Map MakerReviews of maps.co

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First things first. Be careful. Read the pricing before you do anything. On a free account, you are harshly limited. I am a Gamemaster for my TTRPG games and one of them is set on Earth, so, I searched far and wide to find any tool that could help me delineate certain custom territories for the purpose of worldbuilding. When it comes down to doing what it is supposed to do, this one is one of the best among the simple mapping tools. However, I was not notified of the limitations that come with a free account until I tried to place my fourth territory down after spending about three to four hours of research and careful deliberation. And that might be on me, but there was no clear indication of any limitations or what does a paid account offer before my work was done. I don't know if this is intentional or not, but I do believe that its best to be as clear as possible when it comes down to notifying and explaining to your users what are the limitations of different plans, where can you read more and, certainly, being as "loud" as possible about your paid plans. This would help any user, even as unattentive as me, understand what are their options and that they can pay for those options or find another option somewhere on the internet. Then where's also the fact that you can't export KML/KMZ files of your territories or maps in general, or at least its hidden somewhere and I couldn't find it, but that would be strange, since the option to export your map in png is quite visible (it simply exports a screenshot of the map as it is on your screen, so, worse in quality). There is also an option of exporting .csv files for markers and layers, but those seem to be pretty much the same thing and I hadn't used them at all. I wouldn't be writing this review if I had an option of exporting my work, instead of simply shutting down my account and throwing it into the trash or paying 200USD per year or 29 per month for an app that I won't even be using for a month. And no, there isn't a free trial. Finally, there's also a minor grudge, but one that it is possible to fix without ruining the owners financially. When you are done placing a custom territory, in addition to having an option to save, you also have an option to cancel. However, unlike any other button that allows you to delete your data, that cancel button doesn't make sure you meant to cancel, so a single missclick can possibly ruin hours of your work. I understand that I am not part of the target audience, I am not a data analyst nor am I a business owner. Still, I believe that these issues can and should be addressed. If not, I hope that at least other hobbyists can be spared from wasting their time.

Great, easy-to-use tool. I was able to upload a .csv first try and download a png of my map.

Easy to use and provides a great finished product. Thank you.

The experience was great. In few minutes I was able to load my csv and get the best of GIS. Included Google features and attribute viewer are awesome. I would suggest little to 'Map Maker' from the license side to open gates for students like me as we are restricted for 500 records. I am a Northwood University student and like to explore more.

pretty good also can you add more subdivisons

I was able to create the maps I needed. I uploaded the geographic points with csv files and it was extremely fast.