Bookmark places (Map Viewer)

Bookmarks provide shortcuts to places on a map. As a map author, you create them based on the current location, scale, and rotation of the map. When others click a bookmark, the map zooms to that location.

Tip:

You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly complete common workflows in Map Viewer. To view the full list of keyboard shortcuts in Map Viewer, press Alt+? on Microsoft Windows or Option+? on Mac.

Create a bookmark

To create a bookmark, complete the following steps:

1. Verify that you are signed in and, if you want to save your changes, that you have privileges to create content.
2. In Map Viewer (formerly a separate beta installation but now included with the portal automatically), open the map.
3. Navigate the map to the location and scale at which you want to create the bookmark.
4. On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click Bookmarks and click Add bookmark.
5. Enter a title for the bookmark and click Add.

   The bookmark is added to the list of bookmarks.

Go to an existing bookmark

To zoom the map to an existing bookmark, complete the following steps:

1. In Map Viewer, open the map.
2. On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click Bookmarks to open the Bookmarks pane.
3. Click the name of the bookmark you want to zoom to.

   The map zooms to the bookmark.

Update a bookmark

To update or delete an existing bookmark, complete the following steps:

1. In Map Viewer, open the map.
2. On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click Bookmarks to open the Bookmarks pane.
3. Optionally, update a bookmark in the following ways:
   • Drag the Reorder handles of a bookmark to reorder the list.
   • Click Edit next to a bookmark to rename it, enter a new name, and click Save.
   • Click Edit next to the bookmark you want to delete, and click Delete.

Edit a bookmark thumbnail

You can choose whether the thumbnail of a bookmark displays the map extent or an image. To edit the bookmark thumbnail, complete the following steps:

1. In Map Viewer, open the map.
2. On the Contents (dark) toolbar, click Bookmarks to open the Bookmarks pane.
3. Click Edit next to the bookmark with the thumbnail you want to edit.
4. Optionally, click Options on the thumbnail to edit it in any of the following ways:
   • Click Refresh thumbnail to refresh the map extent of the thumbnail.
   • Click Use image URL, enter the URL of the image, and click Add to use an image for the thumbnail.
   • Click Remove thumbnail to remove the thumbnail.
5. Click Save to save the thumbnail.