Markup Tools & Collections#

Pillar's markup tools let you annotate the map with pins, freehand drawings, comments, notes, and measurements. Everything is shared with your team in real time and organized into collections.

The markup toolbar#

Click the pencil icon in the map toolbar to open the markup tools. The toolbar contains:

• A visibility toggle — show or hide all markup at once
• A collection picker — switch between collections (see below)
• Six tools — Pin, Comment, Note, Draw, Measure, and Select

Click a tool to activate it, click again to deactivate.

Pin#

Click the map to place a pin. A form appears where you can add:

• Label — a short title for the pin
• Description — additional details
• Color — choose from 8 presets (Indigo, Red, Amber, Emerald, Blue, Violet, Pink, Teal)

Click an existing pin to edit its label, description, color, or delete it.

Comment#

Click the map to start a comment thread. Type your message and press Enter. Comments support:

• Threaded replies — team members can reply to create a conversation
• Resolve/unresolve — mark a comment thread as resolved when the discussion is done
• @mentions — tag team members in your comments

Each comment shows the author's name, initials, and a relative timestamp.

Note#

Click and drag on the map to create a sticky note canvas. Notes use a rich text editor — type directly on the note surface on the map. Customize:

• Color — 6 pastel presets (yellow, red, green, blue, purple, orange)
• Opacity — slider from 30% to 100%

Notes can be repositioned by dragging and resized using the corner handles.

Draw#

Click and drag to draw freehand strokes on the map. Customize:

• Stroke color — 10 presets including black, red, blue, green, and white
• Stroke width — 5 size options from thin to thick

Click an existing drawing to change its color, width, or delete it.

Measure#

Click to place points that define a line or polygon. Double-click or press Enter to finish the shape.

While drawing, you'll see real-time measurements:

• Distance — total length of all segments
• Area — calculated when you have 3 or more points
• Per-segment labels — shown on the map (toggle with the labels button)

After finishing, choose a color and click Save Shape to persist the measurement. You can undo the last point while drawing, or discard the shape entirely.

Select (Lasso)#

Draw a freehand lasso around multiple markup items to select them. Selected items can be:

• Bulk deleted — remove all selected items at once
• Moved to a collection — assign all selected items to a different collection

The lasso works across all markup types simultaneously — pins, comments, notes, drawings, and measurements.

Collections#

Collections let you organize your markup into groups. Use them to separate markup by project, team, or purpose.

• Click the collection picker in the toolbar to switch between collections
• Create a new collection with a name and color
• New markup is automatically added to the active collection
• Toggle visibility per collection — hide collections you don't need right now
• Rename or delete collections from the dropdown menu
• Deleting a collection does not delete its items — they become ungrouped

All collections and markup are shared with your entire organization. Team members see each other's annotations in real time.