Filtering on your map with Shapes

There is a new and improved Drawing manager toolbar (see image) 

• It is the default option since early March 2026

p.s. The new Drawing toolbar is a replacement for the deprecated Google Drawing Library

First, enable the Shapes layer feature under the add-on Preferences > Layers > Extended > Shapes, then set the options

• Modes: type of shapes you want to draw on the map from the available multi-select list

• Draggable: it allows to move a shape around the map

• Editable: it allows to edit the shape dimensions on the map

• Download: option to save selected shapes as a file to later upload them

• Color: to select (or enter your own) shape filling color

• Opacity: to set the opacity (opposite of transparency) of the filling color (from 0 to 1)

• Select a shape icon from the drawing toolbar at the top-center of the map and draw the shape as follows

  • circle: click for center, move the mouse for radius, click to finish

  • rectangle: click for first corner, move for opposite corner, click to finish

  • polygon: click for first vertex, move and click for next vertices, double-click to close it

  • smoothed: same as polygon, but it gets smoothed when finished

  • contour: click and hold to start, drag to free-hand draw, release to close it
    (this shape does not yet work on touch-screen devices)

• Set filter on and off by selecting a shape with a single click on it
  (selected shapes for filtering will show the filling color)

• Change the shape's position on the map by grab (click n hold), drag and drop it

• Edit the shape depending on its type as follows

  • circle: grab, drag n drop any of the four anchors to change the radius

  • rectagle: grab, drag n drop any of the four corners or edges anchors to change dimensions

  • polygon: grab, drag n drop a vertex to change its position, grab, drag n drop an edge to insert a new vertex, ctrl+click on a vertex to remove it

• Name each shape by right-click on the shape and typing a new name

Options (icons) in the Shapes section header, from left to right

• (2/3) number of selected shapes for filtering / total shapes

• Download: selected shapes as a .mshapes file for further use

• Upload: a previously downloaded .mshapes file from your files storage (*)

• Reset: remove all current shapes from the map, if none is selected

• Undo: removed the latest added shape from the map, if not selected

• Switch: enable / disable the Draggable and Editable options

• Checkbox: select all / none of the shapes for filtering

• Arrow down: expand / collapse the shapes multi-select list

(*)  Your files storage could be your local computer drive, or Google Drive if connected to your files explorer as explained on this post