Description

Your favorite place as a poster: your hometown, your street, the spot where you met or said "I do." You design your map right here on our site, and we print it in our shop in West Hartford, CT.

Any place, anywhere5 × 7 to 24 × 36 inPortrait or landscapeMatte or satinPrinted locally in West Hartford

Three kinds of maps

A city map poster of West Hartford, Connecticut: every street in fine black lines, with water and parks

City mapEvery street, the water and the parks in clean lines. Pick one of our color looks, or build your own from your favorite color.

A painted map poster of West Hartford Center in a circle, every building filled in with soft colors

Painted mapEvery building colored in, set in a circle. A playful, artsy look that's perfect for a neighborhood or a town center.

A directions map poster titled Emma & James with two numbered stops, the ceremony and the reception, and the main roads between them

Directions mapMain roads and numbered stops, listed under the title. Made for weddings, parties and events: show guests the way from the ceremony to the reception.

How it works

Find your place

Tap Design your map and pick the kind of map. Search for a town, a street or an address (or tap Use where I am), then drag and zoom until it's framed just right. Add up to three markers, a heart, a house, a star or a dot, on the spots that matter.

The map designer showing the kinds of map, the place search and a city map of West Hartford on an 18 by 24 poster

Choose your colors

Try our ready-made color looks, or choose Your colors: pick one color and the designer builds a matching set, then change any color you like. Choose a rectangle or a circle, and a white border or the map all the way to the edge.

The Look step with color choices Classic, Midnight, Blueprint, Sepia, WeHa and Your colors, and the West Hartford map shown in Midnight

Add names and your words

Choose how much detail to show, and which names go on the map: streets, towns and neighborhoods, lakes and rivers, and parks. Tap Look closer to see them up close. Tap any name to hide it, slide it along its street, or move and turn it anywhere you like.

Then add your title, a line under it (a date, a few words) and the coordinates, in the lettering you like best.

The Details step with street name choices, and a close look at West Hartford's street names with a heart marker labeled Our first home

Pick your size and paper

Choose your size, portrait or landscape, and your paper, and see the price as you go. Review your poster, approve it, and it goes right into your cart.

We print your poster in our West Hartford shop. Pick it up, even after hours, or we ship it to you.

The Size and paper step with eight poster sizes from 5 by 7 to 24 by 36 inches, portrait or landscape, and Matte Cardstock or Satin Photo

Sizes and paper

5 × 78 × 108.5 × 11 (letter)11 × 1412 × 1816 × 2018 × 2424 × 36

All in inches, and every size is a standard frame size.

Matte CardstockA smooth finish with no glare, so your map reads clearly from any angle and looks crisp behind glass.

Satin PhotoPhoto paper with a soft sheen that makes colors rich and deep. Lovely with the darker color looks.

Tips for a great-looking map

✓Frame just the area you love. A whole town shows the big picture; zoom in on a neighborhood and every street gets room for its name.
✓Use Look closer before you approve, to check the names and markers up close.
✓Double-check the spelling of every name and date in your title and markers.

Good to know

Map data. Our maps come from OpenStreetMap, made by volunteers around the world. A brand-new street may not be on it yet. Every poster has a small credit along the bottom.

Colors in print. Ink on paper looks a little less bright than on your screen, especially very deep colors.

Design first. Your poster goes into your cart from the designer once you approve it.

Map Maker