Maps for everyone, with the world's places built in
mapbow exists so anyone – not just GIS professionals – can make a beautiful, accurate, interactive map in minutes, with real-world data already there.
Why we built mapbow
Making a useful map usually takes two hard things: software that is either too simple or far too complicated, and data that is scattered, messy and slow to prepare. Want a map of every hospital in a country, or the postcode areas for your sales team? Traditionally that meant days of finding, downloading, converting and cleaning files before you could even start.
mapbow removes both obstacles. The studio runs in your browser and is designed for people who have never opened a GIS. And 109 types of places and boundaries – from restaurants and schools to national parks and postcode areas – are ready to add for 199 countries and territories, 41,741,034 features in all.
What you can do
- Make any kind of map: pin maps, heat maps, colour-coded region maps, territories, routes and radius maps.
- Add real data in two clicks: browse map data by country.
- Analyse: distances, areas, buffers, points in polygons, nearest features and more.
- Present: 3D terrain and buildings, a spinning globe, and previews for desktop, tablet and phone.
- Share: links, website embeds and – with any purchase – exports for PNG, PDF and every major GIS format.
Fair, simple pricing
We think a map maker should be free to use properly, so it is: unlimited maps, drawing, imports, tools, 3D, sharing and embedding, plus two built-in data layers per map. If you need more data, you buy just the layers you need – $5 each, once, yours to reuse in every map – or a $29 Country Pass. No subscriptions to remember to cancel. See pricing.
Built on open data
Our data layers are compiled from open geographic data created by communities and public institutions around the world, refreshed regularly, cleaned, de-duplicated and organised by country and region. We credit every source on our data licence & attributions page.
Who is behind it
mapbow is made and operated by XTO Pty Ltd (ACN 702 801 410), an independent software company based in Sydney, Australia.
Questions, ideas or partnership enquiries? Get in touch – a real person reads every message.