We bring the traditions of cartography to the Web
Contact UsWho we are
Axis Maps is a creative team of Web designers and developers that specializes in building interactive maps and geospatial problem-solving tools.
We have 20 years of experience partnering with clients both large and small, across the globe.
With a full range of custom geographic services, we can help put together an entire project or target specific needs. Contact us about your spatial data, visual identity, technology set up, message, and audience.
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Recent Projects
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California Birth Equity Connect
Bringing California’s Black birth equity organizations and the policy they work on into one place

Inland Equity Grid
Helping organizations across the Inland Empire find each other and understand the communities they serve

EISI for Extreme Heat
Guiding California Tribes from climate projections to a finished vulnerability assessment

On the Edge
Building a community of thousands by sharing stories about the countryside they care about

Montana Healthy Communities Dashboard
Montana’s health, environmental and socioeconomic data on one map, at five geographies and across ten years

Recreational Bicycling Access Tool
A first-of-its-kind platform that quantifies access to recreational bicycling facilities across the United States to support data-driven infrastructure investments
How we can help
At Axis Maps, we work hard to provide thoughtful and intuitive interactive designs with every project we undertake. We want your project to look great and work as well as you do. As a small company, we are focused on efficiency, speed, quality control, and reproducible processes.
We design and deploy second versions of popular tools, modernizing the underlying technology and UI while retaining the features that existing users know.
We build maps and applications that work on a wide range of devices, from desktops to tablets and smartphones.
We design simple and elegant user-interfaces for interactive maps.
We design and build systems that automate the process of data updates and data additions.
We produce compelling cartographic visuals that communicate a wide variety of geographic information to end-users.
Resources by us, for you
Explore our collection of tools and guides designed to help you create better maps and visualizations.

Cartography Guide
A short, friendly guide to basic principles of map design. Learn important concepts in cartography and flag important decision points in map-making.
Cartography Guide →
Contours
Create beautiful contour maps from your data. A modern tool for generating topographic-style visualizations for any numeric dataset.
Contours →
ColorBrewer
Color advice for cartography. Choose effective color schemes for your maps based on the nature of your data and your design goals.
ColorBrewer →
Typographic Maps
Twelve city maps drawn entirely in type, with every street, park, and shoreline built from the names of the places themselves. Zoom in and read them.
Typographic Maps →