map pins
Cartographic position indicators
Map pins are small markers, typically with a rounded head and pointed shaft, used to indicate locations on physical maps.
The digital equivalent appears in mapping applications to mark places of interest, destinations, or search results.
To drop a pin is to mark a specific location: I'll drop a pin so you can find the restaurant.
- pushpinsSmall pointed fasteners
- markersPens with porous tips
- thumbtacksSmall pins with broad heads
- locationsParticular places or positions
- destinationsPlaces one travels to
point of interest · corkboard · red · sticky · bulletin · waypoints · dropped · coordinates · flagged · spots · tacks · needles · navigation · plotting · travel planning · road trip · route · scattered
- digital mapscoordinates, zoom levels, labels, directions, basemap
- mapsatlases, road atlases, street atlas, world atlases, road atlas
- maps and globesglobe, celestial globe, terrestrial globe, nautical chart, star chart
- mapping toolscompass rose, scale bar, graticule, coordinate grid, coordinates
- geodataroad networks, satellite imagery, contour lines, coordinate systems, river networks
specific location vs. broad area representation
map pinsheat maps
Color-coded intensity visualizations