# What Visitors See

The viewer is the public-facing side of your map. It requires no account and no app download — visitors just open the link in their browser.

## The map

Visitors see your map image displayed full-screen. They can pan and zoom freely.

## GPS dot

If a visitor allows location access when prompted, a blue dot appears on the map showing their current position. The dot updates in real time as they move.

> GPS accuracy depends on the visitor's device and environment. Outdoors works best; indoor accuracy varies.

## POI pins

Any Points of Interest you've added appear as pins on the map. Tapping a pin opens a popup with:

* The POI title
* Open/closed status (if hours are set)
* Today's hours (if hours are set)
* Description
* Category tag
* A link button (if a URL was added)

Tapping anywhere outside the popup (or the X button) closes it.

## Filter bar

If your map has POIs with categories, a filter bar appears at the top of the screen. Visitors can tap a category to focus on that group. Available filters:

* **Hide POIs** — dims all pins
* **See All** — shows all pins
* **Open Now** — shows only currently-open POIs (if any have hours)
* One pill per category

## Visitor banner

If you've enabled a visitor banner in Settings, it appears as a message bar at the bottom of the screen when the map loads.


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