Paintmaps.com is a free, online, interactive tool for creating custom map charts and color maps using users’ own statistical data. It offers map-making options for the world, continents, countries, cities and regions, as well as the United States and its individual states. Users can create colored maps to present information visually, supporting activities such as reporting, business projects, academic work, student assignments, presentations, blogs, websites and social media. Example uses include mapping election results or countries visited.

In addition to statistical map charts, Paintmaps provides blank country maps, country statistics, place photos on maps, and 3D stereograms based on country maps. Its online map tools and vector maps offer further resources for working with geographic data, while public user maps allow visitors to explore maps shared by others. The site also includes general information about countries and a map-focused blog. Paintmaps presents its services as free and online, giving users an accessible way to create, customize and use maps for data visualization and other geographic projects.