This tool allows participants to share their ideas by commenting directly on a map using a pin. The can also upload and pin images on the map. This is a useful tool for citizen science and crowd sourcing geo-tagged content from participants.
Step 1: What do you want to know? Explain how you would like participants to interact with your map. Ask a question to prompt participants to share their input on the map. (Character limit 250).
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roadmap displays the default road map view. This is the default map type.
satellite displays Google Earth satellite images.
hybrid displays a mixture of normal and satellite views.
terrain displays a physical map based on terrain information.
The user experience allows for people to comment and upload images to the the map and comment anonymously. Their contributions are attributed to them in the back end data for the engagement.
