Choose Raise land and paint the first landmass
New map

Start a new world

Set the canvas dimensions for a blank map. The map you have open stays in your library.

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Map upgrade

Convert this map to shapes

This map was made before shapes. Converting turns urban areas, water, landscape and territories into shapes that stay sharp at every zoom, and waterway labels into rivers. Territories are clipped to the coast.

Map settings

Map scale

How much ground one map pixel covers. The relief brush uses it to turn wavelengths in kilometres into map pixels. Relief already painted keeps its size on the map; only new strokes use the new scale.

Detail map

Make a detail map of this area

A new map of the box, enlarged, with its coast, borders, rivers, roads and places. Your map stays as it is.

Shortcuts

Map controls

H / Shift+H
Hand / paint relief
B / Shift+B
Raise / lower land
L / S / N / G
Level / smooth / roughen / erode
I
Pick a height for Level
W
Paint a lake
V
Draw a river
R / Shift+R
Small / main road
Shift-drag / ⌘-drag
Straight road segment / draw a road without snapping
P
Place location
E
Toggle the matching eraser
[ / ]
Decrease / increase brush size
Shift+[ / ]
Fine brush size adjustment
- / =
Lower / raise target elevation
Shift+- / =
Fine elevation adjustment
8 / 0 / T
Heightmap / blended / territory view
Space or Alt-drag
Pan map
Scroll
Zoom map
Local library

Your maps

Maps live in this browser. Opening a file or starting a new map adds it here rather than replacing the one you have open.

Map export

Render map

Drag on the preview to set the render area.

3000 × 2000 px
Layers
Labels
PlacesAll places selected