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Stepmap alternative: Printmaps.net

If you have worked with Stepmap.de, you’ll be interested to see how Printmaps.net stacks up compared to Stepmap.

We’ve created the below comparison grid to give you a quick overview of some of the most important features of the Printmaps editor and how they compare to Stepmap. Be sure to take a look at our examples of what Printmaps.net is already being used for below our comparison chart. (Try the editor here.)

Format

Printmaps: SVG, PSD, PNG

Stepmap.de: SVG, JPG, PNG

Max. size

Printmaps: 7796 x 7796 px

Stepmap.de: 3000 x 3000 px

Pricing

Printmaps:

  • Prices start at €7.14 (incl. VAT). Volume discounts available.
  • Pricing depending on number of printed copies

Stepmap.de

  • Prices start at €5 (private use) and €22.61 (commercial use), incl. VAT. Volume discounts available.
  • Higher prices for maps without Stepmap logo

Custom data

Printmaps:

  • Route editor
  • Geographic shapes
  • File Upload (gpx/kml/geojson)
  • POIs (manually or copy/paste from Excel)

Stepmap.de

  • Own labels
  • Geographic shapes
  • POIs (manually or copy/paste from Excel)
  • The Stepmap editor has a vast number of further features and functions

Custom Routes

Printmaps:
Magnetic drawing and upload of routes in GPX, GeoJSON and KML formats possible

Stepmap.de: GPX upload

Show/hide map features?

Printmaps: yes

Stepmap: yes

Rotate map?

Printmaps: yes

Stepmap: yes

Some of the ways our printable maps are used

The Printmaps editor produces high-res 300 dpi maps in PNG and PSD (Photoshop) format. All map features come in separate Photoshop layers, so you can edit map features without damaging any features underneath. See our screencast for more details.

Our customers use the Printmaps editor to effortlessly map routes – travel itineraries, hike and cycle trails, city walks or simply directions – and to overlay their points of interest on a map. The editor makes it really easy to create fold maps, maps for touristic folders and brochures or guide book maps.

Our cheap entry level pricing enables customers with very low print circulation numbers to afford our maps. Typical examples include real estate exposés and photo books, printed in low numbers but needing high quality location or route maps.

Many guide book publishers illustrate their travel guides and hiking guidebooks entirely with Printmaps maps. You can satisfy all typical mapping needs with our maps, ranging from overview maps and general location maps to activity maps with hiking or cycle routes, city maps / street maps to direction maps.