mapx Laser — Street Maps (layered SVG)

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1 · Location

Units Sheet Shape Saved sizes

🔒 Lock map — zoom & pan the view without moving the map Reference basemap

Shown under your design on screen to help you line things up — never included in the export.

Template / Shape

Custom cut shape

Upload an SVG outline (e.g. a house) — the map clips to it and the outline becomes the laser-cut boundary. Drag the ✛ handle on the shape to move it; use the size slider + Center buttons to leave room above/below for text. SVG gives the cleanest cut; PNG tracing can be added.

Style Templates

Save your current look — colors, layers, widths, fonts, frame & shape — as a reusable template, then apply it to any new city/street map in one click. (Saves the styling, not the location or text.)

2 · Roads

Welded outlines (expand roads to their widths & cut both edges) — off = single centerlines

Off = centerlines (one line per road, for engraving). On = roads expand to your slider widths and merge into one connected outline, cut on both sides.

Road corner smoothing 1

In welded mode the road network fuses into the frame (set in section 4) so the cut comes out as one connected piece.

Needs Welded outlines on (roads become filled shapes). Fills the road bodies with a photo/texture — screen & PNG poster; the cut-ready SVG stays line-only.

3 · Water

Lakes, coast & islands Shoreline smoothing 1 Rivers Streams River width 6 River smoothing 2 Land / background color Water color

Land/water image fills show on screen & the PNG poster; the cut-ready SVG stays line-only.

Rivers color

4 · Title & Frame

Frame units Frame size — solid border the roads weld into

Top mm

Sides mm

Bottom mm

The roads weld into this border so the cut stays one connected piece (≈12.7 mm = 0.5 in). Expand the bottom for engraved writing — drag the title into it.

Show title Font Alignment Title size 1.00×

Drag the title on the map to reposition it. Text exports as <text> — convert to paths in Inkscape (Path → Object to Path) for your laser if needed.

House Nameplate

Show nameplate (family name + box)

Family name sits above the cut shape; a bordered box below holds your quote, “EST.” year and the coordinates in degrees·minutes·seconds. Drag either block to position; shrink the shape (size slider) to make room above & below.

5 · Markers & Text

📍 Places — address or coordinates

Type an address or “lat, lng” to drop a pin (and label) at that exact spot. Add as many as you like — each one is draggable to fine-tune.

Click an icon (or “Add text”) to drop it on the map; drag to position, click it to restyle. Double-click text on the map to edit it.

🎨 Logos & graphics (engrave)

Upload PNG/JPG/SVG icons (saved in your browser), click one to drop it on the map, drag to position, click it to resize. They embed in the SVG for engraving.

6 · Trace / reference image

Screen-only guide — drag it on the map to position, then size/rotate to line it up with your map or shape. Never included in the export.

7 · Export (SVG)

Map name, Save, Copy & downloads are in the bar at the top.

Physical width

Cut-ready: outlines only, color per layer

Layers come through as Inkscape/Illustrator layers: frame, water, islands, rivers, and one per road class. In cut-ready mode every shape is a colored hairline outline so your laser software can assign operations by color. Weld overlapping road corridors in your laser/vector software before cutting.