Draw areas on a map
Want a map with drawn areas rather than only points? Think of a delivery zone, a festival site, a district, a park or a nature reserve. In localthings you draw shapes straight onto the map, give them a name and a colour, and combine them with ordinary location pins. No GIS software needed.
- You draw free-form shapes straight onto the map, give them a name, colour and emoji, and combine them with ordinary location pins.
- No GIS software or code needed — the drawing happens in the browser.
- Areas are free-form polygons, not blocks or hexagons, so a delivery zone or festival site follows its real shape.
- Visitors filter by category, which makes areas and pins read as one map.
- Free to start; a custom domain and removing our branding are in the paid plans.
Try it yourself
Drag the points of the example area, or click Draw new area and place your own polygon. That is how drawing areas works in Studio — no GIS, just the map.
How it works
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Start your map and add a category
Create a new map in Studio and add a category for your areas — “Delivery zones” or “Festival site”, for example. Every category gets its own colour.
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Draw the area on the map
Click “Draw area” and place the outline point by point. Close the shape, give it a name, and adjust the points later by dragging them.
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Combine with pins and publish
Place locations inside or beside your areas — stages within festival zones, branches within delivery areas. Publish the map and share it by link or embed.
Build this yourself in Studio
Studio opens straight in your browser. You only need an account once you want to save or publish your map.
What you get
Once you build a map with areas in localthings, this comes with it as standard:
Draw areas
Draw polygons alongside individual locations.
Your own colours, per category
Use your accent colour and a colour code per category.
Embed on your own website
Place the interactive map as an iframe in a page or an article.
Frequently asked questions
Can I draw several areas on one map?
Yes. Draw as many as you need and spread them across categories with their own colours — useful when you want to show several delivery zones or festival sites.
How is this different from a site map or an ordinary map?
A site map usually marks facilities as pins. Drawing areas captures shapes instead: where a zone begins and ends, which ground belongs to an event, or which area a route covers. Both can live on one map — try drawing an area in the interactive demo above, or see our page on venue maps.
Can I change an area afterwards?
Yes. Open the area in the builder, drag the corner points and save — the published map updates immediately, without changing the link or the embed code.
How does this compare to Google My Maps?
Google My Maps also lets you draw shapes, but without category filters for visitors, your own branding or tidy location cards. localthings is built for maps you share under your own name — areas and pins on one map.