MapTools

Cartography & Map Design

Cartography tools help with the design side of maps: color palettes that read well, map style editors, projections and terrain shading.

12 tools · 11 free or freemium · 5 open source

Mapbox

mapbox.com

Custom map styles, vector tiles and location APIs for developers

Freemium8

MapTiler

maptiler.com

Vector map tiles, styles and hosting built on OpenStreetMap

Freemium8

Natural Earth

naturalearthdata.com

Public domain map data at small scales

Free6

Projection Wizard

projectionwizard.org

Find the right map projection for your area

Free4

ColorBrewer

colorbrewer2.org

Proven color schemes for thematic maps

Free3

Maputnik

maplibre.org

Free visual editor for vector map styles

Open source3

Mapshaper

mapshaper.org

Simplify, edit and convert map shapes in the browser

Open source2

BlenderGIS

github.com

Import GIS data, terrain and basemaps into Blender

Open source2

CARTOColors

carto.com

Color schemes designed for maps by CARTO

Free2

D3 (d3-geo)

d3js.org

Map projections and SVG maps for custom data graphics

Open source1

Snazzy Maps

snazzymaps.com

Free styles for Google Maps

Freemium1

Eduard

eduard.earth

Relief shading app for beautiful terrain

Paid1