How to Style Your Map: Styles, Labels, and Highways

Styling controls the look of the base map so your overlays are the focus. Choose a style, decide which labels appear, highlight highways, and batch-style overlays from the Quick Toolbar.

Map styles

1. Click "Map Style" in the sidebar to see all 8 styles.
2. Select a style — Standard, Light, Dark, Retro, Silver, Night, Satellite (real aerial imagery), or Terrain.
3. The map updates instantly — all overlays are preserved; only the base map changes.

Label controls

1. Open the Map Style panel and find the "Labels" section.
2. Use the "All Labels" master toggle to start from a clean map.
3. Toggle categories independently — Street Names, Highway Labels, Area Labels, Business Names, Transit, and Water.

Highway highlighting

1. Toggle "Highway Highlighting" on (below Labels).
2. Choose a highlight color from 12 swatches or a custom brand color.
3. Adjust line weight and opacity for subtle accent or bold emphasis.

Note: Highway highlighting is disabled on Satellite and Terrain styles. Yellow mimics the paper-map convention; a low 30-50% opacity keeps it subtle.

Quick Toolbar and batch styling

The floating toolbar at the bottom holds undo/redo and four panels:

• Batch Text — change font, size, and color for all text at once ("Apply to All Text").
• Batch Image — adjust border, opacity, and background for all logos/images at once.
• Leader Line — global line and anchor-dot settings.
• Layers — a list of every overlay; click one to select it on the map (great for dense maps).

Example: a clean presentation look

For a slide deck, switch to the Light style, turn off Business Names and Transit labels so only your branded logos show, keep Street Names for orientation, and highlight the nearby freeway in your brand teal at 40% opacity. The result is an uncluttered map where your tenants are the focus.