MapDraft: draw on a map, measure areas and share it

MapDraft is a free map drawing tool. Search any place, draw zones, routes and pins on a real map, see areas and distances instantly, and share your map with a link. Now in beta.

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Search a place, then pick a tool to start drawing
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ChatGPT and Claude open with the prompt filled in. Gemini doesn’t allow other sites to fill its input box, so the prompt is copied for you: click Gemini’s message box and press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on Mac).
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How to use MapDraft
A two-minute guide to drawing on a map.

Find a place

Press / or click the search box, type a place or address and press Enter. The target button at the bottom right jumps to where you are. Your browser will ask for permission the first time.

Pick a tool and draw

Use the toolbar on the left, or press a key:

V Select P Pen H Highlighter A Arrow R Rectangle O Ellipse G Polygon M Pin T Text E Eraser

Drag to draw a pen line, highlighter, rectangle or ellipse. For an arrow, click the start and then the end. For a polygon, click each corner and click the first point to close it. After one shape the tool switches back to Select. Double-click a tool or press Q to keep drawing.

Colour and style

Click the colour dot at the bottom of the toolbar, or press 1 to 8. The panel also sets width, opacity and line style. [ and ] change the width.

Edit what you drew

Click a shape to select it. Drag its handles to resize or reshape it, and use the bar above it to change colour, duplicate or delete (Delete). Name a zone in the card on the right. Every area and route shows its size and length automatically; switch between metric and imperial in Settings.

Undo, pan and zoom

Undo with Ctrl Z (⌘ Z on Mac) and redo with Shift added. Drag the map with the Select tool, or hold Space while drawing. Scroll or use the + and − buttons to zoom.

Map style

The layers button at the bottom right switches between Light, Streets and Satellite.

Share, export and import

Use Share to copy a link or embed code. The whole map is stored inside the link, so anyone can open it, and later edits need a new link. The eye icon to preview what a viewer sees. In Settings you can export a PNG, GeoJSON or KML, and import GeoJSON, KML or CSV files. You can also drop a file on the map.

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Share map
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The map is saved inside this link. Anyone with it can view the map and make their own copy. Later edits need a new link.
Drop to add to the map GeoJSON, KML or CSV with coordinates or addresses
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