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Are you ready to delve into the fascinating world of Cartography? Look no further! While you don’t need to be a cartographer to use our tool, understanding the art and technique behind it can strengthen your appreciation for the maps you create!
A good map often looks effortless, and that’s the whole point. But behind that simplicity are countless cartographic choices, design decisions, data layers, styling rules, and workflow details. That is where our decades of cartographic experience make all the difference. The longer you work with maps, the more you realize how much care they actually […]
Read moreSome maps do not begin as maps. They begin as bits and pieces of information waiting to make sense together. They start in spreadsheets, route files, design folders, exports, downloads, and sometimes in a file name that has seen far too many versions of the word “final”. Useful, yes. Map-ready? Not always. Eventually, that data […]
Read moreEvery November, cartographers, designers, and data nerds gather around the same global campfire: the 30 Day Map Challenge. The rules are simple: one map per day, one theme per day, 30 days straight. This year, Mapcreator joined the challenge, and let’s just say: it was intense, inspiring, and wildly rewarding. In 30 days, we’ve followed […]
Read moreThere’s a lot of competition for attention out there. Cat videos, doomscrolling, the latest season of [enter your favorite season here]…So, how do you make sure your data, story, or project doesn’t just get a polite glance before people move on? Answer: give it a map. Maps are natural attention magnets. They help us connect […]
Read moreAre you ready to take your map animations to a whole new level? Get ready to elevate your mapping projects with our new groundbreaking feature: the 3D Terrain data layer. With this newest release, you can delve deep into valleys, soar over mountains, and really bring your maps to life. In this blog post, we’ll […]
Read moreCovering the war in Ukraine is of paramount importance as it sheds light on one of the most critical geopolitical conflicts of our time. The Russian invasion in February of 2022 has had far-reaching impacts: not only for the region but also for global politics and security. It involves complex dynamics between Russia, Ukraine, and […]
Read moreWhen it comes to mapping solutions, Google Maps is an excellent navigation tool. But when it comes to a full on mapping tool, with Mapcreator you can do more in less time! In this article, we will look at some of the advantages of Mapcreator and how we are revolutionizing the way you interact with […]
Read moreWith interactivity and animations, you would almost forget the value of static maps. But static maps have been around for centuries and have proven to be a reliable tool for data visualizations, storytelling and simplifying complex geographical information! So despite the advancements in animated, and interactive mapping technologies, static maps continue to play an important […]
Read moreWondering what a geographic data format like KML is, or what the differences are between a GEOJSON file and a GPX file? Well, you’ve come to the perfect place. After reading this article, you will know the different types of geographic data formats (also called GIS file formats) you can use to import your data […]
Read moreIn cartography it’s the little things that matter. A map has many functions and it’s easy to forget one. If you do, a map can become useless or even lead its reader to the wrong conclusions. That’s why, formerly, only cartographers who have studied the art and science of graphically representing a geographical area, were the ones […]
Read moreMapcreator provides a full global base map to our subscribers. Visualize and create maps anywhere in the world with high resolution photorealistic quality. Satellite imagery Mapcreator uses global satellite and aerial imagery provided by HERE Technologies. HERE provides Mapcreator some of the sharpest and up-to-date imagery through a strategic partnership with Maxar. The imagery is […]
Read moreHave you ever wondered how mapmakers choose which roads to draw and which ones to leave out of a map? Back in the day, cartographers manually decided which roads were important at the to-be-mapped scale. At relatively small scales, like a map of the entirety of the United States (1:50.000.000), the great majority of the […]
Read moreToday, Mapcreator announces compatibility with the powerful GEOlayers Adobe After Effects extension. The world loves maps. We see them everyday – in print, online, and on television. For years, mapmakers and cartographers created works of geographic art and visualization as images and interactive dashboards. Mapmaking made a jump from static representations to one that includes […]
Read moreby Maarten Lambrechts Almost all mapmaking tools with a graphical user interface use map layers to manage the content of the map. The source of the layers can be very diverse: they can come from the local computer or from a remote source, they can contain raster sources or vector source layers. But every layer […]
Read moreAlmost everything becomes digitized these days, creating maps is no exception. Drawing out roads, railways and even complete cities by hand, is not necessary anymore. Mapping has changed, so cartographers have to change as well. But how?
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