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Getting Started
Welcome to RoveMaps Studio
Create your first map
Start from the dashboard
Name your venue
Find your location
Venue info
Name your floors
Pick a style theme
Add your first locations
⭐ Upload a map reference
Locations & Categories
Locations
Add a location
Edit a location
Import locations from a CSV
Link or unlink a structure
Change a structure color
Add a building logo
View locations in 3D
External location feeds
Pull categories from the API
Locations glossary
Categories
How to create all your categories
How to update locations for categories
How to configure external categories for automatic feeds
How to pull categories data from RoveMaps API
Map Settings
How to update venue information
How to update the default structure color
How to update the starting zoom
How to update the starting lat/lng map position
Examples & Demos
Interactive map demo
See it embedded on a website
Kiosk and full-directory demo
Mobile experience
Sample venues to explore
Getting to Know the Editor
Editor layout tour
The Layers Panel
The Select Panel
The Toolbar
The Publish button
2D, Split and 3D views
⭐ Build your map
Layers
Floors
How to add a floor
How to update floor information
How to delete floors
Glossary
3D Custom Objects
Custom Objects Layer
How to upload new custom objects
How to move, scale, rotate custom objects
How to fully customize 3D objects
Lighting Layer
How to update the scene lights
How to create a light
How to transform a light
Default lighting configuration
Glossary
Routing
Routing Layer
How the routing layer works
How to draw a routing line
Reading routing nodes: red vs. green
How to connect and disconnect lines
Editing your work
The shortest path
Straightening paths
Navigation settings: color, height, and mobile GPS
Routing glossary
Doors Layer
Connecting doors to structures
Floor Transitions
Transition types
What a transition stores
Routing connectivity
Update a transition
Glossary
Points Of Interest
Structures
How to add a structure
How to edit a structure
How to delete a structure
How to link a location
How to unlink a location
How to update the label text
How to resize, rotate, and move the label
How to add a building logo
How to split a structure into two structures
How to update the door entrance
How to view structures in 3D
Glossary
Link to Locations from the header
Map Suites
How map suites work
Green vs red legend
Select and reposition a label
Glossary
Map Text
The Text Labels layer
Text labels vs. map suites
Floors and visibility
Placing and styling labels
Glossary
Custom Styles
How to add a style layer
How to draw a style feature
How to edit a style feature
How to scale a style feature
How to edit color and height
How to delete a style layer
How to view a style layer in 3D
Glossary
⭐ Map References
Open Upload Reference
Raster Layers
How to upload a floor plan
How to position a floor
How to generate polygons from a floor plan
GeoJSON Layers
Importing geojson from other programs
How to copy features to maps, structures and custom styles
Creating a stubbed layer
Importing shape files from other programs
Vector Layers
How to import svg vector files and convert to geojson
How to import .pdf floor plans to geojson
Base Layer
MapTiler
Show or hide the base map
Activate satellite mode
Activate OpenStreetMap mode
Blend the base map with opacity
Copy shapes from OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap attribution
Base Layer glossary
Toolbar
3D Store
2D / Split / 3D
2D
Split
Change orientation
Resize the panes
Swap sides and link cameras
3D
3D Live Previewer
Hand Tool
Select + Pan vs Select
How to move around the map
How to select features
How to marquee-select
How to enter edit mode
Direct Select
How to select features
How to edit polygon vertices
How to move a polygon
How to update feature properties
How to customize selection styling
Keyboard shortcuts
How to scale a polygon
How to make curved features
Link to Topology Tool
Drawing Mode
Before you draw
Choose a draw sub-tool
Draw a freehand polygon
Draw a rectangle
Draw a circle
Draw a custom hole
Submit a drawing
Structures, suites, and doors
Edit or reshape what you drew
Undo and redo
Draw glossary
Vertex Tool
Open the Vertex Tool
Move a vertex
Add a vertex
Delete vertices
Select multiple vertices
How to move multiple vertices at one time
How to horizontal / vertical align multiple selected vertices
Move an edge
Vertex Tool glossary
Link to Topology settings
Link to Snapping
Transform Box
Enter the transform box
Move the box
Scale from a corner
Stretch from an edge
Rotate the box
Exit the transform box
Transform Box glossary
Draw Hole Tool
How to draw a custom hole on a feature
Cut Tool
Cut a polygon
What happens to suites and doors
When a cut is rejected
Undo a cut
Map Text Tool
Place a text label
Edit a label's text
Rotate and scale a label
Auto-rotate
Adjust label height in 3D
Default label values
Text Label glossary
Paint Tool
Paint from OpenStreetMap
Paint roads into polygons
Configure road buffer widths
Acknowledge OpenStreetMap
Paint Tool glossary
Stroke Tool
How to make a stroke layer
Inner and outer strokes
How to choose which custom style layer a stroke feature is created to
How to update stroke width
How to choose between corner radius or straight radius
Stroke Tool glossary
Routing Tool
How to create a new route
How to edit routes
How to link routing nodes
How to unlink routing nodes
How to connect routing lines to Doors
Link to default map settings
Floor Transition Tool
How to place a floor transition
Types and direction
Accessibility
Choose floors
Connection states
Move or delete a transition
Floor Transition glossary
Link to Floor Transitions layer
Link to Floors
Image Reference Tool
Open the Image Reference tool
What you can add
Open the Map References guide
Snapping
How snapping works
Snap to all visible layers
Snap to the active layer only
Topology
Move features together
Current layer or all visible
Stop moving together
Camera Modes
Locking pan
Locking tilt and rotate
Set the 2D starting zoom
Set the 3D starting zoom
Publish
Publishing Maps
How to save changes to a draft
How to publish your map
Preview your changes
How to embed on your website
Set a custom zoom, pitch, rotation
How to embed the full directory
Full directory on a website
How to embed a highlighted location
Glossary
Publish & embed your map
Create a draft of a published map
Organizations
Your organization
Invite team members
Roles and permissions
XP
Leaderboard
Rover Tokens
Update your logo
Security settings
Billing → Pricing & Billing
Pricing & Billing
Plans & billing
Plans overview
Upgrade to Pro
Free trial
Payment methods
Invoices and receipts
Manage subscription
Upgrade your account
Account
User Settings
How to update colors
How to update vertex defaults
How to update selected feature color
How to change from light mode to dark mode
Misc / How-To
Experience & Levels
Glossary
Keyboard shortcuts
FAQ
Troubleshooting
Move Together
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Select + Pan
Select
Draw
Vertex Tool
Transform Box
Draw Hole
Cut Tool
Text Label
Stroke Tool
Routing Tool
Floor Transitions
Image Reference
Snapping
Move Together
Paint Tool
2D
Split
3D