How do I add maps and pins?

Updated October 23, 2026

Maps in Who Where When are images you upload, with pins you place on them. Each pin can link to a place, a battle site or any other entry, so clicking it takes you to that entry's page. You can have as many maps as you need: the whole world, a city plan, a battle sketch.

Who Where When doesn't draw maps. Make yours in whatever tool you like, or photograph a hand-drawn one, and upload the image.

Upload a map

1. Open Maps in the sidebar.
2. Choose Upload map and pick an image: PNG, JPEG, WebP, GIF or SVG, up to 15 MB.
3. The map appears as a card. Open it, then click its name to rename it.

Add pins

1. On the map, choose Add pin. The button changes to Click the map to drop a pin.
2. Click the spot.
3. In Drop a pin, pick an entry under Link to, or leave it empty and type a Label for a spot that isn't in your bible.
4. Choose Add pin.

Pins linked to an entry take that entry type's color. To move a pin, drag it. Click a pin to change its label or linked entry, open the entry, or choose Remove pin.

Find your way around

• Scroll or pinch to zoom, and drag to pan. The buttons in the corner zoom in, zoom out and reset the view.
• The list beside the map shows every pin. Type in Filter pins… and click a name to center the map on it.

Maps on the reader wiki

When you publish a reader wiki, your maps are included. A pin linked to an entry only shows once that entry is revealed at the reader's reading point, and pins for hidden or draft entries never show. A pin with only a label and no linked entry has no reveal point of its own, so it shows only to readers who choose Show everything. To show a spot earlier, link its pin to an entry and set when readers learn about that entry.

For more on deciding what belongs in a world bible, see Worldbuilding bible.