Make a mapof anything.
The free map maker anyone can use. Drop in hospitals, schools, cafes, parks, postcodes or states for any country, add your own pins, routes, photos and labels, measure and draw radius circles, flip to 3D - then share a link or embed it on your website.
Everything a great map needs. Nothing it doesn't.
A custom map maker that feels like a design tool, not GIS software. Every control has a sensible, beautiful default - so your first map looks professional in minutes.
Real-world data, one click away
109 ready-made layers for 199 countries: restaurants, hotels, hospitals, schools, supermarkets, fuel and EV charging, airports, parks, lakes, national parks, municipalities, suburbs and postcode areas - with names, addresses, phone numbers, websites and opening hours where known.
Draw & annotate
Pins, lines, areas, circles, freehand, text labels and photo markers - edit any vertex, colour, icon or popup.
Measure & analyse
Distance and area, radius rings, buffers, nearest place, points in a polygon, heat maps and colour-by-value.
3D, satellite & globe
Real terrain, extruded 3D buildings, satellite imagery and a spinning globe - one toggle away.
Every screen, previewed
Switch between desktop, tablet, phone portrait and landscape and see exactly what your visitors will see.
Share a link or embed it anywhere
One link for social, email and chat - or paste the embed code into WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, Shopify or Notion. Fast, interactive and mobile-ready.
Export to anything
PNG, PDF, CSV, GeoJSON, KML for Google Earth, GPX, Shapefile, ArcGIS and a ready-styled QGIS project - unlocked with any purchase.
From blank page to beautiful map in three steps
Pick a place and a layer
Choose a country, then what you want to see - cafes, clinics, suburbs, parks. It lands on your map instantly, styled and labelled. Or import your own spreadsheet of addresses.
Make it yours
Change colours and icons, cluster thousands of points or turn them into a heat map, draw your own areas and routes, add photos, notes and measurements.
Share it with the world
Copy the link, embed it on your site or export it. Your map stays interactive on every phone, tablet and desktop - and updates when you edit it.
41 million places. Every country. Ready to map.
Points of interest and boundaries, cleaned, grouped by country and region, and refreshed every 6 months. Explore any layer below - each has its own live preview.
Designed for the phone in your visitor's hand
More than half of map views happen on a phone. The studio shows your map in a real device frame - desktop, tablet, phone portrait and landscape - so the legend, labels and popups are perfect before anyone sees them.
- Touch-first controlsPinch, tap and swipe feel native; popups become bottom cards on small screens.
- Fast with huge layersHundreds of thousands of places stay smooth with clustering and vector rendering.
- Readable by everyoneHigh-contrast styles, keyboard navigation and text labels that never collide.
Whatever you're mapping, it's quicker here
Store locators
Plot every branch from a spreadsheet, add opening hours and directions, embed it on your site.
Real estate
Show schools, parks, transport and shops around a listing, with distance rings and suburb boundaries.
Sales territories
Draw or assign regions, colour them by rep, count customers inside each and share with the team.
Travel & events
Itineraries, venue maps, festival guides and trip routes with photos, links and notes.
Research & reporting
Heat maps, coverage analysis and choropleths for reports, journalism, NGOs and planning.
Teaching & learning
Colour-the-map exercises, geography lessons and student projects - free, in any browser.
Need one thing done? There's a tool for that
No sign-up, no install: each tool opens instantly in your browser.
Free to make. Pay once for more data.
No subscription. Every map can use 2 data layers free; extra layers are yours forever, in every map you make.
Free
Everything you need to make, style and share beautiful maps.
- Unlimited maps
- 2 data layers per map
- Drawing, labels, images, imports
- All tools, 3D and basemaps
- Share links and website embeds
Data layer
Any extra layer - one type for one country - owned for good.
- Works in every map you make
- Never uses a free slot again
- Free updates every 6 months
- Unlocks every export format
Country Pass
Every layer of one country - up to 109 of them.
- Every place and boundary layer
- All regions and states
- Free updates every 6 months
- Unlocks every export format
The power of GIS, the ease of a slide deck
| Basic free map makers | Desktop GIS software | mapbow | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ready-made places & boundaries for 199 countries | No - bring your own | Find, download and clean it yourself | One click |
| Learning curve | Minutes | Weeks | Minutes |
| Radius, buffers, measuring, heat maps | Some | Yes | Yes, in the browser |
| 3D terrain, buildings & satellite | Rarely | With plugins | Built in |
| Phone and tablet preview | No | No | Every device |
| Export to Shapefile, QGIS, ArcGIS, KML | Rarely | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | Free, limited | Licences or steep learning | Free, layers from $5 once |
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Is mapbow really free?
Yes. Make as many maps as you like, with your own pins, lines, areas, labels, images and spreadsheets, every basemap, 3D, and every measuring tool - and share or embed them. Each map can also use 2 of our built-in data layers free. You only pay if you want more layers or want to export.
What is a data layer?
One kind of place or boundary for one country - for example Hospitals in Australia, Schools in Canada or Postcode Areas in Germany. There are 109 kinds for 199 countries, 41 million places in all, each with names and details such as addresses, phone numbers, websites and opening hours where known.
How much do extra layers cost?
$5 each, paid once. A layer you buy is yours for good and works in every map you make - it never counts toward a map's free layers again. A Country Pass ($29) gives you every layer of one country.
Which export formats do I get?
Any purchase unlocks all of them: PNG and PDF images, CSV spreadsheets, GeoJSON, KML and KMZ for Google Earth, GPX for GPS devices, Shapefile, Esri JSON for ArcGIS, a ready-styled QGIS project and a standalone HTML map.
Do I need GIS experience?
No. You pick a country and a layer and it is on the map; you click to drop pins, draw areas or measure. Everything has sensible, good-looking defaults, and you can preview how your map looks on a desktop, a tablet and a phone before you share it.
Can I put my map on my website?
Yes. Every shared map has a link and an embed code you can paste into any website, WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow or Notion page. Embedded maps are fully interactive and work on phones.
How up to date is the data?
The map data is rebuilt from fresh sources every 6 months. The current release is from November 2026, and your maps pick up each new release automatically.
Can I get a refund?
Layers are digital and unlocked instantly, so we don't offer change-of-mind refunds - which is why every map can try 2 layers free first. If something is wrong with a layer, tell us and we will fix it or refund you; your rights under consumer law always apply.
Learn to make maps people love
Your map is two minutes away
Pick a country, add the places that matter, draw on it, and share it with the world - on any device.