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.

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