August 6, 2026
Feature Enhancements
Search result prioritization: Control How the Map Ranks Results
Previously, Admins could not influence search relevance. Relevance was fixed on every map, so a campus with long location descriptions got the same ordering logic as a stadium with short ones, and the only real lever was getting creative with keywords or rewriting content until the right thing surfaced. These two new controls change that.
Search Weights is a new setting option under Finding places in Map Options page. It sets how much each searched field counts.
- Four fields influence search results: Title, Keywords, Description, and Category Name
- Each field is now adjustable from 0 to 10
- A live readout shows each field's share of the total, so the balance is visible before saving.
- Setting a field to Excluded removes it from search entirely, which is the quickest fix for maps where long descriptions bury the locations people are actually looking for.
Search Boost is a new option on the category edit page. It allows you to influence all locations in an entire category, positively or negatively in search results.
- Each individual category can be boosted from -3 to 3. Positive numbers increase where the locations sort in search results, and negative numbers decrease.
- Keeping the boost at 0 means it is not impacting the search results.
- For example, Dining can sit near the top of results no matter how each individual location is worded, and a Maintenance category can fall below everything else without being hidden from the map.
- Boost applies only to locations assigned directly to that category, so it does not cascade into sub-categories.
Defaults match how search has always ranked results, so nothing changes until they are adjusted, and preview mode shows the effect before publishing. For the default weights, how the two controls interact, and guidance on tuning, see Map Search: Understanding & Adjusting Results
Search autocomplete also feel steadier. The search bar waits for a brief pause in typing, holds off until at least two characters have been entered, and no longer lets a late response from an earlier keystroke overwrite newer results. Autocomplete results return faster too, since each request skips preparing image data the list never displays. Pressing Enter or the search button still searches immediately.
Map Options Panel Rebuilt for Clarity
The Map Options panel was long, mixed advanced settings in with everyday ones, and used labels that did not always describe what the setting did. It is now organized into collapsible sections grouped by what an admin is trying to accomplish: how the map looks on load, finding places, what happens when a visitor opens a location, and sidebar and branding. Settings that depend on another setting are nested beneath the one that controls them, and help tooltips explain the settings that generate the most questions.
A few labels changed along the way:
- Multiple Orientations is now Map Rotation & Tilt.
- Location Info Display is now Location Details Display
Line Breaks in Marker Text
Long text location names could run over other map content with no way to wrap them. Adding \n to a location name now breaks the marker text across lines on the map, the same pattern already used for dynamic labels. Everywhere a single-line name is the right thing to show, it stays single-line: the category tree, the location balloon, and the sidebar all collapse the break to a space. In the CMS, the location edit title and the category tree display the literal \n so the name stays searchable and easy to find and understand while editing.
Terrain in the CMS Editor Map
Maps with Terrain enabled in Map Manager now render terrain in the CMS editor map, so what an admin sees while placing and editing content matches the elevation of the real site. Terrain stays on when switching into 360° view, with model alignment and camera position accounting for elevation. Satellite view intentionally renders without terrain, and switching back to Map view restores it. Terrain on the published map is not part of this change.
Data Export Field Names Now Match Bulk Upload
The data page and CSV export used Name and Categories while the bulk uploader expects Title and Category, which meant an export could not be re-imported without editing the headers first. Both now use Title and Category, so a data export can go straight back into the bulk uploader.
Bulk Upload to Invisible Categories
Bulk uploads of both locations and dynamic labels failed with a "Parent Category not found" error when the target category was set to invisible, forcing admins to flip the category to private, upload, and flip it back. Invisible categories are now recognized.
New sidebar Display for Parts of Accounts & the CMS
Bulk edit is the first part of the CMS to take on a new sidebar layout. The sidebar carries quick links back to the CMS and out to the live map, so checking an edit in context no longer means keeping extra tabs open or retyping a map URL. How bulk edit works has not changed, only where it lives and how it looks. This is the start of a broader refresh rather than a one-time change, so more of the CMS will move to this sidebar and visual style over the coming releases, and each area will be called out here as it moves.
July 23, 2026
Feature Enhancements
Wayfinding through buildings with Restricted Interiors
Campuses that keep interior floor plans private can now let accessible routes pass through a building without revealing what is inside.
- Editors can mark individual interior wayfinding nodes as Unrestricted in Route Builder rusliting in anonymous visitors receiving a route that follows the building footprint on the exterior view.
- For Restricted Interior Maps, every interior node (existing and new) defaults to restricted. So it this requires a manual override to expose.
- Nothing changes on maps that do not restrict interiors.
Zoom level Readout
Setting minimum and maximum zoom no longer takes trial and error. A small readout beneath the zoom controls shows the map's current zoom level using the same numbering as the Min Zoom and Max Zoom dropdowns. It is always visible in the CMS and can be turned on for the front end visitor map by adding &showZoom to the URL. This is a display only, not a saved setting.
Example front end URL: http://map.concept3d.com/?id=1216&showZoom
Static Map Marker Text
Static map images now render marker text to match the interactive map. When a location has Show marker text enabled, the text appears with the same font, color, and placement it has on the live map, including text-only locations with no icon or shape.
Example Static Map: https://staticmap.concept3d.com/map/static-map/?map=1216&loc=645828&scale=1&zoom=17
Terrain for 360º Maps
Campuses are not flat, and now your map does not have to be either. Terrain brings real elevation to 360º Maps, so hillsides, valleys, and grade changes render as the three dimensional surface they actually are. For institutions built into a slope, this is the difference between a map that looks like a diagram and one that looks like the place students walk every day.
Terrain can be enabled per map by the Concept3D team. Once it is on, elevation renders automatically for every visitor with nothing for them to turn on or find.
- Elevation renders automatically for all visitors, with no toggle or extra step.
- Models placed on your 360º map are built against the same terrain surface visitors see, so placement, alignment, and lighting stay true.
- If elevation tiles are slow or unavailable, the map falls back to its standard rendering rather than failing to load.
Reach out to your Partner Success Manager to turn Terrain on for your map.
July 8, 2026
Feature Enhancements
Cookie Consent Controls
Map visitors are now in control of their cookies. The previous accept-only cookie banner has been replaced with a compact consent card, and the full map experience works no matter what a visitor chooses.
- Visitors can accept all cookies or choose Customize to open a Preferences modal where Analytics and Marketing cookies can be enabled or disabled individually; Necessary cookies remain always on.
- Non-essential cookies no longer load before a visitor gives consent, supporting GDPR-compliant consent for maps with European audiences.
- Visitors can update their choice at any time through the Cookies link in the map attributions.
- The consent card meets WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards, and maps configured to suppress the cookie prompt continue to work as before.
Usability Updates
- Selecting the Panorama or Dynamic Label category type in the CMS now displays an inline description of how locations or labels in that category will behave on the published map.
- Clicking Add Label in the CMS now places the cursor directly in the name field, matching the New Location behavior.
- Map style images such as logos, balloon icons, sidebar images, and favicons are now automatically resized on upload to fit their display areas, preventing oversized images from breaking the map layout.