Draw areas on a map
Want a map with drawn areas rather than only points? Think of a delivery zone, a festival site, a district, a park or a nature reserve. In localthings you draw shapes straight onto the map, give them a name and a colour, and combine them with ordinary location pins. No GIS software needed.
- You draw free-form shapes straight onto the map, give them a name, colour and emoji, and combine them with ordinary location pins.
- No GIS software or code needed - the drawing happens in the browser.
- Areas are free-form polygons, not blocks or hexagons, so a delivery zone or festival site follows its real shape.
- Visitors filter by category, which makes areas and pins read as one map.
- On Free you publish through a permanent link; embedding and a downloadable Studio QR start on Basic, a custom domain is Premium, and branding removal is Custom.
How it works
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Add your locations
Paste a website, a list or a CSV file, or let the assistant scan a site for you. Every location becomes a pin on the map.
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Set up the map
Decide what each location card shows: photo, description, opening hours and your own fields. Then pick categories with their own colour and icon, a map style and areas if you need them.
Papi di PanzaNoorderplantsoen, Groningen🥗 Food & drinksClosedopens 15:00180 m~3 min walkSouth Italian panzerotti and cannoli.
FoodstandPondStand 18VegetarianVegan- Takeaway
- Open during the festival area's opening hours
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Share the map
Publish to a permanent link, put up a QR code, or embed the map on your website from Basic. Changes go live immediately.
Try it now
Paste a website, list or CSV. The Studio assistant creates a real map that you can continue editing after you create an account.
Try it yourself
Drag the points of the example area, or click Draw new area and place your own polygon. That is how drawing areas works in Studio — no GIS, just the map.
What you get
Once you build a map with areas in localthings, this comes with it as standard:
Draw areas
Draw polygons alongside individual locations.
Your own colours, per category
Use your accent colour and a colour code per category.
Embed on your own website
Place the interactive map as an iframe in a page or an article.
Frequently asked questions
Can I draw several areas on one map?
Yes. Draw as many as you need and spread them across categories with their own colours - useful when you want to show several delivery zones or festival sites.
How is this different from a site map or an ordinary map?
A site map usually marks facilities as pins. Drawing areas captures shapes instead: where a zone begins and ends, which ground belongs to an event, or which area a route covers. Both can live on one map - try drawing an area in the interactive demo above, or see our page on venue maps.
Can I change an area afterwards?
Yes. Open the area in the builder, drag the corner points and save - the published map updates immediately, without changing the link or the embed code.
How does this compare to Google My Maps?
Google My Maps also lets you draw shapes, but without category filters for visitors, your own branding or tidy location cards. localthings is built for maps you share under your own name - areas and pins on one map.