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Bring your maps to life with Dynamic Maps!

March 19, 2023 by Randy Majors

A much-requested map feature is now available — Dynamic Maps. By “Dynamic Maps” we mean maps that show you the answer you’re looking for simply by hovering your mouse over the map! Of course, you can still click the map as before and it will drop a blue dot at the location you clicked and display the full information about the location in the blue bar above the map. Pro Tips This feature is very useful if you’re using the Selection Tools or Drawing Tools to select ZIP Codes, counties, etc as it will show you what you’re about to … Read more

Now you can combine 5-digit and 3-digit ZIP Codes to create your custom territories

July 7, 2023 by Randy Majors

3-digit and 5-digit Map ZIP Code expansion

Using mapBuilder, found below most map tools on randymajors.org, you can create custom territory/area maps using a spreadsheet containing ZIP Codes. Now you can include 3-digit ZIP Codes in your spreadsheet, which are simply the first 3-digits of a 5-digit ZIP Code. 3-digit ZIP Codes are a great option because there are just under 1,000 of them in the U.S. vs over 40,000 5-digit ZIP Codes. The benefit: Much smaller spreadsheets and faster maps. Here is an example of 3-digit ZIP Codes to define some territories in the New York City metro area: Now, let’s say you want to expand … Read more

Custom Map tools now make it easier to know if an address is located within your custom area

August 31, 2021 by Randy Majors

Now when you build a custom map using the mapBuilder on the Custom Area Maps or Custom Color-Coded Map tools, you will easily be able to tell if an address is located within your custom area. For example, if you create this link to a map of a Home Care Service Area, you will see a map like the following, with the blue message at the top indicating whether or not that location is within your custom area: A message is also displayed just below the map: The information is reported based on the location of the blue pin. The … Read more

Create custom areas and add your own points to any map with NEW mapBuilder

February 28, 2024 by Randy Majors

mapBuilder example adding custom areas and custom points to the same map

mapBuilder, found below the map on most map tool pages on randymajors.org, lets you add custom areas and custom points to any map! There are three main sections to mapBuilder: Custom Areas, Custom Points and Map Title/Display Options Within each section, read the description and click the Show Me How button or sample map links to get a feel for what’s possible. Here’s a screenshot of the Create Custom Areas section, where you can overlay custom areas based on a list of ZIP Codes (5-digit or 3-digit), or you can color-code ZIP Codes or Counties from a live-linked spreadsheet: For … Read more

Create a custom Color-Coded map from a spreadsheet containing Counties or ZIP Codes

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

The Custom Areas on Google Maps tool is being used by hundreds of people per day to create and view custom delivery area maps, service area maps and sales territory maps — helping many small businesses during challenging times. But dozens of people have asked if they could color-code multiple areas on the same map. For example, people wanted to create a color-coded map to show delivery zones, real estate demand, all of their company’s sales territories, tax incentive zones, incident case rates, climate/environmental classifications and more. Now you can! Just go to the new Custom Color-Coded Maps tool and use the … Read more

Create a custom area map based on a list of States or ZIP Codes

August 31, 2021 by Randy Majors

The Custom Areas using ZIP Codes tool has been enhanced so you can also use U.S. States to define your custom area map. This can be useful to show: service area maps sales territory maps delivery area maps other custom area map of any topic defined by States or ZIP Codes To build a map based on states, create a URL like the following: https://www.randymajors.org/customgmap?mapbuilder=true&states=CO,NM,TX,UT,WY,NE,KS,MO,OK,IL,IN,NY,VT,OH,AR&title=My%20Business%20Coverage%20Area Copy/paste the above URL and edit the list of state abbreviations, the title and the color to use. UPDATE: This has been improved in August 2021 so that a long list of states will draw … Read more

Have a small business? Quickly create a DELIVERY AREA MAP for free on Google Maps

January 28, 2021 by Randy Majors

During this challenging time for small businesses, here’s an easy way to quickly create a DELIVERY AREA MAP for free on Google Maps. Tool just updated: Now it’s easier than ever to create your custom delivery area map based on ZIP Codes by using this simple form found here: Custom Delivery Areas on Google Maps Hope this can help a few more small businesses through this time. Snapshot of the form and map:

Free resource to help retailers, restaurants & small businesses closed due to SaH/SiP

August 31, 2021 by Randy Majors

During this challenging time for small businesses, this free online resource may help some small businesses amidst the current Stay-at-Home/Shelter-in-Place orders. For retailers, restaurants and other small businesses that have had to close due to SaH/SiP orders, delivery of their goods directly to customers is an option many are doing or considering to help them get through this. But a pain-point can be that communicating to customers exactly where they can deliver can be cumbersome or costly, and small business owners don’t have time right now to deal with this. Easily let customers know where you can deliver! To that end, … Read more

Create a custom County Lines map or ZIP Code-based Sales/Service/Delivery Area map on the fly — overlaid on Google Maps

February 2, 2024 by Randy Majors

I’ve had requests from several people to add the capability to create links on their website that would open up the County Lines on Google Maps tool already focused on their region of interest. Several have also wondered if there is a way to create a ZIP Code-based Sales/Service/Delivery Area map on the fly. Now you can! Here’s how it works: Create a map zoomed to a State and show County Name labels To simply zoom to a state and optionally show county name labels and a map title, create a link such as this: https://www.randymajors.org/countygmap?state=CT&onestate=show&labels=show TIP: copy/paste the links … Read more