01 — THE PROBLEMThe map we wanted, we could never get.
Designers screenshot Google Maps and pray. Scholars maintain three Wikipedia tabs and a notebook. Travelers redraw routes on the back of a guidebook. None of them got the tool they actually wanted.
So we built it ourselves.
02 — WHAT WE'RE BUILDINGCartography, design, and AI.
Cartography. Design-grade maps — your colors, your type, your brand. The craft of mapmaking, made fast.
AI. Describe a place and get a map. The AI does the heavy lifting; you keep control of every layer.
Print & export. PNG, print-ready PDF, HTML embed. The web is great for publishing; print is still the test.
One engine. Many kinds of maps.
03 — WHERE WE AREA small team in Asturias.
Bettermaps started in 2020. Between us, more than 25 years in research and development. We are cartography obsessives, building from a small studio in Asturias.
We're bootstrapped. We're hiring. We answer email.
04 — WHAT WE BELIEVEFour working principles.
- A map is a design object. It deserves the same craft as the rest of your brand.
- Tools should disappear. The map should not be the hard part of making the map.
- AI helps. It is not the point. The point is the map.
- The web is a great place to publish. Print is still the test.