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A Cartivale map theme

Topographic

Stone, green, sand and cool blue. Topographic takes its colour cues from landscape maps and gives everyday geography a quieter outdoor feel. Start with a natural palette and frame a place you like to explore.

Explore Topographic

In the studio, choose Topographic under Theme, then pick a style.

Cairo: Desert tones set the dense street network against the broad Nile and its islands, with a quiet corner caption.
Cairo · Desert · Made with Cartivale

Landscape colour, real geography

Vegetation, water and settlement areas carry the composition through related natural tones. The current Vaduz artwork shows those geographic features without elevation contours or hillshade: terrain data isn’t available here. Nothing is invented to make the view look mountainous. Compared with Minimal’s neutral restraint, Topographic gives the land and its colours more of the story.

Find your starting style

Alpine balances cool stone and green. Forest favours vegetation tones, Desert warms the palette, Arctic keeps it pale, and Earth brings a broader set of natural colours.

  • Topographic map of Cape Town in the Alpine style

    Alpine

    Cape Town

  • Topographic map of Auckland in the Forest style

    Forest

    Auckland

  • Topographic map of Cairo in the Desert style

    Desert

    Cairo

  • Topographic map of Québec in the Arctic style

    Arctic

    Québec

  • Topographic map of Guanajuato in the Earth style

    Earth

    Guanajuato

Follow a route you remember

Choose an available view, draw your own route and mark a place along the way. Adjust the layer colours so your route stays clear against the land. You can add a short note or date, then refine the framing around the part of the journey you want to keep.

How it works

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Keep a place from your wanderings.

In the studio, choose Topographic under Theme, then pick a style.

Explore Topographic

Selected places, real geography. Search the editor for your own place and check the available map detail. © OpenStreetMap contributors

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