Step 1 of 5

Choose your map

Start with a style, then choose the area shape and finished size.

Setup

What are you making? Choose a product style, then set your area type and size.

Choose a construction style

Compare the map examples, then choose your area and finished size. Add a personal title later.

Product Style ?

Choose what you're making — piece count, features, and defaults are set automatically.

How should the area be framed?

Choose a rectangular area, keep features inside a boundary, or cut the outline itself.

What size?

Choose a picture frame size, match your laser cutter bed, or enter custom dimensions.

Choose a frame size ?

W: 300 mm · H: 200 mm · Ratio: 3:2
Inches: 11.8 x 7.9

▶ Customize pieces manually ?

Step 2 of 5

Find your place

Search for a place, then adjust the map until the area you want is inside the frame.

Location

Search for your map area. Pan/zoom/rotate the map on the right.

Search Location

Choose a place for a regular rectangular map. Your selected layers are retained.

Map area, corner to corner: -- km Bearing: 0 °

Step 3 of 5

Choose map details

Keep the details that matter to you. Your preview updates as you choose.

Map Features

Choose which map layers to include. Toggle features to refresh the overlay.

What's on your map?

Lines roads, railways, waterway lines

Areas water, parks, buildings, land use

Labels place names and street names

Other transit, power lines, airports, landmarks, borders

Road Detail ?

Balanced: major roads and important local streets.

Start with Balanced for a readable road network. Use Minimal for a larger area or smaller finished map. The export check reviews the final cut pieces.

Step 4 of 5

Make it yours

Work through the options for your map, then add any text or finishing touches.

Style & Labels

Add text labels, decorative elements, and assembly options.

Captured overlay is stale. It will auto-refresh when you proceed. Or go back to Step 3 and click Refresh Overlay.

Water — one question at a time

Water styling is a couple of quick questions, asked one at a time: water style now, then optional layered water depth. You can press Back on any screen to change an earlier answer. Choose a water style below to begin.

Water Style ?

Pick how the open water reads on the cut — this style applies to the water surface and, when layered depth is on, to the layered depth pieces.

Water Look ?

Plain No styling

Nautical Wave texture

Coastal Decorative linework

▶ Advanced water & style options

Style Preset

Water Treatment

Changes here sync back to the primary Water Look selector above.

Water texture spacing

Close together Densest engrave (~1.5 mm)

Balanced Balanced default (~2.25 mm)

Farther apart Lighter, faster engrave (~3.0 mm)

Relief / Contours ?

None No engraved contour lines

Bathymetric Bathymetric contour engraving on water where data exists

Terrain Topographic contour engraving on U.S. land coverage

Land + Water Topo contours on land plus depth contours on water where both exist

Decorative shoreline layers

Layer Functions exportable

Derived layer geometry that acts on a feature layer. Style vectors live in the Water / Style cards above — this section is for physical nested layers.

Depth Map (water) exportable

Depth Map creates stylized nested water layers from shoreline shape — each cut exposes a depth shelf on the layer below. Not surveyed bathymetric depth data.

Add engraved water texture to depth pieces?

No water vector style One style on all visible water surfaces Choose a style for each water surface

Water texture spacing ?

Water texture spacing

Current: Standard

Water Finish

Choose how the water areas are made — the classic layered stack, or separate cutting sheets for a contrasting inlay material.

Inlay material

The material you pick controls the separate water-inlay SVG/DXF sheets in your export package.

Railways Style ?

Plain: a single clean line for each railway.

Parks Style ?

None: park outlines only, no interior texture.

Do you want a map label?

Add a title and subtitle to your map. You can customize the text and placement.

Label

How should this label be made?

Applies to the label you are adding now — each new label asks again, and every added label can switch between Engraved and Raised anytime from your items list (the “Your items” button by the preview).

Engraved: the title is burned into the detail plate (the main map board). Raised cutout: the title is cut from a thin board and glued on top after assembly. It gets a separate cutting sheet unless the export verifies enough unused stock on a shared accent sheet.

Label style ?

Pick one — Engraved burns the title into the detail plate; Raised cutout cuts it from a thin board glued on after assembly. Cutting sheets are shared only where unused stock is verified.

Title ?

Use a title idea

Subtitle ?

Marquee / border

Choose a decorative frame around the text.

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▶ Label options

Show lat/lon ?

Font ?

Placement ?

Text alignment

Rotation ?

0°

Do you want to add clip art?

Add a decorative icon like a compass rose, anchor, or tree to a corner of your map.

Clipart ?

How should this clip art be made?

Applies to the clip art you are adding now — each new item asks again, and every added item can switch between Engraved and Raised anytime from your items list (the “Your items” button by the preview).

Engraved: the clip art is burned into the detail plate (the main map board). Raised cutout: it is cut from a thin board and glued on top after assembly — its own new piece, or, if your design already has a raised top piece (a glued-up overlay, the top depth layer, or a glued-up label), they share one board.

Clipart style ?

Pick one — Engraved burns the title into the detail plate; Raised cutout cuts it from a thin board glued on after assembly (its own piece, or shared with an existing raised top piece).

Placement ?

Size ?

35 mm

Rotation ?

0°

Choose clip art

▶ Advanced — exact placement

Exact corner ?

Finishing & Alignment ?

Corner ticks ?

Alignment aid ?

Step 5 of 5

Review & download

Check your design and any production notes, then download your cutting files.

Preview & Export

Review what you're about to make, then export.

Checking your build…

Your production check will appear here.

Preparing the production check.

Cutting files

SVG cutting sheets SVG cutting files for your map and accents. One file may contain several parts to assemble.

DXF cutting sheets Alternative cutting files for compatible laser software.

LightBurn and xTool projects Included for supported cutting files. Unsupported files use SVG/DXF; exact native coverage is confirmed when the ZIP is built.

Water-inlay sheets Separate water-inlay cutting sheets (SVG + DXF) for your selected inlay material.

Included guides and credits

README.pdf Assembly guide with piece order, palette, and build notes.

Export receipt Production checks and the recorded design details.

ATTRIBUTION.txt Data-source credits and license notices for your specific map.

Assembly plan

Review your choices

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What you'll export

Settings Summary

Configure your map settings first.

The interactive map appears on Step 2.

Live Preview Map up to date 1 piece Finished Look Ready 1 piece Finished Look Idle Ready

View

Polished product view · real resolved geometry

Preview Mode

Linework Review High-contrast review rendering. The final ZIP is production truth; this view is for visual review only.

Preview will appear when you reach this step.

The map is shown in Steps 2-4. Preview generates here.