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title: "Add a custom map with Google My Maps"
canonical: "https://www.techtime-initiative.com/space/GM/557057/Add%20a%20custom%20map%20with%20Google%20My%20Maps"
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> ℹ️ Available on all platforms – in Server, Data Center and Cloud

Maps with advanced features such as drawn boundaries, multiple markers, information layers loaded via KML files, can be added to your Confluence pages by inserting a public map created beforehand in [Google My Maps](https://support.google.com/mymaps).

1. Log in into Google My Maps ([https://mapsengine.google.com/map/](https://mapsengine.google.com/map/)), create or configure the map as you want it, and click the ⋮ button at the top of the menu

![google-mymaps-01.png](media://b77c9e1f-316d-4b1f-9598-c5357c1b83fe)



2. Click the 'Embed on my site' option from the dropdown list

![google-mymaps-02.png](media://210a636b-eba1-46ac-ab4e-60e0d7754e96)


3. Copy the 'IFrame' HTML source code text from within the highlighted field

![google-mymaps-03.png](media://01dd8662-8d64-48dd-985c-13865887955a)


4. Go to your Confluence page, select the 'Edit' page option and type '/' followed by 'google' or 'map' to open the macro insert menu to find the Google Maps macro. Click on the Google Maps menu item to insert the macro.

![insert-google.png](media://64cd5eb1-3949-4482-9f3b-75a8cddb5a6b)

![insert-map.png](media://e94ff910-263a-40f2-b68d-5715e7a4943c)

5. Click on the pencil icon to edit the macro settings

![googlemaps-insert-image-02.png](media://c1b584e1-1b79-42f5-ac3d-ef337b01904f)


6. Leave the 'Location Address or Coordinates' field blank

![google-mymaps-embed-macro-01.png](media://e1988272-55aa-4f2a-9b7a-6f0b3c98dab5)

7. Paste the 'HTML' from Step 3 within the 'Embed IFRAME code for public maps' field shown below

![google-mymaps-embed-macro-02.png](media://0e7b9e98-1671-470e-9d9a-ae0b360a77b2)


8. Leave the Language field blank

![google-mymaps-embed-macro-03.png](media://c062325a-930b-42c9-bebd-2f264b28c6c7)


9. Leave the Map Type field blank

![google-mymaps-embed-macro-04.png](media://19036033-80a8-4615-ae16-48621fe013f7)


10. Leave the Zoom field blank

![google-mymaps-embed-macro-05.png](media://223880c7-48a7-4a79-abe7-5b2a8ba7245e)


11. Set the maximum width of the map

![google-mymaps-embed-macro-06.png](media://089c7f69-1daa-43bb-ab90-8c96e5bd9cbf)


12. Set the maximum height of the map

![google-mymaps-embed-macro-07.png](media://5c531aae-56f9-485d-81fa-e66d9393d775)


13. Click on Save and your map will be embedded within your Confluence page.

![google-mymaps-embed-macro-08.png](media://fb5f44ae-e766-40d3-a654-65726f15634d)


14. Enjoy