How to Pin a Place on the Map

Most of the time, typing a town in an activity's Location field is enough — the map knows thousands of places and suggests them as you type. When the work happens somewhere the map does not know — a new camp, a village cluster, a spot outside town — you can pin it by hand instead.

Pin the place

1. Open the project and choose Activities → Add planned activity.
2. Fill in the title and dates as usual.
3. Open More details and next to the Location field choose Place it on the map.
4. Click the map where the work happens. A red pin drops there, and the coordinates appear under the map.

You can drag the map to move around and zoom in for a closer spot, then click again to move the pin. Remove the pin takes it back off.

1. Save the activity as usual. The pin saves with it, and the activity appears on the map exactly where you put it.

Good to know

• The Location text still matters. If you type a name as well, the map shows the activity under that name at your pinned spot. With no text, it shows as Pinned place.
• Suggestions never overwrite what you type. The list under the Location field only offers places the map knows; ignoring them is fine — that is what the pin is for.
• A pin is part of the activity, like the title or the dates: it appears for everyone who can see the plan, and it moves only when someone edits the activity.
• If the coordinates are ever wrong, open the same form flow on the activity (or ask a colleague with access) and click the map again to re-pin, or remove the pin and use a place name instead.