This is part of the Step by Step Guides to get started with some of the more complex topics on this site. The full story on map quicklinks can be found at Quicklinks and Categories
What you need
GoogleMapping.xlsm from the Download Complete Projects page
Objective
To be able to quickly jump from spot to spot on a map created by How to put markers on maps
Steps
There are actually no steps here, aside from those that were covered in How to put markers on maps. By default, quicklinks like these are generated from your label field in your data. Selecting one will take you to that spot and open an info window.
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No more steps. That’s all there is to it.
What just happened ?
javaScript code to create these quicklinks was generated as part of the How to put markers on maps process. If you do not want this to be displayed you can amend the web page template according to the instructions at Quicklinks and Categories
What Next
Read more about the detail of how all this works and walk through the source code at Mapping and adding markers to maps or see some more Step by Step Guides (see below for more guides).
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