Fields

Each place to be drawn on the map is represented by a row in the worksheet. A place is recognised by having a latitude and a longitude field in the header row:

Alongside the latitude and a longitude fields are optional further fields which:

Fetch information from Google Maps: latitude, longitude, locality political, postal_code, ...
Specify how the place will be drawn: icon, title, ...

Every field has a default value, which can be overridden for each place by specifying the value in the column with the field's name. These field names can be inserted with the Insert⇒Field dialog dialog.

N.B. The latitude and a longitude column field labels must be within the the first 10 rows and the first 25 columns.

Setting the default values for drawing on the map

The Toools⇒Drawing dialog is used to set the default drawing values:

align	Alignment of icons relative to the point that they mark: top, left, bottom, right (a single character suffices).
arrow	Google Material Symbol used to draw arrows on lines. The arrrow is rotated to point along the line; for this to work the chosen symbol must be pointing upwards at zero degrees, replace spaces in the name with underscores. Example: Expand_Less
arrowColor	Either a known-colour name (Red, Lime, Blue, ...) or a hexadecimal code with a hashsign (#FF0000, #00FF00, #0000FF)
arrowSize	A number in pixels, 50 is a good starting point
Icon	Glyph, text or HTML to draw An old-fashioned icon image or SVG, for example: http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/kml/pushpin/red-pushpin.png A text that will be displayed in a box, as the icon. It can include HTML: This is a good restaurant! The text will be broken into lines to make a nice rectangular paragraph. Arbitrary HTML, which will be drawn as-is '$' followed ba a Google Material Symbol name: $Push_Pin (case-sensitive!). Replace spaces in the name with underscores: 'Push Pin' is written '$Push_Pin'
iconColor	Either a known-colour name (Red, Lime, Blue, ...) or a hexadecimal code with a hashsign (#FF0000, #00FF00, #0000FF). 8-digit hexadecimal colours with transparency are supported (50% Red = #FF000088).
iconSize	The size of the icon in pixels. 35 is a good starting point.
lineTitle	The text to display when hovering over a line; the text will be broken into lines to make a nice rectangular paragraph. Alternatively, arbitrary HTML, which will be drawn as-is
strokeColor	The colour used to draw lines. Either a known-colour name (Red, Lime, Blue, ...) or a hexadecimal code with a hashsign (#FF0000, #00FF00, #0000FF) 8-digit hexadecimal colours with transparency are supported (50% Red = #FF000088).
strokeOpacity	The opacity used to draw lanes, a fraction between 0.0 and 1.0. 0.0 = Transparent, 1.0 = Opaque
strokeWeight	The thickness of lines in pixels
symbols	The Material Symbol Style: Outlined, Rounded or Sharp
title	The text to display in an InfoBox when the mouse is hovered over the icon; the text will be broken into lines to make a nice rectangular paragraph. Alternatively, arbitrary HTML, which will be drawn as-is