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It is a visual study of the physical and urban conditions around a design site, such as movement, land use, green space, sun, wind and context.
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Architecture site analysis generator
Site analysis tool for architecture: 68 diagrams from one address
A site analysis maps the conditions around an architecture site – streets, land use, green and water, sun and wind, noise, topography – so design decisions start from facts. Select a site and MapToNap draws them as a coordinated set of editable diagrams from live map data, not AI images. Four analyses are free with no sign-up. Use it for early design, studio boards, competitions and portfolio work, then edit the result instead of tracing everything by hand.
Map-based68 analysis typesEditable exports
Free and pricing
Try it free, then pay once for a pass
Free, no sign-up
Four analyses are free to generate in the browser. Free exports carry a watermark.
One-time 30-day passes
Pro is €7.99 and Max is €12.99 for 30 days each. A full year of Max is €49, paid once. There is no subscription and no automatic renewal.
Reminder before expiry
We email you 3 days before a 30-day pass ends, so you decide whether to buy again.
What it helps you do
A faster architecture diagram workflow
Context without manual tracing
Generate roads, movement, functional areas, green and water, city context, nodes, sun and wind from a selected site.
New mapping and urban data layers
Create context mapping boards, station-style node visualisations and grid heat layers directly inside Site Analysis.
Consistent graphic language
Use coordinated themes across multiple analysis diagrams so a project reads as one architectural set.
How it works
From input to editable output in three steps
Select the site
Search an address or click the map, then choose a useful analysis radius.
Choose analysis types
Turn on the diagrams you need instead of rebuilding each one from scratch.
Generate and refine
Create the set, adjust style and colour, then export individual diagrams or combined outputs.
New · October 2026
Real street views, and eight deeper studies
Visual Analysis with real street photos
The board looks for street-level photos taken around your site and keeps the ones from which the site can really be seen past the buildings in front. Each becomes a level, greyscale view with the site picked out in red, numbered to its view cone on the plan and credited to its photographer.
Deep Analysis · eight studies
A day of real sun and shadow, walking minutes, sightlines and VGA, the impact of your design on its neighbours, the 15-minute city, hour-by-hour footfall and space syntax, all computed in your browser from real map data. Free to try on the Paris sample; your own sites need Max.
All 68 analyses
Every site analysis diagram MapToNap draws
Grouped by what they analyse. Each one is drawn for your address from real data; the label shows whether it is free, Pro or Max.
Movement & access Walkability & accessibility →
Roads & Streetsprimary, secondary, pathsFree
Pedestrian Networkwalkways, paths & plazasPro
Transit Accesswalking time to stopsPro
Access Analysisisochrone from sitePro
Walk Accessibilityreal street routing to key destinationsPro
Stay Places & Connectionspedestrian analysis · walking routesMax
Central & Accessiblecontours + links to destinationsMax
Street Connection Fieldintersection proximity, not measured flowsPro
Node Analysisspatial nodes & axesPro
Street Corridorsmain streets and what lines each onePro
Orientationcardinal directionsPro
Orientation Rosestreet bearing distributionProBuilt form & growth Urban fabric analysis →
Urban Fabricbuilding morphologyFree
Urban Fabric · Bfigure-ground by footprint sizePro
Urban Fabric · Generalisationbuildings merged into blocks · street names placedMax
Building Densityfloor area ratio & coveragePro
Building Typologyfootprint catalogue by areaPro
Bivariate Hex Gridbuilding coverage × amenities per hexagonMax
Urban Growthwhen each block became built-up · 1975–2020ProLand use & zoning Zoning diagrams →
Amenities & activity Amenities & POI analysis →
POI Type Mapamenities by categoryPro
POI Type Map · Bcategory badges + busiest shopping streetsPro
POI Density Heatamenity concentrationPro
Street VitalityPOI density & activityPro
Activity Centreswhere each kind of facility clustersPro
Service Territoriesvoronoi catchment & gapsPro
Annotated Mapnearest facilities on real mapPro
Places & Timesfour places · opening hours · what happensMax
Urban Data · Nodesreal POI & transit nodesMax
Urban Data · GridPOI count per grid cellMaxSun & climate Climate analysis →
Sun Pathsolstice + equinox arcsPro
Sun & Wind Axonometricsolstice sun paths · sunlit facades · prevailing windsPro
Temperature Yearmonthly high / low (°C)Pro
Precipitation Yearmonthly rainfall (mm)Pro
Annual Climatetemp + rainfall climographPro
Solar Radiationshortwave MJ/m²·dayPro
Four Seasons · 2 PMfeels-like in sun, shade & wind · simplifiedMax
Urban Heat · Estimaterelative heat from ground cover, not measuredProWind & sound Wind analysis →
Wind Flowprevailing flow around blocksPro
Wind · Flow Simulation2D lattice Boltzmann on your GPU · shelter and corridorsMax
Wind · 3D Flowstreamlines at 2, 14 and 28 m around real heightsMax
Noise Analysisroad traffic noise zonesPro
Road Noise · Aural Topographysound rays from every street · building shieldingMax
Sound Sourcesmodelled acoustic sources by typeProTerrain Topography & slope →
3D & axonometric Axonometric diagrams →
Urban Context Axonometric3D city model · floors by colour · uses & sectionsFree
Isometric Massingper-building 30° extrusionPro
Building Massingheight & shadow on real mapPro
Line Axonometricplan oblique · real heights · focus in redMax
Line Axonometric · Bisometric · real heights · name tagsMax
Axonometric Callouts3D massing + magnified detailsMax
Active & Lost Spacesline axonometric · used and left-over places in circlesMax
Transit Layerscity disc + floating layer of lines and stopsMax
Centres & Connectionsaxonometric · walking links between centresMaxContext & boards Presentation boards →
Locationsite within countryPro
City Contextsite location in cityPro
Green & Waterparks, forests, riversFree
Combined Overlayroads + green + buildingsPro
Context Mapping Boardmulti-scale atlas collageMax
Site Inset Boardfocus map + 4 circular analysesMax
Visual Analysisnumbered views with real street photosMax
Opportunities & Constraintsland use · main streets · walking radiiMaxFrequently asked questions
Clear answers before you start
Can I choose only some analyses?
Yes. The analysis types are selectable, so you can generate only the diagrams relevant to the project.
Can I upload a map or image?
For context mapping workflows, MapToNap can also use an uploaded image as a source.
Is MapToNap free?
You can start for free. Four analyses can be generated for free without signing up, with a watermark on exports. Pro and Max need a one-time 30-day pass, and there is no subscription.
Will my pass renew automatically?
No. A 30-day pass expires on its own. We email a reminder 3 days before it ends, and you decide whether to buy again.
Are the diagrams AI-generated images?
No. They are generated from map data, analysis rules and editable graphic geometry.
Can the visual analysis use real street photos?
Yes. The Visual Analysis board (Max) draws numbered view cones on the plan and fills each with a real street-level photo from Mapillary, taken where the site can really be seen past the buildings in front, with the site picked out in red. The photos are CC BY-SA 4.0 and every photographer is credited on the board.
What is Deep Analysis?
Eight studies of the site that go beyond diagrams: 24 hours of real sun and shadow, walking isochrones, isovists and visibility graph analysis (VGA), the impact of a proposed design on sun, views and walking, the 15-minute city, an hour-by-hour footfall model, space syntax (how well each street is connected) and WHAT IF?, a 3D model of the real site where you change a building, close a street or add a block and measure what changes. It runs in your browser on real map data, is part of Max and is free to try on the Paris sample.
Can MapToNap simulate noise and wind around a site?
Yes, in Max. Road Noise · Aural Topography traces sound rays from every street and lets the buildings block them, drawn as 3 dB bands; the levels are estimated from road classes, not measured. Wind · Flow Simulation runs a 2D lattice Boltzmann simulation around the real buildings on your graphics card and marks the sheltered areas and wind corridors for a wind direction you choose. Both are computed in your browser; neither replaces an engineering noise or wind study.
What is a space syntax analysis, and can MapToNap make one?
Space syntax reads how each street sits in the network around it. MapToNap's Deep Analysis runs an angular segment analysis of the real street network and draws integration (the streets easiest to reach) and choice (the through-routes) at 400, 800 or 1200 m. It is free to try on the Paris sample. How the space syntax study works.
Can it simplify the buildings into blocks with street names?
Yes. Urban Fabric · Generalisation (Max) merges the buildings into blocks the way a cartographer would, joining neighbours within 2.5 m, filling small courtyards and simplifying the outlines, then places the street names automatically where they fit. In central Paris the drawing has about 70% fewer vertices than the raw footprints.
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Last updated: October 2026