3D Nautical Maps is an online design and file-export service for people who want to make their own layered nautical maps. Start with a shoreline that matters to you, customize the design, and download the files to build it with your own tools.
What the service provides
The browser designer lets you choose an area, set board proportions, customize roads and labels, and add personal landmarks. You can inspect an assembled color preview and the individual layers before exporting. The production design includes one land layer and five aligned water layers.
Vector exports are available as SVG, DXF, and EPS; raster options include PNG and JPG. You decide how those files map to cutting and engraving operations in your laser software. Saved projects let you return to a design, while the download library keeps previously generated file packages.
What you make is yours to shape
This is not a shop for finished wooden maps. You provide the laser, compatible software, materials, finishing, and assembly. The gallery shows map-making projects as inspiration for what layers, colors, and engraved details can look like in a physical build.
Current early access
3D Nautical Maps is a Gomadic company. Registration is free and no monthly subscription is required. Our early access feedback trial includes five free maps per verified account, with a short survey before each new map’s first download. The complete map package is a flat $9.95 USD per map after the trial: all six layers, SVG/DXF/EPS/PNG/JPG formats, unlimited personal landmarks, a full-color preview and assembly diagram, minor refinements within the original geographic boundaries, and unlimited downloads of saved map files. There are no setup fees or per-landmark charges; designing and previewing are free.
Begin with a preview
Search and frame locations worldwide, but check each location's available shoreline and depth detail before planning a build. The designer adapts geographic information into fabrication layers, so small features and underwater coverage deserve a close look. Our data guide explains these limitations and the sources behind the map.