Create a Bubble Map (Radius Map)
There are many cases you want to draw circles on the map with certain radius.
- When you are a parent looking for schools around your new home...
- When you are hiking and want to show a distance from one point in all directions...
- When you are a sales person and want to know your territory...
- when you are running a delivery company and want to know which area you can cover within 2 hours...
- ...
Bubble map (or radius map) is a very useful tool to visualize geographical coverage. Geolytics has great support in this aspect.
You can upload a Excel file to put multiple bubbles with specified radius in one go. You can also add bubbles one by one.
You can specify the colors of the bubbles, as well. Below is a short video on how to create a bubble map in a few minutes.
Below are some screenshots of bubble maps created by Geolytics.
The steps of creating a bubble map is very similar to creating a location map. The only difference is that you need to use the Bubble map Excel Upload template
Structure/format of Geolytics Bubble Map Upload Template:| 1 | Name | Name of the bubble. | Optional. |
| 2 | Address | Address of the center of the bubble. | Optional. |
| 3 | Zip/Postal Code | Zip/Postal code of the center of the bubble. | Optional. |
| 4 | Country | Country of the center of the bubble. | Required. If this is not filled, Geolytics will give error message saying that address info is missing. |
| 5 | Latitude | A.k.a. Lat, this is the latitude of the center of the bubble. | Optional. Note that usage limits apply. Refer to pricing page for more details. |
| 6 | Longitude | A.k.a. Lng, this is the longitude of the center of the bubble. | Optional. Note that usage limits apply. Refer to pricing page for more details. |
| 7 | Radius | Radius of the bubble, in kilometers (KM). | Required. |
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