# squidmaps docs

_Last updated October 13, 2026_

> Learn how to draw, style and share maps of the places you care about.

> **Beta:** squidmaps is in beta. Features, the map spec and these docs may change without notice, and things may occasionally break. Export a copy of any map that matters to you, and tell us when something isn't right: use Beta feedback, or email support@squidmaps.io.

## Guides

- [What is squidmaps?](https://squidmaps.io/docs/what-is-squidmaps): What squidmaps is for, how it works, and what it isn't.
- [Get started](https://squidmaps.io/docs/get-started): Make and publish your first map in about five minutes.
- [Drawing features](https://squidmaps.io/docs/drawing): Points, lines, areas and text, and how to edit them.
- [Importing data](https://squidmaps.io/docs/importing): Bring in GeoJSON, CSV, KML, shapefiles and more.
- [Styling data](https://squidmaps.io/docs/styling): Colors, symbols, dashes, fills and labels that read at a glance.
- [Tooltips and popups](https://squidmaps.io/docs/interactions): Show visitors more when they hover over or click a feature.
- [Custom basemaps](https://squidmaps.io/docs/custom-basemaps): Make a basemap in your own colors.
- [Map settings](https://squidmaps.io/docs/map-settings): Title, description, basemap, zoom range and bounds.
- [Folders](https://squidmaps.io/docs/folders): Group features in the editor, and set which are drawn on top.
- [Publishing and sharing](https://squidmaps.io/docs/publishing): Publish your map, share its link, and embed it in your own site.
- [Use squidmaps with AI](https://squidmaps.io/docs/ai): Ask an AI assistant for a map you can keep editing.
- [squidmaps MCP server](https://squidmaps.io/docs/mcp): Add squidmaps to Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants.

## Map spec

- [Map spec overview](https://squidmaps.io/docs/spec): A whole map in one JSON document: data, styles, popups, legend and more, with a complete example.
- [Map](https://squidmaps.io/docs/spec/map): The map's own fields: name, basemap, extent, view, legend and panel.
- [Features](https://squidmaps.io/docs/spec/features): Geometry, common properties, and how points, lines, areas, text and images are drawn.

## API

- [API overview](https://squidmaps.io/docs/api): Make maps from your own code: requests, errors and rate limits.
- [Ephemeral maps](https://squidmaps.io/docs/api/ephemeral-maps): Send a map without an account, and get a link to open it.