Exploration Maps is browser-based mining map software for building clean, investor-ready project maps from claim boundaries, drillholes, targets, and your own GIS files — without learning a full desktop GIS system.
What mining map software is used for
Mining map software turns raw exploration data — claim boundaries, drill collars, sample points, target outlines, roads — into a single readable map. Geologists, junior mining companies, consultants, and investor relations teams use these maps to show where a project is, what ground a company controls, and what the exploration results look like. The goal is a map that a non-technical reader can understand at a glance, formatted for a slide, a report figure, a website, or a news release.
Why exploration teams need clean project maps
A project map is often the first thing an investor, partner, or regulator looks at. A cluttered screenshot from a desktop GIS or a generic satellite image with hand-drawn boxes undermines credibility. Clean maps with a clear legend, scale bar, north arrow, and title block communicate that the work behind them is organized. For capital markets and corporate development teams, map quality is part of how a project is judged.
Claim maps, drillhole maps, target maps, and project overview maps
Most exploration programs need a few recurring map types, and Exploration Maps handles each one. A claims map shows the land position and tenure outline. A drill results map shows collars, intercepts, and assay highlights. A target map shows priority areas and anomalies over the claim block. A project overview, or location map, places the property in its regional and infrastructure context. You can build all of these from the same imported data and reuse a consistent style across them.
From data to investor decks, websites, reports, and news releases
Once a map is styled, you export it for the channel you need: a 16:9 PNG for an investor deck or PowerPoint slide, a high-resolution image for a company website, a print-ready PDF figure for a technical report, or a clear graphic for a drill-result news release. Because the underlying project is saved, you can update the data and re-export the same map layout when results change, keeping every channel consistent.
Built for non-GIS users
Traditional GIS tools are powerful but assume you know about coordinate reference systems, symbology rules, layout composers, and projection handling. Exploration Maps assigns sensible styling automatically when you tag a layer as claims, drillholes, or targets, fits the view to your data, and gives you a layout with the standard map elements already in place. Most users produce a presentable map in their first session without prior GIS training.
Import the data you already have
If you already work with GIS files, you can bring them straight in — see turning a Shapefile into a map. Exploration Maps reads Shapefile, GeoJSON, KML, and CSV, so most exploration datasets import without conversion. You can also search public mineral claim data directly when you do not have a file to start from.
Start a map
Import your data, style it, and export a clean map. No GIS experience needed.
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