shown, gps_locate, gps_current_location, gps_route_start, gps_outside_area, gps_location_off, offline_view — plus the page views, scrolls and outbound clicks Google measures automatically.