Markers Tab

The Markers tab controls how your data points look on the map. Its sections are Datasets — one row per dataset, holding everything about how that dataset's markers and labels appear — Size by Value, an optional rule that scales markers by a number in your data, and Labels, the global text settings (font, position, size, colour) shared by every label on the map.

Datasets

Every dataset appears as one row in a compact roster. A + New field at the top of the roster adds a dataset without leaving the panel — type a name and it joins the list. The columns are named once at the top:

Reordering which dataset sits on top (v0.9.94). When you have more than one dataset, each row gains a small ▲▼ stepper on the left, and the roster reads top-to-bottom = front-to-back on the map — the top row's markers draw on top where markers overlap. Click ▲ to bring a dataset forward or ▼ to send it back (the arrows disable at the ends). A new HQ dataset lands on top automatically; every other new dataset lands below the Default. The order applies everywhere the map is drawn — the live map and every export (standard/Hi-Res PNG, SVG, Focus+, and the D3 projection export) — and saves with your project. Older projects open with HQ on top, then the Default, then the rest in the order they were created.

Click a row to open its style block. There is no separate expand button — the row itself opens and closes, and open rows are tinted so you can see where you are. The style block holds:

Above the roster, the colour scheme dropdown picks the palette the swatches offer — Standard, Pitchbook, Slate, Warm, or Slate Grey Light (8 colours each). Changing the scheme never recolours existing datasets; it only changes what's on offer.

The Default dataset and Lock

New maps start with a single dataset named Default. It plays two roles:

• It's the catch-all. Pasted or imported rows that don't specify a dataset land here. You can rename it (Data tab) — it stays the default whatever it's called.
• It's the template. Every new dataset starts from Default's current Size and Halo, so a map keeps one consistent look as datasets are added.

Default's style block also carries the Lock checkbox: while it's on (the default for new maps), every dataset uses Default's Size and Halo — their own sliders grey out with a small "locked" tag, and adjusting Default adjusts the whole map at once. Untick Lock and each dataset's own values come back exactly as they were. Shape and Colour are never locked; those stay each dataset's identity.

The HQ dataset

Headquarters is just a dataset: name a dataset HQ, Headquarters, Head Office, or Head Quarters (case doesn't matter) and its locations render as headquarters markers. A new HQ dataset defaults to a red star, and you edit it like any other row — its shape, colour, size, and halo are all yours to change. A map can hold as many HQ locations as that dataset holds.

Size markers by value

Markers can scale by a number in your data — revenue, headcount, deal size — so bigger values draw bigger markers. This sizing sits on top of each dataset's own Size setting.

To use it, first give your locations a number to size by: when you import a CSV, map a number column to the Size value field in the import dialog. Then, in the Markers tab, open Size by Value and turn on Size markers by value. Set the Min size and Max size — the smallest value in your data draws at the min size, the largest at the max, and everything in between scales across that range. Locations with no value keep their normal dataset size.

A range readout shows how many locations carry a value and the lowest and highest it found, so you can check the spread before exporting. Markers sized this way appear in PNG and Hi-Res exports just as they do on screen.

Labels

Global text settings for every marker label on the map. (Per-dataset label on/off lives in the Datasets roster above, as does each label's halo by default — though you can set the label halo on its own here. The halo is always white.) These are separate from base map labels — city and country names are controlled in the Map tab.