Welcome to Wolf Maps! Whether you just started using our tool or you are exploring how to bring your region to life digitally, you are in the right place. Wolf Maps makes it easy and enjoyable for visitors to discover an area. But where do you start? And how do you make sure your map is not only functional, but also a real experience? No worries. In this guide we walk you through the basics step by step, as a practical kick-start to build a great map quickly.
Before diving into the setup, it helps to understand what Wolf Maps is. In short, it is a tool to create interactive maps for a region, city, event, or specific route. But it is more than a digital map on your website. It is a way to guide visitors, tell stories, and lead people to the places that matter most.
Ready to begin? Let us set up your first map.
Once you log in to Wolf Maps, you land in your map overview. Here you can see all maps you manage. To get you started quickly, your first map is already prepared.
Think about what type of map you want to create: an informative city map, an audio tour, a long-distance walking route, or an event map. Also define your audience: families, culture lovers, active walkers, and so on. The clearer this is, the easier every next step becomes.
First impressions matter. Your map profile is the face of your map and what visitors see first.
Go to Settings to edit your profile. Here you can:
Before adding locations, start with categories. Categories are essential because they become your legend and filters. They also define pin color and icon, so this is worth doing carefully.
Good category examples are: Food & Drinks, Stay, See & Do, Walking Routes, and Parking. Keep it clear for visitors and aim for a maximum of 8 main categories. Tip: need extra filtering? Use tags to refine within a category, for example family-friendly, free entry, or vegetarian.
Now comes the fun part: adding places. This is where your knowledge and content bring the map to life. Tip: if your map is connected to an external data source (for example a tourism database), you can import locations directly. This saves time and keeps data up to date.
Click the pin icon in the black toolbar on the right and place the pin on the correct location. You can also search directly by address or place name. Make every location as complete as possible:
If your map focuses on a route, such as a bike tour, city walk, or audio walk, the route feature is essential.
Click the route icon in the black toolbar on the right. You now have two options:
After drawing, you can move route lines for quick adjustments, useful for temporary detours. Just like locations, routes can also have categories, photos, audio, and text.
Your map is in place, but the details make the difference. In Settings, you add the final touches for your project.
Here you can set your brand color, involve your community with suggestions, and improve usability by letting the map ask for visitor location automatically.
Take a look through these options to make your map even better.
Great job, you now have a strong map setup. Next step: get people to use it. You can share your map in different ways:
Read more about key sharing options.
Once your map is live, check Analytics regularly. You can see which places and routes are most popular and keep improving your map based on real usage.
