Use Cases

A poster map of your own city: making a print-ready vector map yourself

How to make a poster map of your own city: choosing the area and style, which format to print from (PDF and SVG, not PNG), 30×40 and 50×70 sizes, resolution, frame and a coordinates caption in a graphics editor.

2026-09-17 · 5 min
designprintingSVGstyles

Cities: Skylines real world heightmap — build any real place from elevation data

How to get a real-world heightmap for Cities: Skylines, Unreal Engine 5 and Unity: what a 16-bit heightmap is, map sizes, exporting elevation by coordinates and converting it to PNG or RAW.

2026-09-10 · 5 min
heightmapCities SkylinesDEMUnreal Engine

STL relief of a city: 3D printing and engraving from a heightmap

How to make an STL relief of your city for 3D printing, CNC or laser: where the relief comes from, why vertical exaggeration matters and how to add a base under the open surface.

2026-08-11 · 6 min
STLDEM

City map poster generator: make a free map poster of your city

How to make a free city map poster: pick the area and style, download a vector SVG or PDF, finish it in Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma, and send it to print at any size.

2026-08-04 · 5 min
posterSVGPDFdesign

Map for CorelDRAW: get a vector city map in CDR

Need a city map for CorelDRAW? Don't redraw it by hand — download a ready vector map straight in .cdr with layers and curves, ready to edit in Corel.

2026-07-20 · 3 min
CorelDRAWCDRdesignlayout

Maps for Academic Papers: Standards and Formats

How to prepare maps for dissertations: scale, legends, PDF/SVG format, fonts. Step-by-step guide with examples for academic papers.

2026-07-15 · 6 min
dissertationGOSTacademic workPDF

Art Maps: Posters, Neon, Blueprint from OpenStreetMap

8 visual map products from osm2cdr: art posters, neon maps, blueprint, vintage. 6 masks (heart, star, hexagon). Printing and gifts.

2026-07-13 · 5 min
art mapspostersdesigngifts

Site Selection for Development: GIS Analysis with OpenStreetMap

How to use GIS and OpenStreetMap data for development site selection: infrastructure, transport, ecology, scoring analysis.

2026-07-11 · 7 min
real estateGISland parcelreal estate development

Logistics and Routing with OpenStreetMap Data

How to use OSM data for logistics: OSRM, GraphHopper, Valhalla. Road network export, weight restrictions, delivery zones.

2026-07-07 · 5 min
logisticsroutingOSRMGraphHopper

Education Score and Health Score: Neighborhood Infrastructure Assessment

How Education Score and Health Score are calculated from OpenStreetMap data. Methodology, objects, real estate applications.

2026-06-06 · 6 min
Education ScoreHealth Scoreinfrastructurereal estate

City Dashboards: Territory Analysis with OpenStreetMap

How city dashboards built on OpenStreetMap work: Walk Score, Green Score, POI density, infrastructure analysis.

2026-06-05 · 5 min
dashboardanalyticsWalk ScoreGreen Score

Transport Simulation Formats: OpenDRIVE, SUMO, Lanelet2

OpenDRIVE, SUMO, Lanelet2 and ROS for transport simulation and autonomous driving. Export from OpenStreetMap.

2026-02-20 · 4 min
OpenDRIVESUMOautonomous drivingsimulation