Create a Map Online — Make a Beautiful Map from Your Data
Quick answer: drop a GeoJSON, Shapefile, KML, CSV or Excel file onto this page and a styled interactive map appears in seconds. No GIS software, no account, and nothing uploaded.
Make a map in three steps
Add data, choose a background, pick a colour. There is no projection dialog, no layer tree, and no configuration before you see a result — the tool applies sensible defaults and lets you adjust from there.
Build a map from any common format
GeoJSON, Shapefile, KML, KMZ, GPX, CSV, Excel, GeoPackage, FlatGeobuf, GeoParquet and WKT. If your spreadsheet has latitude and longitude columns, it can become a map without converting anything first.
Create a map that looks good
A curated palette reads clearly on both light and dark backgrounds, and the background presets are chosen to contrast with typical data. Good-looking maps come from few decisions made well, not many made badly.
Points, lines and polygons
Each geometry type gets an appropriate style automatically: circles for points, weighted strokes for lines, and filled areas with visible outlines for polygons. Multi-layer files such as a zipped Shapefile keep their layers separate, with a colour picker for each.
Private by design
Your file is parsed with WebAssembly and drawn with WebGL inside the browser. Nothing is uploaded, so the page works offline and is safe for internal or sensitive data. There is no file size cap imposed by a server.
Grow into the full Studio
When you need more, one click opens the same data in the full Studio — attribute tables, filters, a time slider, spatial analysis, and conversion to Shapefile, KML, GeoPackage or CSV.
Map ideas you can try right now
A map of where your customers are. Export a spreadsheet with latitude and longitude columns and drop it here. Points appear as soon as the columns are recognised, so you can see the geographic shape of a list you have only ever read as rows.
A field survey map. GPX tracks from a handheld GPS or a phone app render as lines over satellite imagery, which is usually enough to check a route before writing it up.
A boundaries map. Drop a Shapefile of administrative areas to see coverage at a glance. Use the light background for print and the dark one for screens.
A map for a slide. Pick the background that matches your deck, choose one strong colour, and screenshot or export the result. Consistent colours across panels matter more than elaborate symbology.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I create a map from my data?
- Drop your file onto this page, or click Choose a file. Your points, lines, or polygons appear on the map immediately with sensible colours already applied. Then pick a background, choose a colour, and you are done. There is nothing to configure before you see a result.
- What file types can I make a map from?
- GeoJSON, Shapefile (a .zip or the .shp with its sidecars), KML and KMZ, GPX, CSV or Excel with latitude and longitude columns, GeoPackage, FlatGeobuf, GeoParquet, and WKT text. Most spreadsheet exports can be turned into a map as long as they contain coordinate columns.
- Is this map maker really free?
- Yes. There is no account, no trial, no watermark, and no limit on how many maps you make. The tool is supported by advertising, which is why it stays free.
- Do I need to upload my data anywhere?
- No. Your file is read and rendered entirely inside your browser using WebAssembly and WebGL — it never leaves your device. File processing stays local. Online basemaps and example downloads still need a network connection.
- Can I make a map without any GIS experience?
- That is what this page is for. There is no layer tree, no projection setting, and no dialog asking you to choose a coordinate system. You add data and the map appears with a style already applied. The full Studio adds filters, timelines, and attribute tables when you want them later.
- How do I make my map look good?
- Three choices do most of the work: pick a background that contrasts with your data (dark for glowing point data, light for boundaries), use one colour for one layer rather than many, and keep the styling consistent across layers. The colour palette on this page is chosen to read clearly on both light and dark backgrounds.
- Can I share the map I made?
- Download PNG to share an image, or GeoJSON to share the data. Continue in Studio transfers the data locally into the full viewer. This tool does not publish uploaded data or create a public hosted link.
- Why do my points not show up where I expect?
- The usual causes are swapped latitude and longitude columns, coordinates in a projected system such as UTM rather than degrees, or a CSV whose coordinate columns were not detected. If the map is empty or clustered in one spot, check that your coordinates look like decimals between -180 and 180.
Related tools
- Studio viewer — the full workspace: tables, filters, timeline, analysis.
- GeoJSON validator — check a file if the map comes up empty.
- CRS detector — find out which projection a file uses.
- EPSG converter — fix coordinates that land in the wrong place.
- GeoJSON tools — create, validate, and convert GeoJSON.
- World flags map — a worked example of a styled thematic map.