Improvement Ideas

If anonymous, please contact us at team@scribblemaps.com, or leave a contact email as well so we can discuss your idea. We DO try and implement all user suggestions if they are possible.

I suggest you ...

You've used all your votes and won't be able to post a new idea, but you can still search and comment on existing ideas.

There are two ways to get more votes:

  • When an admin closes an idea you've voted on, you'll get your votes back from that idea.
  • You can remove your votes from an open idea you support.
  • To see ideas you have already voted on, select the “My feedback” filter and select “My open ideas”.
(thinking…)
Reset

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

If a similar idea already exists, you can vote and comment on it.

If it doesn't exist, you can post your idea so others can vote on it.

Enter your idea and we'll search to see if someone has already suggested it.

  • Hot ideas
  • Top ideas
  • New ideas
    1. Add Bing maps layer

      We would consider using the Pro version if you'd add Bing maps also. With full zoom of course.

      88 votes
      Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
      Vote
      Sign in
      Check!
      (thinking…)
      Reset
      or sign in with
      • facebook
      • google
        Password icon
        I agree to the terms of service

        You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

        Signed in as (Sign out)
        You have left! (?) (thinking…)
        under review  ·  Jonathan WagnerAdminJonathan Wagner (Admin, Scribble Maps) responded

        There is legal considerations with this, we would love to add Bing, we’re just not sure if we can do it yet and still work with Google’s APIs.

      • Add option to select measurement units for line/polygon dimensions

        Right now it is only meters/km. Maybe in the line properties you could select the measurement units to display?

        80 votes
        Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
        Vote
        Sign in
        Check!
        (thinking…)
        Reset
        or sign in with
        • facebook
        • google
          Password icon
          I agree to the terms of service

          You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

          Signed in as (Sign out)
          You have left! (?) (thinking…)
        • When importing a spreadsheet, allow for having custom markers such as circles/sequential numbers etc

          I have a spreadsheet with many places and lat/long data. When uploading the spreadsheet it seems I can only use the provided markers/tabs etc to visualize these places on a map. However I find the markers are too big and my map gets cluttered quickly plus the markers dont show the info I want. I would like to have small dots / squares or just numbers in different colors or, another possibility, plain text (without a big box) that I can size according to my needs. My final aim is to print out a map, so information shown through clicking… more

          44 votes
          Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
          Vote
          Sign in
          Check!
          (thinking…)
          Reset
          or sign in with
          • facebook
          • google
            Password icon
            I agree to the terms of service

            You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

            Signed in as (Sign out)
            You have left! (?) (thinking…)
            under review  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →
          • Add possibility to define measurement units based on custom image

            it would be great to have the possibility to define a certain length on a custom image map, so that later drawn paths can be masured in real world units.

            33 votes
            Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
            Vote
            Sign in
            Check!
            (thinking…)
            Reset
            or sign in with
            • facebook
            • google
              Password icon
              I agree to the terms of service

              You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

              Signed in as (Sign out)
              You have left! (?) (thinking…)
            • FAQ needed.

              I'm new to this program and I have no idea how to use this? ie: how do I change the size of a text box so that it doesnt appear in one long line?

              24 votes
              Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
              Vote
              Sign in
              Check!
              (thinking…)
              Reset
              or sign in with
              • facebook
              • google
                Password icon
                I agree to the terms of service

                You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                Signed in as (Sign out)
                You have left! (?) (thinking…)
              • add a way to resize an image that is placed on a map

                For example, I would like my students to insert images of historical sites along the Nile without the use of markers. With the ability to resize images, we'll be able to fit in a lot of sites. Thanks for the great service!

                23 votes
                Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                Vote
                Sign in
                Check!
                (thinking…)
                Reset
                or sign in with
                • facebook
                • google
                  Password icon
                  I agree to the terms of service

                  You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                  Signed in as (Sign out)
                  You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                • Add option to load map from custom geoserver

                  as it is possible to host an own geoserver with WMS, WFS and WCS it would be very nice to have the possibility to use scribblemaps on selfmade custom maps.

                  20 votes
                  Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                  Vote
                  Sign in
                  Check!
                  (thinking…)
                  Reset
                  or sign in with
                  • facebook
                  • google
                    Password icon
                    I agree to the terms of service

                    You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                    Signed in as (Sign out)
                    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                  • 16 votes
                    Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                    Vote
                    Sign in
                    Check!
                    (thinking…)
                    Reset
                    or sign in with
                    • facebook
                    • google
                      Password icon
                      I agree to the terms of service

                      You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                      Signed in as (Sign out)
                      You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                    • double click on box to add text

                      Its rather annoying that when I try to move a text box, the box for typing the text in always appears. It would be better to just double click to add text, single click to move box.

                      16 votes
                      Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                      Vote
                      Sign in
                      Check!
                      (thinking…)
                      Reset
                      or sign in with
                      • facebook
                      • google
                        Password icon
                        I agree to the terms of service

                        You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                        Signed in as (Sign out)
                        You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                        under review  ·  Jonathan WagnerAdminJonathan Wagner (Admin, Scribble Maps) responded

                        The main reason it is like this is because it might not be evident to non-technical people that you would need to double click to edit (we have a lot of kids that use this). Though we might consider implementing this anyways, or implementing it in the pro version that should be coming out in the coming weeks.

                      • 15 votes
                        Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                        Vote
                        Sign in
                        Check!
                        (thinking…)
                        Reset
                        or sign in with
                        • facebook
                        • google
                          Password icon
                          I agree to the terms of service

                          You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                          Signed in as (Sign out)
                          You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                        • To be able to change line thickness once the scribble is drawn

                          I don't seem able to select a line and change its colour, thickness or opacity once the line is drawn

                          15 votes
                          Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                          Vote
                          Sign in
                          Check!
                          (thinking…)
                          Reset
                          or sign in with
                          • facebook
                          • google
                            Password icon
                            I agree to the terms of service

                            You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                            Signed in as (Sign out)
                            You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                          • Export map data to Shape file format

                            I suggest you add the option to export map as shape-file, or even better MapInfo-tab, with point-, line- and polygon data held in one file (or actually group of files with same prefix, different suffices).

                            14 votes
                            Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                            Vote
                            Sign in
                            Check!
                            (thinking…)
                            Reset
                            or sign in with
                            • facebook
                            • google
                              Password icon
                              I agree to the terms of service

                              You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                              Signed in as (Sign out)
                              You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                            • import Google Earth KMZ files

                              Importing GE KLM files is not enough, you are limiting your great application without GE KMZ import capability, so please implement it asap

                              13 votes
                              Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                              Vote
                              Sign in
                              Check!
                              (thinking…)
                              Reset
                              or sign in with
                              • facebook
                              • google
                                Password icon
                                I agree to the terms of service

                                You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                                Signed in as (Sign out)
                                You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                              • Text Marker Options

                                When importing data and using the text marker option, add the ability to change the text format. ie. text size, color and be able to also load without the bubble around the text.

                                12 votes
                                Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                                Vote
                                Sign in
                                Check!
                                (thinking…)
                                Reset
                                or sign in with
                                • facebook
                                • google
                                  Password icon
                                  I agree to the terms of service

                                  You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                                  Signed in as (Sign out)
                                  You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                • Add a terrain profile tool based on 2 or more points defined by user

                                  The user would click sequentially the points along his polyline in order to generate a terrain profile

                                  10 votes
                                  Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                                  Vote
                                  Sign in
                                  Check!
                                  (thinking…)
                                  Reset
                                  or sign in with
                                  • facebook
                                  • google
                                    Password icon
                                    I agree to the terms of service

                                    You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                                    Signed in as (Sign out)
                                    You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                  • add an import specification/template saving feature to ease importing of standardized xls frequently

                                    When you import xls files frequently (I do draw arrows between pairs of points) it would be helpful to have an option to save import specification (which rows go for header, which go for latitude/longitude, marker settings, etc.)

                                    9 votes
                                    Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                                    Vote
                                    Sign in
                                    Check!
                                    (thinking…)
                                    Reset
                                    or sign in with
                                    • facebook
                                    • google
                                      Password icon
                                      I agree to the terms of service

                                      You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                                      Signed in as (Sign out)
                                      You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                    • Widget with layer control

                                      Like in the pro-version, it would be useful to have a layer control to switcher layers or objects on and off, without editing. This would be useful when embeded into blogs or other websites.

                                      9 votes
                                      Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                                      Vote
                                      Sign in
                                      Check!
                                      (thinking…)
                                      Reset
                                      or sign in with
                                      • facebook
                                      • google
                                        Password icon
                                        I agree to the terms of service

                                        You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                                        Signed in as (Sign out)
                                        You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                        planned  ·  0 comments  ·  Admin →
                                      • Print needs to fill the page

                                        When I print I only get a small map in the corner of the page. I want a map that fills the page. It would also be nice to show a box on the map that represents the area that will be printed, otherwise I have to guess.

                                        8 votes
                                        Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                                        Vote
                                        Sign in
                                        Check!
                                        (thinking…)
                                        Reset
                                        or sign in with
                                        • facebook
                                        • google
                                          Password icon
                                          I agree to the terms of service

                                          You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                                          Signed in as (Sign out)
                                          You have left! (?) (thinking…)

                                          One way you can do this is to instead use the “save jpeg” functionality, and set it as high you can get it, and then print that.

                                          The printing functionality does need to be upgraded however, it is on our list of things to do.

                                        • set some maps personal and not acessible by url

                                          With this, you can rent login for companies work their sales data and stuff like that, without any thirdies can see it just typing the url

                                          8 votes
                                          Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                                          Vote
                                          Sign in
                                          Check!
                                          (thinking…)
                                          Reset
                                          or sign in with
                                          • facebook
                                          • google
                                            Password icon
                                            I agree to the terms of service

                                            You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                                            Signed in as (Sign out)
                                            You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                            under review  ·  Jonathan WagnerAdminJonathan Wagner (Admin, Scribble Maps) responded

                                            If add this functionality it will essentially lock the map to your account only. You would not be able to load it or import it from any other account. Is this the functionality you’re looking for?

                                          • Separate Move and Change Feature

                                            I use ScribbleMaps to refine the polygon lines generate with an external tool. I add more points and move the point to a more correct position.
                                            It happens, that i sometimes miss a point by one or more pixels, and instead of moving the point, I move the whole polygon line. Since this movement cannot be undone, I have to move the line back. And it't not easy to find the exact same position.

                                            It would be a big help if i could only activate the change feature, and deactivate the move feature.

                                            7 votes
                                            Vote 0 votes Vote Vote
                                            Vote
                                            Sign in
                                            Check!
                                            (thinking…)
                                            Reset
                                            or sign in with
                                            • facebook
                                            • google
                                              Password icon
                                              I agree to the terms of service

                                              You'll receive a confirmation email with a link to create a password (optional).

                                              Signed in as (Sign out)
                                              You have left! (?) (thinking…)
                                            ← Previous 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
                                          • Don’t see your idea?
                                          • Post a new idea…
                                          • Improvement Ideas

                                            Knowledge Base and Helpdesk