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Categories and Filters

Discover how to create and manage categories to organize your map, group locations, and generate filters, allowing users to easily find the information they need.

Categories & Filters: How Map Filtering Works

Learn how Mapme categories and filters work, including multilevel categories, single vs multiselect modes, and Combine vs Intersect settings—with real examples.

Customize Categories: Markers, Filters, and Map Display

Customize how categories and their locations appear and behave on your map. Choose marker styles, control visibility and interaction, configure subcategories, and set the map view shown when a category is selected.

Multilevel Categories: Organize Your Map with Parent and Subcategories

Learn how to organize your map using multilevel categories in Mapme. Create parent categories and subcategories, improve filtering, and enhance user experience.

Multiple Category Selection (Multiselect): Advanced Filtering

Enable multiselect category filtering in Mapme and learn how parent/subcategory relationships work, with recommended settings for common map types.

Sorting Locations and Categories

Learn how to sort Mapme locations and categories alphabetically or manually. Step-by-step instructions. Best practices to keep your map organized.

How Marker and Layer Order Works on Your Interactive Map

Learn how marker and layer display order works in Mapme, including category stacking, overlapping markers, popups, and overlay layers.

Map markers override

Mapme allows you to override the default marker settings, giving you full control over how markers appear on the map.

Share your map with different category subsets

Learn how to share a subset of categories from your interactive map, making it easier to display relevant content to your audience.

Auto-expanding Categories Filters

Auto-expanding categories is a feature that allows parent categories to automatically expand when a user initially opens an interactive map.

Category Filter Settings: Combine vs Intersect Explained

Understand map category filter settings—Combine and Intersect rules for parent categories, subcategories, and multilevel relationships, with examples.

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