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GIS Meets Fantasy — World Generator by Scribble Maps

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Fantasy maps have always been an integral part of the fantasy genre, providing a visual representation of the imaginary world in which the story is set in. These maps are often used to help readers navigate the world and understand the geography and political boundaries of the various kingdoms, cities, and other locations of the wider story. One of the most iconic examples of this is J.R.R. Tolkien’s map of Middle-earth, featured in his The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The map was created by Tolkien himself, which he used to keep track of the various locations and characters in his story. His map was also included in the first edition of The Lord of the Rings, giving readers a glimpse into the epic world of Middle-earth. Another famous fantasy map is the one from George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, which was prominently used in the opening credits of the popular series Game of Thrones. In video games, fantasy maps serve a vital role in immersing players into the captivati
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The Scribble Maps Community

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Why Launch a New Forum? There are many reasons to launch a new forum, though it is clear that it’s human nature for us to converse, listen, debate and discuss. We all have a desire for deep interpersonal relationships, to connect with others, and to be integrated into a group.  People love to share their knowledge, thoughts and opinions with the world. Building an online community can provide a lot of value to the brands that choose to implement them, but more importantly, it becomes a massive boon to the users that participate as well.  Through the new Scribble Maps Community forum, we hope to provide customers with peer-to-peer self-service support, improve our services and offerings, build on our relationship with our clients, and increase customer success. Let’s take a moment to review the benefits of each of these. 1. Peer-to-peer Self-service Support The Scribble Maps Community is the perfect place for support representatives and customers to share, discuss, and
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Introducing Parcel Data!

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Scribble Maps provides U.S. Parcel Data to Pro Biz users That’s right, Scribble Maps is excited to announce the arrival of U.S. Parcel Data for Pro Business accounts, providing you with even more tools and data for your digital maps.  Who doesn’t like having more information at the click of a button? Know… before you buy Have you ever been curious to know more about the homes, amenities, and businesses in a particular neighbourhood before making a purchase? No one wants to experience buyer's remorse. Make sure the area has everything you’re looking for before you buy.  Maybe you need to determine which locations would be impacted by pipeline construction.  Affected municipalities and neighbourhoods might want to know how many, or who would be inconvenienced by the project. Perhaps you need to determine if a location is suitable for your fledgling enterprise and whether the area could have more competition than initially expected. Don’t let your start-up fail by choosing an already
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The Mapping Swiss Army Knife Of Real Estate

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Knowledge is power! So why not have as much of it as possible. The more data you can collect, the more informed your decisions can be. But what do you do with all that data once you have it? Now you have stacks and stacks of information, how do you make sense of it all? Using our online map maker we make it easy. Here Are 5 ways you can use Scribble Maps for Real Estate: 1. Transform your Spreadsheets into Maps Tell the story of your data through visual representation. Most people would rather watch a movie than read the script. Use Scribble Maps to import your XLS, CVS and other spreadsheets to bring your spreadsheets to life and help illustrate the full story. Data is dull; maps are memorable! 2. Data filtering Once you have imported your spreadsheets, use our data filtering tools to efficiently sort through information. Data filtering helps show data that you want to see based on specific conditions. It allows you to quickly filter spreadsheets such as XLS, CVS, or custom attribute
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How to make a custom map

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There are many reasons why someone wants to create a map, but using the Scribble Maps online map editor , you can quickly make your own custom map where only your imagination is the limit. It would be impossible to go over every type of map you can create with Scribble Maps, but we will cover some in this post. If you want to hop in as quickly as possible, you can watch our first map video, which will go over all the basic tools you need to get started with Scribble Maps. Select or style the base map One of the first things you will want to do is set the base map or customize the existing one. For instance, creating a custom map style, such as a map without labels, click the custom bottom in the bottom right. Now you can turn off options like labels. Add drawings and markers to your map some of the most common things you may want to do are add drawings, markers, or text to your map. To accomplish this, all you need to do is select the tool you want in the toolbar and then click or drag
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Create Service Area Polygons (Voronoi Diagrams)

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  In 1854 physician John Snow used Voronoi-like diagrams to figure out an infected water pump in London. However, a less dark use case of Voronoi diagrams is simply figuring out service areas, also known as catchment areas, for things like schools, stores, and hospitals. Simply, a service area polygon shows what point is closest to you. We have no brought the ability to create these types of maps to Scribble Maps! To create a Voronoi diagram follow these steps. Step 1 Create some markers and put them inside of a folder. Step 2 Open operations and analysis and click "Service Areas." Step 3 Select the folder and click "Create Polygons." Optionally, you can click the checkbox for random colours.  That's it! You can now start doing other things like moving polygons, changing styles, or doing further analysis. We hope you enjoy this new feature!
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Create Island Polygons (Donut Holes) and Merge Polygons

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In the world there are a lot of situations where you have shapes with holes in them. The one that stands out as a very common one is the pentagon. However, there is a lot of other situations where you might want a hole in a polygon such as a polygon representing all the water around an island. In Scribble Maps you can easily create polygons with holes and then even use these polygons to filter your existing layers. Let's imagine you wanted all the points that are inside of a particular ring, you could do this using a polygon with holes. The other advantage of using holes in polygons is you can create sequential rings that will all have the same opacity which is particularly useful if you are trying to make a delivery fee map. In this post we are going to go over quickly how to make a hole in a polygon and also go over some use cases. We will also be talking about merging polygons  because this often goes hand in hand with creating polygons with holes. Creating Donut Holes To cut a
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