High-resolution printing arrives in Mapbox Studio
By: Erin Quinn
You can now print high-resolution images directly from Mapbox Studio via the Style Editor:
How it works
Under the hood of this early release, all rendering for Mapbox core styles or your own designer maps happens on the client. Studio uses Mapbox GL JS to write WebGL to a canvas element — it’s this element type that allows you to export your map as a gorgeous image.
In the new print UI in Studio, the values of resolution, width, height are up to you. The only limit is a final output restriction of 8,000px width by 8,000px height. At that image size, you can print a 27” by 27” map with a 300 DPI resolution. Going bigger in print size? Try setting a lower resolution value, like 150 to capture a larger surface area. If you are printing something for a 4x6 frame, just make sure to use the highest resolution possible to ensure the details look crisp.
Once you’ve configured your image export to your liking, send it to your printer or your favorite local print shop to print beautiful, physical maps to hang on your walls or give away at your next event:
The fine print
We’ve already enabled high-res printing for our Enterprise customers with print licenses, and we’re now including 50 prints with the Commercial plan and 5 prints for all Pay-as-you-go users. Reach out to our sales team to discuss high volume, high-res printing rights. NGO, non-profits, and our community partners can reach out to us at community@mapbox.com
If you need map images at a lower resolution and lower budget, we’ve also launched a new API playground for creating static maps, the Static API:
To get started, review our print policy and check out the new Help guide for high resolution image exporting and printing in Studio. Tweet @Mapbox with your best prints!
