Groups turn a busy map into something visitors can filter — the coloured category chips they tap to show just the toilets, the food, the exits. This guide shows how to create groups and assign your landmarks to them.
Create a group
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Open the Groups tab
Open your map in the Advanced Editor and click the Groups tab in the left-hand panel.
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Add a group
Click + New Group. A group called “New Group” is created and opened ready to edit.
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Name it
Set the Name — this is the label shown on the group's filter chip, e.g.
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Give it a colour
Set a Colour. It's used for the group's chip icon and for the pins and map areas of every landmark in the group (unless a landmark sets its own colour).
Group fields explained
| Field | What it does |
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| Name | The display name shown on the group's filter chip. |
| ID (unique) | A stable identifier that landmarks reference to say they belong to this group. Set it once — changing it can unlink the landmarks in it. |
| About (directory text) | An optional blurb for the group, used by some directory layouts. |
| Icon | A small icon shown on the group's chip — an uploaded image or an icon id. Use the Upload button to add one. |
| Style | The default fill style (from the Styles tab) for landmarks in this group that don't set their own. |
| Colour | The colour for the group's chip icon and its landmarks' pins and areas, unless a landmark overrides it. |
| Hide from directory | Keep the group off the chip strip while its landmarks still appear in the A–Z list and open from the map. |
Add landmarks to a group
Landmarks are assigned from the landmark itself, not from the group — so a landmark can belong to more than one group.
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Open a landmark
Go to the Landmarks tab and open the landmark you want to categorise.
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Pick its groups
In the Groups field, select one or more groups. Ctrl-click (Windows) or Cmd-click (Mac) to choose several.
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Repeat
Do the same for your other landmarks. A landmark with no group simply won't appear under any filter chip.
Manage and publish
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Delete a group
Open the group and click Delete group, then confirm. Landmarks that were in it stay on the map; they just lose that group.
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Publish
Click Save & Publish in the top toolbar so visitors see your new filter chips. Every publish is saved as a version you can roll back to.