Here are seven Flourish templates for making interactive maps. Animated and mobile-friendly. Easy and free to get started.

1. Projection map

Standalone maps with region shading and/or points. Adapt an existing example or upload your own geographic boundary file. Try this template with your own data for free.

2. Marker map

Click the arrows to progress the story, or click around in the graphic to explore an example marker map – a locator map with emoji, icons or images for places and an inset map for context. Try this template with your own data for free.

3. Arc map

Click the arrows to progress the story, or click around in the graphic to explore an example arc map – a 3D map that uses arcs to display connections between any two points in the world. Try this template with your own data for free.

4. 3D region map

Click the arrows to progress the story, or click around in the graphic to explore an example 3D region map that displays custom regions with optional 3D effects. Try this template with your own data for free.

5. Connections globe

A 3D globe for visualizing flows between cities, countries or regions. Try this template with your own data for free.

6. Survey

A powerful ”dot visualization” template combining a world map and with many other data views. Try this template with your own data for free.

7. Data explorer

A combination of maps, scatter plots and bubble charts, this premium template makes it easy to combine variables into different views. Explore our premium templates here.