newbie-ish seeking help.

Apologies if this sounds really dumb. I admit that there are lots of gaps in my knowledge. I have a lilygo t-beam in a sweet 3-d printed case. My u is 'ke2c' (I'm a ham, my call sign is ke2cjw). I divide my time between NYC and western MA. Right now I'm in MA. My MQTT settings are set for US/MA ... I am connected to 7 satellites. On my meshtastic app on my phone I see myself on the map but when I visit any online node maps, I'm nowhere to be seen. What should I be doing differently in order to show up as a node on the node maps?