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10 Tips for Marking Places on the exping
Exping’s Web retains the core functionalities of its mobile counterpart while introducing some new assistive features tailored for large-screen usage. This article compiles some tips that can help creators enhance their efficiency in marking places. These include shortcuts for quick tagging, multi-select editing, and searching, with the aim of providing more convenience for map creation.
1. Quick Select Place Marking Tool
Press the P
key to quickly access the location tool and start adding places.
Press Shift
+ ?
at any time to see more shortcut keys for tools.
![tips1.jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips1_75b7c71b74.jpg)
2. Search for Specific Addresses
When a location name search yields no results, try searching for its specific address.
![tips2.jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips2_fdd483033e.jpg)
3. Preview Place Positions
Following a search, use the up and down arrow keys to select a result. Then press Enter
to preview the selected location on the map.
![tips3.jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips3_c27e89e2b0.jpg)
4. Quick Marking
Use the right-click
menu’s “Pin” option to swiftly tag the current mouse position as a new location on the map.
![tips4.jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips4_7c58b81d9c.jpg)
5. Search Nearby
Use the right-click
menu’s "Search Nearby" option to locate nearby points of interest. After a search, removing the "Nearby" tag from the search bar restores regular search functionality.
![tips5 (1).jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips5_1_ee49d601e1.jpg)
6. Multi-select Places
Use Ctrl/⌘
+ Click
to select multiple places by clicking on them consecutively.
![tips6.jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips6_de854e8634.jpg)
7. Continuous Marking
After selecting the place marking tool, consecutive clicks on the map allow for seamless addition of multiple places.
![tips7.jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips7_f0f39c9f18.jpg)
8. Display Original Place Names
After deleting all notes for a location, it will revert to displaying its original name.
![tips8.jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips8_068e3d8c7c.jpg)
9. Bulk Add Places to Groups
After selecting multiple locations, swiftly assign them to existing groups using the panel on the right.
![tips9.jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips9_1c55bb5c01.jpg)
10. Quick Create New Groups
After selecting multiple locations, press Ctrl/⌘
+ G
to promptly create a new group for the selected places.
![tips10.jpg](https://storage.expingworld.com/cms/tips10_31f8990d12.jpg)
These are some of the most useful techniques for marking places on exping Web. Ready to try these out? Click below to get started now!
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