Interactive Maps

I’d love to see a feature that lets people turn their own map images into interactive world maps inside the app. The idea isn’t to create maps from scratch, but to take an existing image (whether it’s a PNG, JPG, or SVG) and make it clickable so it becomes a tool and referance point for the project. Users could upload one or several maps, place markers wherever they want, and link each marker to items already in their project, such as locations, characters, organisations, cultures, events, scenes, objects, or even other maps. Clicking a marker would take you straight to the linked entry (or allow you to select from a list of attached entries).

It would also help to have a few extra touches, like being able to choose different marker icons or colours, or even using an item’s thumbnail as the marker itself. Some markers could simply be notes, quick reminders or ideas that don’t need their own database entry. Text labels could be placed directly on the map without editing the image, and it would be useful to draw regions or boundaries, such as kingdoms, provinces, forests, or climate zones, and link those shapes to project items as well.

Multiple layers would let users switch between different kinds of information on the same map, whether that’s political borders, trade routes, character movements, story events, military campaigns, or historical periods. A grid or distance‑measuring tool would make planning travel easier, especially if users could set their own map scale. Nested maps would allow a world map to link to a continent map, a continent map to a country map, and so on down to individual cities.

For writers working with large or geographically detailed worlds, or galaxy-spanning stories, an interactive map could become a central navigation tool for the entire project. Instead of scrolling through long lists, you could simply click on the place where something happens and jump straight to the relevant information. This would be especially helpful for fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, and alternate history writers working in projects where geography matters.