Choose a map style

Map design First steps

MapTiler provides Cloud users with a set of ready to use base maps. Do you wonder where you can find them or which one is suitable for your use case? Find out in this article.

Map wizard

When you log in to your MapTiler account, you will see the dashboard below. Click on the NEW MAP button to get to the Map wizard.

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Ready-to-use maps

Map wizard includes all MapTiler base maps created by our cartographers. These maps can be used right away with the USE THIS MAP button. Or you can customize them to your needs.

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Once you have your preferred map style in your account, you can embed it into your apps or websites. Scroll down for embeddable viewer, vector style.json, raster tiles, WMTS or static map image.

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Map categories

Maps are sorted based on the categories in the map wizard:

  • Popular (most used maps)
  • Simple (minimalistic maps for data overlays)
  • Navigation (context maps with transportation)
  • Terrain (maps including terrain and topography)
  • Others
  • All

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Color variants

Most of the MapTiler base maps come in dark, light or pastel variants. The variants can be found in the map wizard.

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Dark modes are beneficial for navigation at night or for highlighted data visualizations.

Light modes are monochromatic grey base maps that let your data stand out.

Some maps come also in pastel color variants with tuned-down contrast and soft color schemes:

Next steps

Continue to Quick map editing to learn about the Quick Edits panel for the simple and fast design of your maps in MapTiler Customize.

MapTiler maps overview
MapTiler dashboard
Dark base maps
Light base maps
Quick map editing