What is a pin map?
A pin map is the simplest way to show your data on a map. A pin represents a geographic location. It could be a Zip code, street, county, state, or country. It is similar to viewing a physical map with push pins. Geo mapping your data with Pin maps is simple and indispensable for sales, marketing, data analysts, and operations professionals. You only need an Excel sheet with location data (addresses).
Visualizing your locations on a pin map with mapping software transforms how you understand your critical sales, marketing, revenue, and operations data. It is so much easier when you see locations as pins on a map. You can enrich, analyze, share, and collaborate with others while increasing insight and engagement.

Highest value customers

Best location for event

Best location for distribution centre

Available properties for sale

Our competitor locations
Pin vast amounts of data
Quickly summarize and group pins by geographic regions. A pin map allows you to plot vast amounts of data on a single map. For example, you have 10 locations in one Zipcode. Your pin map will summarize that (using clustering) as a symbol with the number 10. Clicking the symbol enables you to drill down and reveal the individual points.
That is useful when you are mapping large datasets in a region.
Compare and contrast layers of data
You can create complex visualizations that reveal the different levels of data that impact your business. For instance, if you are a distribution company, you can create a three-layer pin map displaying the location of customers, sales personnel, and warehouses.
Color coding each type of data point (customers, sales reps, assets) makes it easy to differentiate, compare and contrast data layers.

Color code by industry
Enrich pins with data and links
A map pin contains the data you have uploaded from your spreadsheet. Clicking on your pins reveals those details. It beats reviewing data in a sheet, hands down, because it is faster and more intuitive.
Link to web pages or CRM pages directly from each point (as long as that data is included in a column in your sheet).

Click to reveal details and edit
Filter your pin map
Pin maps made in eSpatial will be useful in their default states, but sometimes, examining a smaller amount of data can be more interesting. Filters give you the option to view only a particular group of pins. It might symbolize all of the customers your team has visited in the past year or all those in arrears for six months. You choose the detail, and the filtered pin map will make it a visual reality.

Filter table
Call ready leads

Highest value customers

Customers
Warehouses
Choose different pin styles or make your own
Why not make your pins more interesting with advanced styles? It will bring your maps to life and make it easier to share your data story with others.
eSpatial offers power features like:
- Use icons to represent different data sets on your maps
- Use different pin sizes to describe volumes (product sales, customers, revenue, transactions)
- Add your logo to a pin
- Add a graphic to a pin
Publish and share your pin map
Pin maps are perfect for sharing and collaboration. Easily publish or embed your project as a live interactive map, making it easier for others to view, zoom in and analyze your data. For viewers, it's like using a Google Map on their mobile or viewing a physical map. And you can upload and refresh maps in minutes.
Export your map as a image to a PowerPoint slide or print.
Create your own pin map now
Create your pin map by following these 3 simple steps
1. Prepare your data
Save your data to a CSV file. Make sure that your columns have different category headings that specify different types of location information.
2. Sign up for an eSpatial trial account
Your next step is to register for a free trial. You’ll need to provide your business email address and create a password to use the software, but no credit card information is necessary. This will begin your free trial where you can create your map right away.
3. Upload your data
Log into eSpatial, then click the Upload new data option in the toolbar and follow the instructions that appear. (If you have any difficulties, you can get help from mapping experts in real time via our live chat system.)

As soon as your data is uploaded, it will be plotted on a pin map as seen in the example above. Each marker on the map represents a row in your spreadsheet, and all of this data is contained within the text box that appears whenever a pin is clicked. From here, you can style your map, run various analyses or share it with team members.
You've created your pin map, what next?
Take your map experience to new levels with eSpatial's power mapping software and explore these invaluable options:
Regional heat map
Regional heat maps make identifying an area's highest density of pins easy.

Low sales state
High sales state
Hotspot heat map
Hotspot heat maps are another form of heatmap and resemble weather maps.

Hotspot for customers
Territory map
Territory mapping software is an integral part of the territory management process for sales operations.
Mapping sales and service territories enable account assignments to ensure maximum customer coverage.
You can identify territory overlaps, territory merge opportunities, or new sales regions to grow. Optimizing sales territories to ensure a balance is critical.
Route map
Want to explore next-level route planning and optimization for sales and service teams? Route mapping helps you optimize sales and service time while driving down costs.
Perfect for sales operations and field sales and service teams. Maximize efficiencies and spend more time with your highest-value customers.