Hi all. I'm a GIS developer based in Australia. I'm trying to get feedback on a simple web app I built as I kept hearing from a lot of people about the cost of Esri or the steep learning curve of QGIS when they just want to produce the occasional map. So I have built Tussock Maps (https://tussockmaps.com).

What it does: Make a print-quality map in the browser - no install, no QGIS/ArcGIS Pro licence needed.

- Data: Pick a basemap, bring in spatial layers, connect your own WMS/map server, or upload your own data (GeoJSON, Shapefile, KML, CSV, GPX), edit attributes or reproject if needed.

- Design: Sketch and style annotations, filter by attributes, measure areas and lengths, add a legend, scale bar, north arrow, and your own business logo.

- Export: Output to a print-ready PDF or PNG, including georeferenced PDFs that import directly into QGIS or mobile apps like Avenza Maps.

Who it's for: Basically anyone who only needs a map every now and then and doesn't want to pay for or learn full GIS software for it.

Cost: it's usable for free (all layers, drawing tools, a few exports a month but at a lower quality). New accounts get full access for the first week (no card details needed) to try everything out, and after that there's a paid option if you need more, either a $5 AUD map pass for 48 hours with unlimited map exports or a $19 AUD monthly plan.

Built solo, with AI helping on the coding side. Not trying to be the next Esri, just trying to make something useful and keep it affordable for people who don't map professionally.

Would appreciate anyone who uses GIS trying it out and telling me some honest feedback or any features you'd think would be great to add. Should be usable on mobile but larger screen sizes / iPads are a better experience.

I am using the plugin Globe Builder (GB) to create a location map. The inputs for the BGV are admin 0 polygons, graticules, and a world bounding box, all downloaded from the Project Linework and Natural Earth. All dataset appear correctly on the BGV apart from the world bounding box which shrinks to a line (see below, circled in red):

For reference, the world background is a rectangle covering the countries (the brown rectangle in the below image):

When using GB, how can I visualize the world background?

The CRS of the datasets:

• admin 0: ESRI:54016 - World_Gall_Stereographic
• graticules: EPSG:4326 - WGS 84

• world bounding box: EPSG:4326 - WGS 84

  QGIS version: 3.44.12-Solothurn QGIS code revision: 916a9ec9ae7

  Libraries Qt version: 5.15.13 Python version: 3.12.13 GDAL version: 3.13.1 — Iowa City PROJ version: 9.8.1 EPSG Registry database version: v12.029 (2025-10-02) GEOS version: 3.14.1-CAPI-1.20.5 SQLite version: 3.53.2 PDAL version: 2.10.0 PostgreSQL client version: 18.4 SpatiaLite version: 5.1.0 QWT version: 6.3.0 QScintilla2 version: 2.14.1 OS version: Windows 11 Version 2009