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This How-to article will outline when the feature Guided Tours can be used, what options and limitation there are, and step-by-step instructions on how to create, manage and remove Guided Tours.

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• Overview: Brief description of what the feature does and its purpose.
  Guided tours display a predefined route on the map without using standard paths or directions.
  Its purpose is to provide structured and customisable routes for various use cases.

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• Key Benefits:

  • Guided tours provide a possibility to show end-users predefined routes.

  • They’re easy to spot in on the map and easy to locate by search.

  • Guided tours can be used to showcase specific points of interests interest along the route.

  • -Path visualisation and other POI-based interactivity, making the “routes” more informative and engaging.

  • - Statistical insights
    

• How It Works:

  • Highlight the main functionality step-by-step.
    Guided tours display a predefined route on the map without using standard paths or directions.
    Its purpose is to provide structured and customisable routes for various use cases.
    Unlike regular paths in MazeMap, which calculate the fastest route from A to B, guided tours can showcase longer routes, such as hiking trails.

• Use Cases:

  • Campus Tours – Helps new students and visitors navigate key locations.

  • Hiking & Nature Trails – Highlights specific and different routes.

  • Safety Routes – Defines evacuation or emergency response paths.

  • Training Routes - training /workout paths with different lengths and difficulty levels.-Universities and hospitals
    

• Limitations:

  • Guided Tours are primarily for outdoors outdoor routes as it is they are essentially a visible POI polygon that is polygons created outdoors.

  • The POI polygon cannot be both inside buildings and outdoors at the same time.

  • Outdoor POIs can not cross or be in contact with any building layers.

  • If the guided path is to go lead inside a building, it might be worth experimenting may be worthwhile to experiment with creating additional indoors indoor POI polygons in the same colour. However, the indoors indoor POI polygon will not be connected to the outdoors outdoor POI polygon.
    

• How to create Guided Paths:

  • Steps to activate or access the feature.
    -MazeMap admin user-access and basic training.
    -MazeMap Knowledge Hub.

  • Map Editor steps

    • Go to Points of Interest (POI Editor)

    • Check the “Outdoors” box in the Map Display Options.

    • Create a POI, and select “draw Area”

    • Edit the polygon shape according to the route you want it to represent.

    • Change the name and colour of the POI polygon.

    • Add a description and picture to the POI polygon.

    • Place point POIs along the route in case there are any (add description + picture).

    • Create a POI category (e.g. “Walking Tours”) and connect the route POIs you’ve created to the POI category.

• How to maintain and remove Guided Paths:
  

  • Update a Guided Path

    • Click on the POI polygon

      • Change the outline of the polygon in case it should be tweaked.

      • Change the colour, description, and picture.

      • Publish Changes
        

  • Remove a Guided Path

    • Click on the POI polygon

    • Click the three dots in the upper right corner and click “Delete POI”.

    • Publish Changes
      

  • Temporarily hide a Guided Path

    • Click on the POI polygon

    • Remove the color and outline

    • Make the POI un-clickable

    • Remove the connected POI type.

    • Remove searchable names and titles.

    • Publish Changes
      

• Additional Resources:

  • Please contact support@mazemap.com in case you have any questions.
    

  • Real-world examples.
    Örebro University Walk and Talk: https://link.mazemap.com/qmUHyRDY
    Sunnaas Hospital Heritage Tour: https://link.mazemap.com/NvASHpwK
    Sunnaas Hospital Floor navigation lines: https://link.mazemap.com/YekceFHK

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