Share and embed

Share a map with a link, or embed it on your site

Send a read-only link to anyone, paste an iframe into a blog post or a booking page, and print a QR code that opens the location. The whole design travels inside the link, so there is no account to set up and nothing to upload.

Open the editor See how it works

Read-only links
Iframe embed code
Location QR on prints
No account

A blog post with a read-only Lisbon map embedded through an iframe

What travels inside the link

Print Map Studio compresses the whole project, routes, places, shapes, photos and poster settings included, and stores it in the part of the URL after the # sign. Browsers keep that part to themselves when they request a page, so the design goes from your clipboard to the recipient without being stored on a server.

A link holds up to 64 KB of compressed design, which fits most route and place maps comfortably. For a project with lots of travel photos, send the project file instead. It opens in the same editor and keeps everything editable.

Shared and embedded maps load without the site analytics, so opening a link is not tracked as a page visit.

Read-only links
Iframe embed
No account needed
Opens in the browser

Share dialog with a read-only link, a pan and zoom toggle for the embed, and the iframe code — **Link and embed code in one dialog.**Copy a read-only link, or set the height and copy an iframe for your website.

Embed the map on a website

Under Embed this map, set the height, decide whether visitors can pan and zoom, then choose Copy embed code. You get a single iframe that works on any page that accepts HTML, such as a WordPress Custom HTML block or a Squarespace code block. Here is what each part of it does.

width="100%": The map fills the column it sits in, so the same code works in a narrow sidebar and a full-width article.
height: Starts at 480 pixels and accepts anything from 240 to 2000. Around 400 to 500 suits a blog post; a tall portrait poster reads better at 700 or more.
loading="lazy": The browser loads the map when a reader scrolls near it, so the rest of your page appears first.
referrerpolicy="no-referrer": The embedded map is not told which page it sits on.
allowfullscreen: Readers can open the map full screen.
Allow preview pan and zoom: Switched on, readers can explore the map inside the frame. Switched off, the framing stays exactly as you designed it, which suits a poster-style embed.

Put a QR code on the printed map

Location QR in the Layout tab adds a scannable code to any corner of the page. Scanning it opens Google Maps at the map centre or at a place you choose, which helps on wedding invitations, property flyers and event posters where guests need directions.

Size the code for the distance people will scan from. A common rule is to make the code at least a tenth of the scanning distance: 20 mm for a flyer held about 20 cm away, 40 mm for a sign read from 40 cm, and the full 60 mm for a noticeboard across a corridor. The editor draws a white quiet zone around the code, so phones read it on dark map styles too.

Print one test page at 100% scale and scan it with two different phones before the full run.

Location QR code
Map centre or a place
16 to 60 mm
Prints with the poster

Corner of a printed map with a scannable location QR code — **The QR code prints with the poster.**Pick a corner and a size, then choose the map centre or a place as the destination.

Link, embed or project file

All three carry the same design. Pick the one that matches what the other person will do with it. For a printed copy, export a PDF or PNG instead, as described on the export formats page.

Ways to hand a Print Map Studio design to someone else.
	Share link	Embed	Project file
Best for	Sending a design to a friend or client	Showing the map on a website	Backups and handing over editable work
The viewer can	View, download the project, remix a copy	View, with or without pan and zoom, and open the full map	Open and edit everything in the editor
The design lives in	The link itself	The iframe address	A .printmap.json or .printmap.zip file
Holds up to	64 KB compressed	64 KB compressed	10 MB

Ready to start?

Make a map worth sharing.

Open the editor

Wedding map posters

Map where you met or married, with your date and a short line of text.

Real estate maps

Mark a property and the places around it on a map sized for a listing flyer.

Map video maker

Record an orbit or sway around your map as an MP4 for social posts.

Layered SVG and PSD export

Compare PNG, PDF, layered SVG and layered PSD for print and design work.

Common questions.

Links, embeds, QR codes and who can see what.

Do people need an account to open a shared map?

No. The link opens in any modern browser and shows the map straight away.

Does a share link update when I edit the map?

Each link is a snapshot of the design when you copied it. Copy a new link after editing and send that one; earlier links keep showing the version they were made from.

Can someone change my original map?

Remix this map opens a separate copy in their browser. Your own project stays in your browser storage, exactly as you left it.

Where does the QR code point?

To Google Maps, at the map centre or at a place you pick in the Layout tab.

How do I embed a map in WordPress?

Copy the embed code from the Share dialog and paste it into a Custom HTML block. The iframe sizes itself to the width of your content column.