# Google maps markers by Realtime DB

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** googlemaps, marker, realtimedb\
**Created:** [August 1, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359 "2019-08-01T21:34:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![mroccultusrg6ac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mroccultusrg6ac](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mroccultusrg6ac)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359/1 "2019-08-01T21:34:59Z")

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Hi there!  
Does anybody know how to add many markers by using data from realtimedb? NOT from the airtable sheets. For example i have “mapinfo” \> “name”\>\>“latitude:xxxxx;longitude:xxxxx”. Latitude and longitude are properties of “name” and in “mapinfo” i have many of this "name"s. Can’t find out correct function by myself.  
Thanks!

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**Author:** ![renren66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@renren66](https://community.thunkable.com/u/renren66)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359/2 "2019-08-02T05:03:39Z")

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So “mapinfo” is a list, and latitude “longitude latitude” is a string?

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**Author:** ![mroccultusrg6ac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mroccultusrg6ac](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mroccultusrg6ac)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359/3 "2019-08-02T06:47:51Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/d/ad009f8afb420537d72072ad15cafdd90a8ac929.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![renren66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@renren66](https://community.thunkable.com/u/renren66)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359/4 "2019-08-02T09:23:43Z")

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![Capture(13)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/a/6/a67208eb7ea86c3a29c0b8706468574900401dbb.png)  
You can use a “for each item in list” loop to get the markers one by one.

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**Author:** ![mroccultusrg6ac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mroccultusrg6ac](https://community.thunkable.com/u/mroccultusrg6ac)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359/5 "2019-08-02T09:45:09Z")

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Did you try it? I remember I already did this way and as I understand value is not a list so nothing happens.

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**Author:** ![renren66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@renren66](https://community.thunkable.com/u/renren66)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 10:42am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359/6 "2019-08-02T10:42:41Z")

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You should save MAPINFO as a list. The items will be under corresponding indices.

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**Author:** ![renren66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@renren66](https://community.thunkable.com/u/renren66)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 10:43am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359/7 "2019-08-02T10:43:47Z")

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Did you input MAPINFO directly into firebase or did you do it through thunkable?

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**Author:** ![renren66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@renren66](https://community.thunkable.com/u/renren66)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359/8 "2019-08-02T10:47:01Z")

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> [@renren66](#):
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> You should save MAPINFO as a list. The items will be under corresponding indices.

 ![Capture(15)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/9/793138f547846ee5321fab52f6e3dde82b31d180.png)  
For example, I made a project before storing questions for a quiz app. The question info is stored under 0, which is the index of the question in the list.

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/google-maps-markers-by-realtime-db/165359/9 "2024-11-08T12:11:59Z")

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