Printmaps API

High-resolution maps for print products.

Sharp, print-ready maps for brochures, photo books, mailings and travel reports. Your system can create a different map for every page or every recipient, in print quality of 150 or 300 dpi.

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Nordkette Hiking map, 10.9 km
Hiking map of the Nordkette above Innsbruck with a red route from the Hungerburg to the summit ridge, rendered by the Printmaps API
Print quality

Sharp enough for paper.

The same corner of a hiking map, shown at the same size: as a screen map, and at the two print qualities. At 300 dpi, labels and lines stay crisp on paper.

Map detail with the Gleirschspitze label and the red route, rendered at ratio 1

Screen quality

Fine on a screen, blurry on paper.

Map detail with the Gleirschspitze label and the red route, rendered at ratio 2

Print, 150 dpi

Twice the detail, for everyday prints.

Map detail with the Gleirschspitze label and the red route, rendered at ratio 4

Print, 300 dpi

Four times the detail, for high-quality print.

Open the A4 page at 300 dpi
Karwendel Hiking map, A4 landscape
Hiking map of the Karwendel mountains on a landscape A4 sheet
PSD SVG PNG
Printmaps editor

One-off maps, designed by hand.

For single maps made by hand, printmaps.net is a self-serve editor with export to layered PSD, SVG and PNG. The editor is also available as a white-label integration.

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For developers

Same request as the Static Maps API.

A print map is requested like a static map image: place, size, style and what to draw. One extra setting, the ratio, makes it print quality.

Static Maps API parameters
Request
https://staticmap.maptoolkit.net/
  ?style=maptoolkit-maptoolkit.hiking
  &center=47.3045,11.4065
  &zoom=13.5
  &size=620x877
  &ratio=4
  &format=png
  &api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

This request returns the hiking map at the top of the page: an A4 page at 300 dpi (2480 x 3508 px).

150 or 300 dpi

ratio=2 gives 150 dpi, ratio=4 gives 300 dpi.

PNG, JPEG or WebP

The file format your print workflow needs (format).

Seven map styles

Summer, Winter, Hiking, Cycling, Street, Light and Dark. Custom map styles are available with Enterprise.

Your places and routes

Markers and routes sent with the request, and areas from a KML file.

Use cases

A map for every recipient.

Each request returns one finished map, so a print run can carry a different map on every page or letter.

Achensee17.8 km
Print sheet of the Achensee with a red route along the lake

Travel reports and photo books

The route of each trip printed next to the photos.
Wolfgangsee9.2 km
Print sheet of the Wolfgangsee with a red route along the shore

Personalized mailings

Your system renders one map per recipient and sends the batch to print.
ViennaLocation map
Print sheet of central Vienna on the Light style with a red marker

Property brochures

The location of each property as a print-ready map.
Questions and answers

Questions about print maps.

Short answers on file formats, your own map style and fitting a route onto the page.

Can the Printmaps API deliver a vector file such as SVG or PDF?

No. The Printmaps API returns finished images in PNG, JPEG or WebP, at 150 or 300 dpi, which you can place in your layout or print workflow. If you need a map you can keep editing, use the printmaps.net editor instead. It exports a single map as a layered PSD, an SVG or a PNG file, made by hand rather than by your system.

Can I print maps in my own map style?

Yes, with an Enterprise plan. Custom map styles are available to Enterprise customers, and the Printmaps API supports them like the standard styles. Without a custom style, you choose one of the seven standard styles: Summer, Winter, Hiking, Cycling, Street, Light or Dark. Your markers, routes and areas are drawn on top of the style you pick.

How do I fit a whole route onto the page?

Instead of a center point and a zoom level, send the bounds of the area the route covers. The API then fits the map to that area and works out the zoom level for you. If the route sits too close to the edge, use delta_zoom to shift the calculated zoom level, which gives you more or less space around it.

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