How to Make Map Emoji Symbols?

Do you ever wonder how to type map or globe symbols in your documents? Unicode has map symbols as part of the emoji which you can insert on documents using different methods. This will be useful to type simple globe showing different continents quickly in your PowerPoint or Word documents like below.

Alt Code Shortcuts for Map Emoji

Related: Alt code shortcuts for sports and games emoji symbols.

Below is the list of alt code shortcuts for map emoji symbols in Windows computer. The Word shortcuts will work only in Microsoft Word documents in Windows.

Insert Map Emoji in Windows

There are multiple ways to insert these map emoji in Windows based computers.

• If you have a keyboard with number pad then alt code shortcuts is the easy way. Turn number lock on your keyboard. Hold the alt key and type the numbers using number pad to make map emoji. For example, alt + 128506 will make world map emoji symbol like 🗺.
• If you do not have number pad on your keyboard try the Word shortcut using hexadecimal code. Type the code and press alt + x keys to make the symbol. For example, 1F5FE Alt + X will make the map of Japan emoji like 🗾.
• Do no worry if the keyboard shortcuts are not working on your laptop. On Windows 10 operating system, you can use the emoji panel to insert map emoji symbol.
  • Press “Win Logo + .” keys to open the emoji panel.
  • You can type “globe” or “map” to filter relevant symbols.
  • Double click on the map emoji to insert on your document.

Insert Map Emoji in Mac

On Mac, you have to use the emoji panel called Character Viewer app.

• First change your input to Unicode Hex Input. You can learn about changing input methods in Mac in our earlier article.
• Type “globe” or “map” in the search box.
• Double click on the map emoji to insert on your document.

Insert Map Emoji in HTML and CSS

Below are the code examples for HTML and CSS to insert map emoji symbols.

<span>&#128506;</span>
<span>&#x1F5FA;</span>

li:before {
	content:\1F5FA;
}

Symbol Variations

Apple devices like iPhone, iPad and MacBook will display map emoji as solid symbols. This looks beautiful and you can easily insert the globe emoji symbols to explain the location of a country or continent.

However, the map symbols will show as a line diagram on Windows based document. Though it does not look real, you can still change the color, background and apply other text effects.

Note, the world map emoji symbol may look completely different in some applications and browser. You can copy paste the symbol to show it like a atlas like below. However, you will see the world map on a folded paper in most applications that may not be much useful.

Instead of using emoji, you can also use the below images on your documents.