MapsAlive is a map tool that anyone can use
MapsAlive is mapping software that runs in a browser on PCs and Macs. Its friendly user interface lets you upload images, enter text, and specify how you want your interactive map to look and behave. When you click the Publish button, your interactive map becomes available on the web instantly. You don't have to send us anything and there's no waiting. You can sign up right now to get started!
MapsAlive is smart, fast, and affordable
MapsAlive incorporates the knowledge of expert web developers so that you can do in minutes what would take a programmer weeks to accomplish. Don't believe us? Show our samples to your web guy or gal and ask what they would charge to create something similar for you. Also ask how much it will cost when you want to make changes. Making changes with MapsAlive is easy and the price is low. Our premium Pro Plan costs less than a dollar a day and there are even less expensive plans.
How people see your maps — The diagram above shows the three different ways you can share interactive maps with other people.
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MapsAlive gives you 3 ways to use interactive maps
Once you have created an interactive map, how do people see it? With MapsAlive you don't even need a web site. There are three ways you can share your maps:
1 – Use an interactive map as a standalone web page
MapsAlive can generate ready-to-use web pages that are hosted here at mapsalive.com. Each tour you create gets its own unique URL and a tour can contain as many maps as you like. It can also have a menu and a directory to let people navigate easily. All you have to do is tell people the URL.
2 –Link to an interactive map from your web site
If you have a web site, the quickest and easiest way to start sharing your interactive maps is to simply add links from your web pages to your maps. Your visitors just have to click the link to see the map.
3 –Embed maps into your web pages
For the nicest visitor experience, embed your interactive maps into your own web pages. We provide the exact code that you need so that all you have to do is copy and paste.
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How do I link to my tour from my web site?
There are several ways to integrate your interactive tours with your web site. To learn more please see the MapsAlive User Guide for Integrating Interactive Maps with Web Pages.
For a specific tour, you can get the exact code you need by clicking and then clicking at the top of the Tour Preview screen. This displays HTML for the different integration methods that you can copy and paste directly into your own web pages.
How do I embed an interactive map into a web page?
Everything you need to know is in the MapsAlive User Guide for Integrating Interactive Maps with Web Pages.
For a specific tour, you can get the exact code you need by clicking and then clicking at the top of the Tour Preview screen. This displays HTML for the different integration methods that you can copy and paste directly into your own web pages.
Will my tour have its own web address (URL)?
Yes. Each MapsAlive tour gets its own unique URL. The tour that MapsAlive builds is actually a mini web site – a set of web pages – with its own URL similar to this:
tour.mapsalive.com/12345
In this example, 12345 is the name of a folder on the MapsAlive web server that is devoted exclusively to your tour. Whenever you make changes to your tour and build it again, MapsAlive updates the tour’s web pages so that anyone visiting your tour will see the changes immediately. You can use the tour as a stand-alone web site, or if you already have your own web site, you can use the tour’s URL as a link from your site. You can even have a MapsAlive tour appear within a page on your web site like we do with the sample tours on the MapsAlive home page.
How do I find the URL for my tour?
Once you have published your tour, its URL is displayed in the upper right on the screen. You can click the link to view your tour in a new browser window.
The tour URL is also displayed on the screen.
Can I use my own URL for my tour?
MapsAlive provides a unique URL for your tour, but if you want to use a URL with a more descriptive name we suggest that you use www.godaddy.com to purchase the domain name you want and to have it automatically forwarded to your tour's URL (this is called Domain Forwarding). It's inexpensive, quick to set up, and you don't need your own web site because your tour is on our web site. For example, with domain forwarding you could use a URL like www.myhouse.com and it would automatically be forwarded to your MapsAlive tour such as tour.mapsalive.com/12345.
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