Design Custom Maps That Match Your Brand
Mapme’s custom map maker gives you control over every visual element of an interactive map, including the look of the map itself, the markers, your brand colors, fonts, logo, panel layout, filters, and the mobile experience. You can style a map from the built-in editor without writing code.
Choose from a gallery of ready-made map styles, or import a basemap style you designed in MapTiler or Mapbox. Fine-tune individual interface elements with CSS when you need to. The result is a map that reads as part of your website rather than an embedded third-party widget.
What you can customize in Mapme
Control every visual element of your map, from the basemap up.
Every visual element of a Mapme map is under your control. Choose how the map itself looks or import your own style, design your markers, whether you want pins, icons, photos, or numbered shapes, apply your brand palette, typefaces and logo across the interface, and restyle individual components with CSS when the editor is not enough. Most of it takes a few clicks in the map settings. CSS is there for teams who want to go further, but it is optional and most maps never need it.
Custom map styles
Custom map markers
Marker visibility rules
Brand colors, fonts and logo
Panel layout and location list
Categories and filters
Custom CSS
3D buildings, terrain and globe
Image overlays
Boundaries and mobile view
How to create a custom map in 5 steps
1. Start from a template or a blank map
Pick a template for city guides, tourism, events, real estate, or nonprofits, or start clean.
2. Choose your basemap
Open Appearance > Basemap and pick a built-in style, or import a custom style you designed in MapTiler or Mapbox. Set the map language if your audience is not English-speaking.
3. Design your markers
Open Appearance > Markers & Labels and set the marker style for each category, since most maps group locations by category and style them that way. Upload your own icons where a single location needs to stand out, and override an individual location’s marker when it should differ from its category.
4. Apply your brand
Add your logo, set brand colors and fonts, and choose the panel layout that fits your site.
5. Publish and embed
Preview on mobile, then embed the map on your website or share it as a link.
Advanced Customization for Technical Teams
For technical teams who want to take it further, custom CSS lets you restyle fonts, buttons, panels, list items and category controls until the map matches your site exactly. Add it under Appearance > CSS > Custom CSS.
Mapme marks the classes that are safe to target with the prefix .mapme-theme__, so the styling you write keeps working as the platform ships new features. A library of ready-to-copy examples covers the common requests, including hiding addresses from the location list, restyling category names, and resizing list thumbnails.
If you want the result without the work, Mapme’s professional services team builds custom styling to spec.
Branded Map Examples
Organizations across sectors use Mapme to publish maps that carry their own identity rather than a platform’s.
NBA Basketball School
Custom country styling, NBA branding, and a searchable global directory make every school feel like part of one unified worldwide network.
Miami Design District
A fully customized basemap, branded markers, and curated filters create a seamless digital guide that matches the district’s premium visual identity.
World MS Day Map
Branded category icons, campaign artwork, and a custom color palette turn a global awareness map into an extension of the World MS Day identity.
Customization Settings and Plan Availability
Where to find each setting in Mapme, and which plan includes it.
| Setting | What you control | Where to find it | Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basemap | |||
| Basemap style | Built-in styles including streets, satellite, dark and light | Appearance > Basemap | All plans5 styles on Starter, 12 on Professional, 17 on Expert |
| Secondary basemap | A second style visitors can toggle to | Appearance > Basemap | Expert and above |
| Custom basemap import | Your own style from MapTiler or Mapbox | Appearance > Basemap > Custom Tileset | Professional and above |
| Map language | Localized country, city and street labels | Appearance > Basemap > Pencil icon | All plans |
| 3D and layers | |||
| 3D buildings | All buildings in 3D, or specific ones highlighted | Appearance > Basemap > 3D Buildings, Globe & Terrain | All plansHighlighting specific buildings in Expert and above (Layers > Buildings) |
| 3D terrain and globe | Elevation and globe view | Appearance > Basemap > 3D Buildings, Globe & Terrain | All plans |
| Image overlays | Floor plans, site plans and drone imagery over the basemap | Layers > Overlays | All plans |
| Markers | |||
| Marker shape and size | Circle, pin or floating, 35px default size | Categories (or Locations) > Marker Style Customization | All plans |
| Marker images | Your own icons, including logo submarks | Categories (or Locations) > Marker Style Customization > Upload Custom Markers | All plans |
| Marker display rules | Which markers show at which zoom level | Categories (or Locations) > Category/Marker Display & Behavior | Expert and above |
| Marker clustering | Automatic grouping in dense areas | Appearance > Markers & Labels | Expert and above |
| Serial numbering | Automatic numbered or lettered markers | Categories (or Locations) > Marker Style Customization | All plans |
| Branding and layout | |||
| Logo, colors and fonts | Brand identity across panel, buttons and controls | Read here | All plansCustom fonts are Expert and above |
| Panel layout | Layout style, from text-led to media-rich | Appearance > Layout > Content Layout Styles | All plans |
| Custom CSS | Fonts, buttons, panels, list items, category styling | Appearance > CSS | Expert and above |
| Content and navigation | |||
| Categories and filters | Names, colors, nesting and multi-select filtering | Categories > Multi-level Category Settings | All plans3 categories on Starter, 10 on Professional, 250 on Expert. Nesting and multi-select are Expert and above |
| Map boundaries | Zoom, pitch and pan limits | Settings > Map Limits | Expert and above |
Enterprise includes everything in Expert, with custom location and traffic limits. See the pricing page for the full plan comparison.
Custom Map Maker vs Free Map Tools
Free tools let you drop pins on someone else’s map. That is often enough for a personal trip or a quick internal reference. It stops being enough when the map appears on your website, in front of your customers.
Three gaps show up immediately. Free tools generally do not let you apply your logo, brand colors or typefaces. They do not accept a custom basemap style, so your map keeps the platform’s visual identity instead of yours. And they give you no CSS access, so the interface stays whatever the tool decided it should be.
A custom map maker closes all three. The map carries your brand end to end, and visitors read it as part of your site rather than an embedded widget from a company they have never heard of.
Who Uses Mapme’s Custom Map Maker
Nonprofit & Government
Share your achievements
Commercial Real Estate
Market your properties
Residential Real Estate
Close more sales
Arts & Culture
Engage your community
Tourism & Hospitality
Increase your bookings
Retail
Show store locations
Construction & Architecture
Visualize project portfolios
News & Media
Tell stories visually
Places of Worship
Guide every congregation
Share and Embed Your Branded Maps
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a custom map, and how can it benefit my business?
A custom map is an interactive map whose visual design you control rather than accept from the platform hosting it. That includes the basemap style, the markers, the colors, the typefaces, the logo and the layout of the interface around the map. Organizations use custom maps for store locators, campus tours, event guides, property portfolios, city guides and impact maps, in each case so the map matches the brand it sits inside.
How do I make a map match my brand colors and fonts?
In Mapme editor, select your typefaces and upload your logo. Those settings apply across the panel, buttons and controls. For anything the editor does not reach, add custom CSS in the same place. There is a full walkthrough in the guide to customizing your map to match your brand.
Can I upload my own map marker icons?
Yes. You can upload your own marker images and assign them per category or to a single location, which is useful when a sponsor or headquarters needs to stand out. For logos, a simplified logo submark works better than the full logo, ideally on a transparent background or inside a circular shape, because detailed logos with text do not stay legible at marker size.
Can I use my own map style instead of a built-in one?
Yes. Alongside the built-in style gallery you can import a custom basemap style you built in MapTiler or Mapbox, which lets you match the map’s colors and typography to your brand system. Basic style editing in those tools is straightforward. Deeper changes take some GIS familiarity, and Mapme’s professional services team can build the style for you.
Can I use an illustrated or hand-drawn map instead of a standard basemap?
Yes. Upload your illustrated map (example), resort map, campus rendering or historical map and place it over the basemap, then add interactive markers on top. This is available on all plans and is a common choice for resorts, festivals, campuses and destination guides where a designed map communicates better than a street map. The same method works for floor plans, site plans and drone imagery.
Can I customize my map with CSS?
Yes. Add CSS under Appearance > CSS > Custom CSS. Classes prefixed with .mapme-theme__ are marked safe to customize and will keep working as new features ship. There is a library of ready-to-copy examples for common changes like restyling category names, resizing list thumbnails and hiding addresses from the location list.
Can visitors switch between map styles?
Yes, on plans that include a secondary basemap. You set a primary and a secondary style, for example streets and satellite, and visitors toggle between them. This is common on campus, parking and tourism maps where people want both the labeled view and the real-world view.
How much customization is possible without writing code?
All of the visual settings, including basemap style, markers, colors, fonts, logo, layout, categories, filters and map boundaries, are handled in the editor with no code. CSS is available for teams who want finer control over individual interface elements, but it is optional and most maps never need it.
Does Mapme offer a free trial?
Yes, a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, so you can build and style a map before choosing a plan. See pricing for the full plan comparison.