Thank you so much!!

I'm glad it was helpful - this is only my opinion but I have found that creating really high-quality map designs on Redbubble and other sites, I regularly make sales (mainly because they are a high-demand niche and there are so many horrible, horrible designs). Fonts and colors present a billion opportunities!

Is it possible for you to do this for me, I need it for my office

Snazzy Maps is a horrible user experience. Ultimately you end up with a fuzzy PNG that is barely useful. That's what an A to Z video would show.

I know, it's pretty obvious once he says they use Google Maps. Businesses like Google don't become world dominators by giving their IP away. Too bad, because it's really a great idea. I'd love to make t-shirts of my city's neighborhoods.

I agree with you, Dave. I'm disappointed in you, Zen, for recommending this website to us print-on-demand design creators. I can't imagine what a Snazzy Maps style devoid of Google Maps info looks like. A blank page? Unless I'm missing something, I think you should've recommended this site for personal projects, only.

@@jamiesehancy4360 I'm glad I read your comment because I'm in print on demand and thought hey this is a great idea. Then I read the comment from you and Dave. Ooops guess this isn't going to work. Crafy Stax gave me such high hopes.

@@jamiesehancy4360 Instead of being disappointed, we must be grateful to Zen for giving us great ideas for free! Maybe he just missed the little print letter here, but it's our responsibility to check any information before proceeding, and at least Dave found it and point it out. I'm very grateful to Zen. I'm learning and getting a lot of ideas from him, for free. He's giving the information without asking us to buy anything, as other "KZfaq gurus" do.

@@cacevedo07 I never saw an explanation from Zen on the observation that Bonkers Dave and I made, so I have to assume our point was valid. When I said "Unless I'm missing something..." I expected him to reply, but he didn't, so I am deducing that Dave's and my point was valid. Zen always seems to give us good warnings about gray areas, but this seems to be black and white, and he gave us incorrect information - information that could get us beginners in trouble if we used it as stated. I can't help but feel disappointed. On the other hand, I'm very grateful for the time and trouble Zen puts into educating us on his two KZfaq channels. I subscribe to them both and always give him a thumbs up for every one I watch - including this one. He has always been, and still is, my favorite POD guru. You were preaching to the choir on this point. If I were him, though, I would appreciate somebody pointing out my mistakes to me and all of my viewers. I know I'm grateful to Bonkers Dave.

I totally get it - depending on the web browser, you can always install an adblocker extension and then all the ads just go away (like what was in the video).

Before you start using this, check if snazzy uses Google maps. If you read carefully it says that styles are free to use not data (everything you see on the map). Google maps are not for commercial usage. I mean you can do it like some people do it and hope nothing happens. It is your choice, I am just putting this information out there. Websites like Mapiful don't use google maps for their map prints and they credit from where data is coming from because it is required to do so.

You'd have to get a Google MAPS API key, costs $$$ tho.

I agree with you, Dave. I'm disappointed in you, Zen, for recommending this website to us print-on-demand design creators. I can't imagine what a Snazzy Maps style devoid of Google Maps info looks like. A blank page? Unless I'm missing something, I think you should've recommended this site for personal projects, only.

Sorry, I replied to the wrong comment. See down lower.

Well it's a great question especially online. The site is saying that it takes the information from Google and is creating something new and that new thing is available for commercial use. So honestly, I don't see how Google (or anyone) could possible prove that anyone downloading the map is stealing. I guess each of us has to decide if we are criminals or artists. I personally believe that creating a unique piece of art makes it mine. So I sleep OK at night!!

@@craftystax I mailed them and you need a special license for doing it, also I agree with you and decided yesterday that I would only be using 100% original art so I don't even have to think about whether I could violate any copyright law or not ever again, it's so tiresome

I just made it myself - take a basic black and white map and then put a neon color over top of it in Photoshop.

@@craftystax understood thanks

Totally. I have had good success running it through Inkscape (trace bitmap) and it also makes cool colors pretty easily too!

Sorry I have no idea what any of that means. I just went to Snazzymaps and you just need to log in with an account and then click the download image button.

@@craftystax No this option is not available anymore, I also need this API key thing :/

You can run it through Inkscape and scale it up to virtually any size. It's personal preference - for an 8x10 they look great but for a really big print I would recommend running it in Inkscape and/or Photoshop to size it up.

Be creative. You don't have to use the map in 1 singular way. Etsy sellers are doing maps just like this. So how are they getting sales if your point of view is valid.

Typically the concept of map artwork is not trademarked (anyone can make a map) - I typically use public domain resources to make map art (or I change the way the map looks to such an extent that no one could reasonably confuse it with someone else's map artwork).

Yes - when you are looking at the map of a location, on the left side there is a little button that looks like a picture. When you hover over that button, "download image" will pop out. Click the button and you can download the image.

I would recommend altering the map that you download and thus it would be virtually impossible for anyone to trace it back to Google Maps. Google does ask for attribution when using Google Maps, but I would contend that you aren't using Google Maps as a MAP. You are using it to produce artwork and thus have substantially changed the medium to the point where it is art.

No, it's there - I just checked - when you are looking at a map, look for the vertical stripe with the green at the top - there is a download button (you do need to be logged in under your account).

@@craftystax figured out the issue. The new map builder feature,, which allows you to add markers, does not allow you to print it. You can only print an existing style or one you create with no markers. In the meantime I figured out how to use Mapbox and import KML files for markers and routes.

Not sure what you are seeing - I just tried it and I downloaded a map. It's the green vertical bar (there is a little save button).

It's 10 exports per day (not total). You can just log in the next day and grab 10 more!

I'm not seeing that - as of today (March 25, 2023) - there is an option to download 10 free maps per day?

Agreed - I run it through Inkscape and create a vector and then make it as big as needed.

@@craftystax Been trying that but having issues with Inkscape not doing what I want.