Map sharing

You can share a map in two ways:

• Send a copy of the project to another landplan.io member. They get their own copy, with the maps you pick, to keep working on. Your project doesn't change.
• Share a map link. Anyone with the link can open the map in a browser, read-only, with no account. They can turn layers on and off, measure, print and leave comments, so it is a good way to show a design to a customer or an inspector. The link always shows your latest saved map.

Both are in the Share map window.

Open Share map

With the project's map open, click ⋮ (More actions) at the right of the toolbar and choose Share map.

The Share Maps window has these tabs:

Tab	What it does
Share Project Map(s)	Sends a copy of the project to another member. See Send a copy of the project.
Share Map Link	Makes a read-only link to the map. See Share a map link.
Viewer comments	The comments people left on the map through its link. See Viewer comments.
Publish	Makes the map, some layers or chosen features readable by the public, your organization, members or API keys, with the fields you choose. See Publishing map data.

The window opens on Share Map Link. Close it with the ×, Esc or a click outside it.

Send a copy of the project

On the Share Project Map(s) tab you send a copy of the project to another member's account.

1. Under Select Maps to share, tick the maps to send.
2. Tick Share related soil tests and soil profiles to send the soil tests too.
3. Tick Share septic designs related to this project to send the designs too.
4. Enter the Email to Share Map: the email of their landplan.io account.
5. Add Comments (Optional) for them.
6. Click Share Map.

Your map is saved first, then the copy is made. The copy shows in their My projects, and they get an email. They must sign in with the account of that email to see it.

If the email has no account yet, they are invited to sign up and see the project. When the invitation can't be emailed, a message gives you the sign-up link: click Copy link and send it to them yourself.

To copy a project from the Projects page instead, see Copy a project.

Share a map link

On the Share Map Link tab you make a link to the map you are on.

1. Read the notes: the map is shared read-only, and anyone with the link can open it.
2. To email the link, click Add email and type an address. Click Add another email for more. The × next to an email removes it. With emails, you can add Comments (Optional) to the email.
3. Click Share Map Link.

Your map is saved first, then the link is made. The window shows Shared Map Link: with the link. Click the copy button (Copy map share link) to copy it, and send it however you like. The × next to it goes back to the tab.

If the emails can't be sent, a message says The map share link is ready: copy the link and send it yourself.

The link shares one map: the map you are on. To share another map of the project, open it first. Viewers always see the map as it was last saved, so your later changes show on the link too.

Can mark up

When markups are available on your account, the Share Map Link tab has a Can mark up switch. Turn it on to let people with the link sign in with their email and mark up the map. Their markups sit on their own layer and never change the design. Turn it off to make the link view only again.

When viewers have marked up your map, a banner on the map says so. Click Show them to open Viewer markups, where you can go to each markup, Reply, Resolve or Reopen it, or delete it.

Unshare a map

To turn a link off, open Share map on the map, go to the Share Map Link tab and click Unshare map next to … Is already shared with a map share link.

The link stops working at once. Anyone who opens it sees This map isn't shared anymore.

Viewer comments

People who open the map's link can pin comments on it. Each comment is emailed to you. To read them, open Share map and click the Viewer comments tab. The tab shows how many comments there are.

Each comment is numbered like its pin, with the viewer's name, their email (click it to reply), the date and the comment. Owner marks your own comments.

Button	What it does
Show on the map (the target)	Closes the window and shows the comment's spot on your map.
Hide from viewers / Show to viewers	Hides the comment from other viewers of the link, or shows it again. You still see it.
Delete	Removes the comment for everyone. It can't be undone.

Turn on Show the comments on my map to see the comment pins on your map. Click a pin to open the comment here. The refresh button reloads the list.

A comment marked Unverified was saved hidden because our bot check couldn't confirm the viewer. Show it if it is genuine.

What viewers see

The link opens the map at /shared-map/… in any browser. The viewer doesn't need an account.

At the top:

• The address of the project and the name of the map.
• View only, or Can mark up when the link allows markups.
• Comments (or Markups), with their number: opens the list in the panel.
• Print: prints the map, or saves it as a PDF, with the address and the date on the paper.
• Project information (the i): the project's address, location and parcel number. See Project information.
• My projects for a landplan.io member who is signed in, or Sign in.

The panel on the left has four tabs:

Tab	What it has
Layers	Basemap: Streets or Aerial, with Change, and the map's layers to turn on and off.
Markups	The markups on the map, when the link allows them. See Mark up a shared map.
Comments	The comments on the map, and Add a comment on the map. When the link allows markups, this tab shows only when the map has comments.
Details	Click a feature on the map to see its details here.

On the map:

• Zoom in and Zoom out.
• Measure length and Measure area, and Clear measurements. Measurements aren't saved.
• Reset north, Show where I am and full screen.
• A right-click has Add a comment here, Copy coordinates, Zoom in here and Zoom out.
• The scale and the coordinates under the pointer, at the bottom left.

Nothing a viewer does changes your map.

Comment on a shared map

A viewer leaves a comment on a spot of the map:

1. Click Add a comment on the map in the Comments tab, or right-click the map and choose Add a comment here. On a phone, tap Comment.
2. Click the map where the comment goes. Click the map where your comment goes shows at the top, with Cancel.
3. In Comment on this spot, enter Your name, Your email and the Comment (up to 1,000 characters). The email is only shared with the project owner.
4. Click Post comment. Move the pin picks another spot first.

The comment shows in the Comments tab, and the owner of the map is emailed. The browser remembers the name and email for the next comment.

Mark up a shared map

When the owner turned on Can mark up, viewers can draw on the map:

1. Click Sign in to mark up. Enter Your email and click Email me a code.
2. Enter the 6-digit code from the email and click Sign in. No password is needed.
3. Pick a tool on the left (at the bottom on a phone), then draw on the map.

Tool	How to use it
Select	Click a markup to edit, move or reply to it.
Note	Click the spot the note is about.
Callout	Click the spot, then click where the text box goes.
Cloud	Drag around what needs changing.
Arrow	Drag from the note to the spot.
Area	Click the corners; double-click to close it.
Measure	Click two points; the distance is saved with it.
Pen	Draw freehand with a mouse, finger or pen.
Erase	Click one of your markups to remove it.

Markups are saved as you draw: Saved to the map · visible to the owner. In the Markups tab, filter them by Open or Resolved, or Mine, and untick On map to hide them.

When a link stops working

A viewer sees This map isn't shared anymore when the owner unshared the map, the map was deleted, or the link was copied incompletely. Ask the person who sent it for a new link.

If the map doesn't load, The map couldn't load shows with Try again: check the connection and try again.