Make a site map of your venue or event
For an event, a site, a park or a building you want to show visitors where everything is. An interactive venue map works on a phone, is always current, and lets visitors search and filter for themselves.
- An interactive venue map is a map of your site or building on which visitors search and filter themselves, instead of a printed map or a PDF.
- No code or GIS software needed: you draw the areas straight onto the map and place facilities as pins.
- Visitors open it from a QR code on site or a link - no app required.
- When the layout changes you edit one point and visitors see it straight away.
- 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
papidipanza.com@papidipanza - 3
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.
A venue map we built ourselves
For Noorderzon 2026 in Groningen we made the map next to this one - with the same steps as above. Click into it: it is the real, published map.
- 432 points across the site: stages, food, first aid and info points.
- Visitors filter by category instead of scanning a printed map.
- Every point has its own card with a description and opening hours.
- One QR code or link, which you update without republishing.
What you get
Once you build a venue map in localthings, this comes with it as standard:
Draw areas
Draw polygons alongside individual locations.
Category and date filters
Filter by topic, or by today, this weekend or this month.
Shareable map and location links
Every location has its own direct link.
Frequently asked questions
Can I draw areas, not just pins?
Yes. Alongside pins you can draw shapes and zones - for a festival site, a parking zone or a nature reserve. Try it interactively on our page about drawing areas on a map.
Does the map work on mobile?
Yes. It runs straight in the browser on any phone - visitors do not need to install an app.