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title: 🗺️  World Map
description: Get an aerial view of the world
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# 🗺️  World Map

## Get an aerial view of the world

**![circleCheck](https://22253251.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/22253251/Latest%20UI%20Icons%20-%202025/circleCheck.svg)[Viewing the World Map](https://resources.topia.io/world-map#Viewing-the-World-Map)**

**![circleCheck](https://22253251.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/22253251/Latest%20UI%20Icons%20-%202025/circleCheck.svg)**

**[Create & Update the World Map in Your World](https://resources.topia.io/world-map#Update-the-World-Map-in-Your-World)**

 

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### **Viewing the World Map**

The world map is a snapshot image of the world. To access the map of the world:

1. Click on the **This World ![world](https://22253251.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/22253251/Latest%20UI%20Icons%20-%202025/world.svg)** icon on the left sidebar
2. Choose **World Map** to get a birds eye view of the entire world. If the button is disabled (not clickable) that means the world owner has not yet generated a map of the world

Note: The map is not interactive and will not automatically reflect future updates.

 

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### **Create & Update the World Map in Your World**

As the world owner or admin, you can update the world map to include recent changes you make to the world. Follow these steps to generate a new version of the map:

1. Click the **World Settings ![settings](https://22253251.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/22253251/Latest%20UI%20Icons%20-%202025/settings.svg)** icon on the left sidebar to open the **World Settings** drawer
2. Click **Layout & Location**
3. On the Layout & Location page, under **Create World Map**, click the **Create Map** button. After a few seconds, your world map will be updated to the current snapshot
4. Collapse the page by clicking the** ![closeLeft](https://22253251.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/22253251/Latest%20UI%20Icons%20-%202025/closeLeft.svg)** **icon** in the top right corner or close the page and drawer by clicking on the **✕** in the drawer

| ![A .gif showing how to create a world map and view it from inside a world on Topia](https://22253251.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/22253251/hubfs/Create%20%26%20View%20World%20Map.gif?width=600&height=432&name=Create%20%26%20View%20World%20Map.gif) |
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#### **Tips & Tricks**

- The map does not update automatically. The World Owner or Admin must click the button in the Layout and Location page to generate a new map.
- If the map icon is disabled - no map has been created yet for the world.
- If you're hosting a conference or festival, you can temporarily add text assets to your world like "MUSIC AREA" or "BLUE STAGE" over an area of your world. Then create the map (so the directions live in the map) and then delete the text assets in your world.
- You can create a Landmark Zone and name it in an area of the world so that your guests can easily teleport to specified areas and see who is in those areas. Learn more about[Landmark Zones here](https://resources.topia.io/zones?hsLang=en).

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