The best way to explore Map Your City on Android
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Follow your Favorite Communities & Places
By following the curated guides and collections you are updated on valuable tips & insights, latest on events. It helps you grab your festival tickets and discover spots you did not know before.
Follow places (by hitting the ♥︎) or share places with your friends outside of Map Your City. Check the screenshots in the Quick Start Guide below👇
Create Your Favorites Map
Add your favorite ♥︎ spots on Map Your City to your own map for later trip planning or to keep as memories of places visited. Collect your most memorable places and share some on your socials. Check the screenshots in the Quick Start Guide below👇.
Join or Create a Community
Does your business have a story to tell or are you a local hero, or travelfluencer? Join a community (free) or create one. Map new places and copromote your destination. Or add your your events, experiences, hotels, restaurants, museum, art, architecture, street art, any project you like really. Learn more about how Map Your City helps your business.
Common questions
How do I receive notifications?
Make sure your email for your account is confirmed and the toggle to receive notifications is “on”. You can find the toggle in your mobile App Menu under “Settings”. Find a helpful article with common questions about notifications here. You will receive notifications from Organizations you are following, Places you loved, and from anywhere you left a message on the wall. Sometimes we will send you updates too.
Is using the mobile app really free?
Everyone is able to use the app for free. Really no strings, just forever free! Go ahead and start creating, exploring or (re)discovering the cities you live, play and work in – download our apps or discover your community maps. Download our app and find out what’s part of our forever free membership.
Can I map new places?
Absolutely! New places are added everyday. To map new places with your Map Your City app you do need to be a (free) member or an owner of a community on a premium user account.
Quick Start on Android
- Signing up is simple – sign up with your email. You’ll be sent a code to that email, it is valid for 15 minutes and can only be used once.
- Now that you are in, add your profile picture – it’s more fun to see who you are chatting with. You can access your profile from the Menu.
- Explore the map, zoom in – out, pinch it, rotate, or 3D it.
- Or filter the map (tap the Filter button on bottom of the map to access the filter tags) to show a selection that matches your personal flavour.
- Tap locations to view and tap the fly-out to open them and read their stories.
- Your Menu gives you access to a lot more. Like discovering the growing number of communities on Map Your City or reaching out to our Support Team.
- Discover some of the Organizations – Follow any one you fancy – and they will keep you in the loop of all that is going on.
- Join an Organization and tell your unique business’ or local stories. Simply Request to Join.
- Did not find a match – you can create one for your own community. It’s simple to get started and it’s free.
Explore the locations that communities have shared, leave a comment on the stories section of a location, add your own experience, ❤️ it, book it, share it everywhere.
Every location you ❤️ is collected on your treasure map and you are kept in the loop of what happens there.
Not finding what you need? Try searching Locations and Organizations in Map Your City by name – or be adventurous and simply start typing to see what comes up.
