Interactive Map & App

TappyMaps

Web App · 2025–2026 Live

A web-based GIS application for map design — drag, color, and export custom maps. Includes geography games and a sharing gallery. Live at tappymaps.com.

My role

I designed and built the browser-native map editor, export workflow, and supporting map games as an independent product.

Approach

TappyMaps is a browser-native map design and geography-games suite for the United States. The designer lets anyone tap states or counties, build a legend, and export a finished map without desktop GIS software. Companion games — Find the State, Stat Duel, and GeoDraft — turn the same geography into short classroom-friendly challenges. A sharing gallery collects finished cards so maps can travel beyond the editor. Built as an independent product under the Mapparatus umbrella and live at tappymaps.com.

Result

TappyMaps gives non-GIS users a lightweight way to color, label, and export U.S. state and county maps without desktop software.

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Figures

tappymaps.com home — Create a map and Play games entry points over a colored US base
Fig. 1tappymaps.com home — Create a map and Play games entry points over a colored US base
Demo card — US uninsured rate by state (5 quantile bins, 2023 Census), rendered as a shareable TappyMaps card
Fig. 2Demo card — US uninsured rate by state (5 quantile bins, 2023 Census), rendered as a shareable TappyMaps card
Contiguous United States reference map — labeled states with neatline, north arrow, and scale
Fig. 3Contiguous United States reference map — labeled states with neatline, north arrow, and scale
US capitals reference map produced with the same cartographic toolkit
Fig. 4US capitals reference map produced with the same cartographic toolkit

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