The Map Pins path effect applied to a sample shape
Cartography

Map Pins

Scatter teardrop location markers with punched heads and ground ellipses across a region, setting how many, how large and which random arrangement.

FamilyCartography
Parameters3 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 3 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Count1 to 60, default 10
  2. Size2 to 400, default 24
  3. Seed0 to 9999, default 23

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