How To Add A New Place in WikiMapia?

Wikimapia's Start Page

This is the home page you will see when you head over to Wikimapia. Since I dig Mumbai, I will choose to take a look at that lovely city (you can see it is highlighted). You can navigate there by clicking and holding to scroll the screen (like is done in Google Maps) and using the zoom panel to choose different levels of closeness. OR if you are trying to get a location (or near to one) that already has a box around it (like Mumbai), simply click the box and it will take you there.

If u consider the Gateway Of India,zoom on it.
At this zoom level, clicking on the box will not zoom me in (like it did when I was zoomed way out), it will just pull up the information on that box. I will zoom in a bit more to see the Gateway Of India.

As a side here, when I get close to some places, like Gateway Of India, it can be overwhelming with so many boxes. If I would like it to be more serene, I can go to the “view” menu and select “no places”. The result is the above image with just the peaceful Gateway Of India. I will zoom in a bit more (and turn places back on) to check out few Ships/roads.

And there it is. Now I want to add a new place because it looks like that particular ship or road is not marked yet.

To add a new place, go to the “Wikimapia” menu and select “Add New Place”.

A new box will come up that you can move to the location of your place and resize it to fit (which I haven’t done yet in this image). Once the place and size is correct, click “save”.

Up comes the information box. This is where you help “describe the whole Earth”. Choose the language you are writing in and whether the place is private (like a home or personal spot) or public. Give it an apropriate title and provide as many details as possible.Then provide keyword tags to help people find the location by searching. When you have provided all the information, click “save”.

After the information is saved, your place will be on the “Upcoming Places” list. People will now have to approve the location you just marked. It is all peer reviewed so there is no guarantee how long it will take to be approved (if approved at all). Now, you sit back and wait!


WikimapiaIn order to see your place, you need to turn on “Upcoming Places” by going to the “view” menu and selecting “Upcoming Places”. This will allow you to see all the new place markers that are up for review (more up upcoming places at a later date). Upcoming places will be outlined in yellow instead of white.

That is it! Prettly simple, eh? You are now on your way to describing the whole Earth!