Make Your Way: My map instruction manual

DO YOU MY MAP? CHALLENGE 1ST OCT 2016 1ST FEB 2017 The finest maps are made by the people who know the area best; the secret short cuts, the hidden wildlife, the undercover hideouts and untold stories.

What are your favourite spots in the Clyde and Avon Valley? The Make Your Way team are asking people of all ages and backgrounds across Carluke, Lanark, Larkhall, Glassford and Stonehouse to document their journeys through a Citizen Mapping exercise.

MAKE YOUR WAY As September gives way to Autumn and Winter, the Clyde and Avon valleys will be awash with excitement and intrigue. Make Your Way are inviting people to appreciate the abundance of heritage in the area while developing new attitudes to utilising local trails and active ways of moving around.

Thanks to funding from the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places grant and Heritage Lottery Fund supported Clyde and Avon Valley Landscape Partnership, Make Your Way will be working with communities in Carluke, Glassford, Lanark, Larkhall and Stonehouse to promote walking and cycling.

This will be done through a diverse and engaging set of mechanisms to include creative workshops, route identification, digital mapping and an on the ground campaign.

Can you help shape the project? The best knowledge of the area will come from local people and their experiences.

Testament to the strength of local knowledge one member of the community has provided so far over 55 heritage points of interest for Carluke alone, while others in Stonehouse have used online mapping tools to show the hidden gems and points of interest.

Over the coming months there will be multiple ways to get involved, so sign up @ www.clydeandavonvalley.org/make-your-way or contact myw@icecreamarchitecture.com if you have any questions.

All you’ll need in order to take part and submit your personalised map is to open a gmail account. This will allow you to access My Maps; enabling you to create routes and mark spots of interest. It could be where you like to go at the weekend, what fish you caught in the river or where you made a treehouse as a child; it is up to you what content your map will have.

ORGANISE A MY MAP WORKSHOP The Make Your Way team are available to host workshops in My Maps which could be combined with public led walks or tailored to a group’s specific needs.

If you would like to arrange a workshop for your school, group or organisation contact Make Your Way at; myw@icecreamarchitecture.com or 07513074991 / 07843145128

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MAKE YOUR WAY

STEP 1: CREATE A NEW MAP Open Google My Maps. through the following link, https://www.google.co.uk/maps/about/mymaps/ Click get started and then click Create a new map.

Sign in with your Google Account so you can save your map.

STEP 3: ADD PLACES AND SEARCH RESULTS Google My Maps has two options either search for a place or draw to add a place. First of all here is how to add a place by searching.

In the left panel, click the layer you want to use. The selected layer will be blue on the left edge. Search for the business, address, or point of interest that you want to add. A new, non-permanent layer entitled “Search: your search term” will automatically appear in the left panel and your results will show as green pins on the map. To add that pin to your layers, click the result. Then click Add to map. To clear the search results, click the X above the results in the left panel. You can add up to 2,000 map features per layer.

STEP 2: TITLE YOUR MAP To find your maps more easily, give them a title and description. Click Untitled map at the top of the left panel.

Add a map title and description.

Next, here is how to draw a place in the map In the left panel, click the layer you want to use. In the toolbar, click Add marker.

Your cursor will then change into a “+”.Click on the map where you want to place your marker. In the info window, add a title and description.

To save, click Save or press Enter.

These details will appear when you open the map again or share it with others.

STEP 4: ADD LINES AND SHAPES In the left panel, click the layer you want to use. In the toolbar, click the line or shape icon draw a line or shape.

Choose whether you want to add a line or shape, or add a route. Your cursor will change to a “+”. Move the cursor to where you want to start drawing, then click once.

Click at each point of your line or shape. The more you click, the more precise your line or shape will be. To move the map, click and hold the mouse. To finish drawing your line, double click on the last point. To finish drawing your shape, click on the starting point. Hit Enter to save.

STEP 6: SHARE YOUR MAP WITH MAKE YOUR WAY Open Google Drive. You will have access to this using your gmail account. Find your map and click it once.

In the toolbar at the top of the page, click Share Type myw@icecreamarchitecture.com Choose the access level from the drop-down menu; you will see two options Can view or Can edit. Please choose “can edit” so we can add your map to our database. if you wish you can also share the map more widely, click Get shareable link.

STEP 5: STYLE AND LABEL MAP CONTENT Select the layer you want to edit. Click Style below the layer title. Select how you want to style your layer content under the "Group places by" dropdown: We recommend using Categories as this option groups your data into matching attributes and sorts them in descending order by amount of map content present.

You can also choose from a large set of fun icons by clicking the More icons button, you can add custom or add Make Your Ways own icons by sharing your map with us and we can share with you our set of Make Your Way icons.

Once you’ve selected how to style the overall layer, you can modify the style, or change individual elements.

Why not view a handy tutorial online if you need some extra help, made by our Citizen Journalists; visit www.clydeandavonvalley.org/make-your-way