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New Overhauled Search!

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We are very excited about our new search and we think you will love the utility of the new features we have added. Auto-Complete + POI + Location Our previous search only supported street addresses but our new search now has auto-complete, POI searching, and address searching. This search is available not only on editor but on all widgets as well starting today. Nearby Search The largest addition to the search function is the ability to search for POIs. Clicking on a location on the left will take you to the nearby search function where you can see places in the vicinity of your selected location or marker. You can change markers of categories and add places one by one or all at the same time. Tutorial and Real Estate Maps We think this functionality is useful in a lot of different areas but think it is particularly useful in real estate. We have created a tutorial video covering this new search functionality that uses a real estate example.

Mobile (Phone) Marker View

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Today we rolled out an update that will greatly improve using our maps on smaller devices. This change will affect all widgets as well as our map view page. We got a lot of feedback that when people opened up markers on smaller devices it was very frustrating. If you have an idea for an improvement, please drop us a line. We read all suggestions.

Clickable Maps have Arrived!

This is a feature we got a lot of requests for and that is the ability to create a map widget where regions can link out to different websites/pages. So we are excited to announce you can now do this in Scribble Maps! Creating a clickable map is as simple as clicking the pencil (edit) in the layer panel for the overlay. For full instructions please visit Create a Clickable Map .

Map Claiming and Anonymous Maps

We thought we would clear up some confusion that some of our users are having after the update. Currently Scribble Maps allows for the creation of "anonymous" maps and maps created under someone's account. In the most recent update we introduced something called map claiming which means the first user to save an anonymous map claims it to their account. Once a map is claimed, if no password is specified the claiming user will be the only ones able to save the map and in order to do so they will need to be logged in. If they want to allow others to edit it, they still can, but a password needs to be specified. We did this for several reasons, we increasingly were getting requests for forgotten passwords for anonymous maps. Secondly, before claiming there was no way to delete an anonymous map, it could only be wiped. Lastly, we have a new feature coming which is backup history for all maps. This will allow maps to be rolled back to a previous save state and because of this

A Large Update

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Today we rolled out version 1.508 which is one of our largest updates in the last year to Scribble Maps. We hope this update will help bridge the gap between our regular editor and Pro until pro is completely rebuilt. The biggest addition in this update is the addition of a photoshop style layer panel (VIP/PRO only). This is actually the type of layer panel we always wanted to create and it is far superior to the current Pro layer panel because it includes sub-groups and improved visibility toggling. If you are a current Pro member you can transition over to the regular editor and this new layer panel will be available for you to start using today. With the layer panel we have also rolled out an improved widget that supports the visibility and group settings of the layer panel (toggle overlay list). Many who have been watching the regular editor improve have noted that it is better than pro in many ways, and pro's current lack was made even more evident when we were