Fort Collins, Colorado · Est. 2016

KR Maps Press

The printing side of KR Maps. We take your photos and the routes you traveled and turn them into printed things you can hold.

One title in print· Two more setting up· Printed at 300 DPI

A finished Travel Book lying on a walnut table

No. 1In print now

Travel Books

A printed book of one trip, built from your photos: chapters, captions and your route drawn on real maps. Drop in a trip and see the first draft.

From: $46.95
Format: A4 landscape, A4 portrait or A5

Enter Travel Books How it works

Setting up

Next off the press.

Same maps and photos, in a different form. We’re still setting these up. Leave your email and we’ll write once, when they’re ready.

No. 2 · In the works

Journey Posters

Your whole route on one wall-sized sheet, with your photos along it.

No. 3 · In the works

Framed Prints

One photo, printed and framed, with the place and date underneath.

Looking for the wall maps? They’re on the main site.

Go to krmaps.com →

A finished Travel Book — From Nîmes to Céret — lying on a walnut table

A printed book of your travels

The photo book that
knows how you traveled.

Drop in your trip photos. You get back a printed book, maps included.

Drop in a folder of trip photos. Travel Books works out where you went and when, draws the maps, puts your photographs in order, and gives each place its own pages. Then it prints as a book you keep.

Start your book — free to build See how it works

Photos stay on your device· Hardcover, lay-flat & softcover· From $26.95 ·Free U.S. shipping ·Printed in the U.S.A.

From Nîmes to Céret · hardcover · 145 photographs

Photos in, a book out

Drop in your travel photos. You get back
maps, photographs and moments.

Your photos

116 of them. Unsorted.

The front cover of the finished book: Palamós — Return visits 2015–2016, set on one of the trip’s own photographs

Pages 2–3 of the finished Travel Book: the whole trip, drawn across the opening spread

A photograph spread from the finished book: a grid of frames facing a full-bleed harbour scene

A moment spread from the same book: Parc de les Dunes, on foot — the morning’s photographs facing the walk’s own map

This whole 72-page hardcover came from one folder of photos. Nothing was laid out by hand.

Then change whatever you like: rewrite a caption, move a photo, pick a different layout, change the map style.

See how it works

The back cover: the whole route drawn one last time as a single line, with the book’s colophon

The cover

Style your trip

Pick a cover style. Any of your photos works on the front, and you can change the style any time before you order.

Lisbon — a Travel Book front cover, the title set straight over the photograph

A FIELD JOURNAL Lisbon Every miradouro, one hill at a time AUG 2024 · 38°43′N 09°08′W

01Full plate Type on photo

Rinjani — a Travel Book front cover, the photograph above a titled paper band

Rinjani Three mornings above the cloud A FIELD JOURNAL JUL 2023 · LOMBOK

02Title band Paper band

Two friends on the cliffs above Praia da Marinha — One trip, at the center of them all
Praia da Marinha · Sep 2024

Blue Ridge — a Travel Book front cover, the title set masthead-scale over the photograph

Blue Ridge Six days along the ridgeline · Mar 2024

03Masthead Two words, magazine scale

KR MAPS PRESSPLATE 01 — 14

Caparica — a Travel Book front cover, the photograph mounted like a print

Caparica THE LAST EVENING ON THE COAST

04Gallery mount Mounted print

A FIELD JOURNAL Bali The long way round the lakes APR 2024 08°16′S 115°10′E 14 DAYS · 6 STOPS

Bali — a Travel Book front cover, a title column beside the photograph

05Split panel Color from the photo

Dadès

SOUTH OF THE HIGH ATLAS MAR 2023 · 31°30′N 05°50′W

06Spine run Title up the side

Chulilla — a Travel Book front cover, the trip's numbers printed beneath the title

VISIT 07 / ES · FILE 2023-10

Chulilla Nine days on limestone, one rest day, and the walk down through the gorge every evening. 39°39′N
00°53′W

DAYS9 ROUTES47 PHOTOS212 ROCKLimestone WEATHER14°–23°

07Manifest The trip’s numbers

東京 (Tokyo) — a Travel Book front cover set in vertical Japanese, the title in columns down the right margin

08Vertical set Type down the right margin

Change it any time· Every book size· Your photograph, your title

The back cover

More ways to make it yours.

The back cover is your route, drawn as a map. Pick the line style, the colors and the layout, from plain and minimal to bold. The back can be as personal as the front.

Jordan — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — JordanAmman to Aqaba

The American West — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — The American WestMinneapolis to Minneapolis

The Great Lakes — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — The Great LakesChicago to Detroit the long way

The Cyclades — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — The CycladesAthens and four islands

Three Continents — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — Three ContinentsBoston to Kochi

The Inca Trail — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — The Inca TrailLima to Machu Picchu

Italy at Easter — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — Italy at EasterRome, Florence and Venice

The Slow Boat — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — The Slow BoatChiang Mai to Vientiane

Sri Lanka by Rail — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — Sri Lanka by RailSigiriya to Galle

Taiwan — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — TaiwanTaipei and Taroko

Across the Pacific — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — Across the PacificSeattle to Saigon

The Top of Scotland — a Travel Book back cover, the route drawn from the trip's own record — The Top of ScotlandSkye and the coast road

Your route on the back · Change it any time · Every book size

The back cover of a Vienna Travel Book, the route drawn in gold over the ground it crossed

The front cover of the same book, the title set on an ochre band beneath the photograph

The back — your routeThe front — your photograph

Start with the front, the back or a color. You can change any of it later.

Start your book — free to build

A finished Travel Book lying open: a full-bleed chapter opening for Béziers on the left page, the trip’s map of northern Spain on the right

A photo book you can follow on the map.

A chapter opening· Béziers, France

Make it yours

Give your trip a look of its own.

Pick a map style and every map in the book uses it. These are the same palettes we’ve printed on our wall maps for years.

Subtle Pastel map style — a book page of Paris — Subtle PastelParis

Heirloom map style — a book page of Rome — HeirloomRome

Lagoon map style — a book page of Venice — LagoonVenice

Dusk Rose map style — a book page of Kyoto — Dusk RoseKyoto

Colorpop map style — a book page of Tokyo — ColorpopTokyo

Soft Lavender map style — a book page of Provence — Soft LavenderProvence

Lemon map style — a book page of Amalfi — LemonAmalfi

Terra map style — a book page of Utah — TerraUtah

Muted Tones map style — a book page of Skye — Muted TonesSkye

Blue Light map style — a book page of Iceland — Blue LightIceland

Seafoam map style — a book page of Pacific — SeafoamPacific

Solterra map style — a book page of Singapore — SolterraSingapore

Warm Neutral map style — a book page of Cape Town — Warm NeutralCape Town

Executive map style — a book page of Tokyo — ExecutiveTokyo

Building the book is the easy part.

Turn your photos into a book that actually tells the story.

Your camera roll is full of trips you haven’t looked at since. This turns them into a book you can hold.

See how it works

Every page, map and cover in this film comes from a real finished book.

Built in

The small details go in too.

All of it comes from an ordinary camera roll. Nothing to type in.

See how it works

7 Mar · 61° 9 May · 75° 10 May · 63°

Day by day

Details of the day, down to the weather.

Clear, overcast or rain. Each day’s weather is looked up and printed with that day’s pages.

Learn more

A printed summit spread, photographed: the Matterhorn in 3D relief across both pages, a photograph planted at its coordinates

The hike & the summit

Scale a mountain?

A hike gets its distance, elevation gain and high point printed. Reach a summit and you get a 3D view of the mountain with your route drawn up it.

Learn more

Two visits, in time order

Palamós → Sant Feliu 2015 · P. 6 Palafrugell → l’Escala 2016 · P. 48

Organized for you

Return visits get their own chapter.

Days spent in one place become a chapter. Go back a year later and that’s another one.

Learn more

On foot · Day 03 · Sat 9 May

Parc de les Dunes

2h 56mOn foot

21Photos

75°Overcast

The moments it finds

It can tell a walk around town from a stop at a landmark.

The time and place stamped on each photo are enough to tell what you were doing.

Learn more

Composed for you

Nothing to set up.

Drop your photos in and the book is laid out for you. No templates, no settings, no sorting first.

Everyone was there

Gather everyone’s photos with one private link.

They add theirs. They never see your book.

See how it works

The printed book

Hardcover, lay-flat and softcover, printed at 300 DPI. These are photos of real books.

The cover of From Nîmes to Céret, close on a walnut table — the title set over a harbour at dusk

A printed map page — the route drawn along the coast from Sète up to Montpellier

A chapter quote page facing a full-bleed photograph

A lay-flat book open, the pages meeting almost flat at the binding

Two finished Travel Books, front covers up

Free to build

Your best trips deserve
more than a folder.

Pick a trip and see the first draft of your book. Change anything you like. You only pay when you order a print.

Start your book Browse all six books → See how it works

Photos stay on your device· Books from $26.95· Free U.S. shipping· Printed in the U.S.A.

Travel Books are standalone. You build a book in your browser from a folder of photos, on a laptop or a phone. Nothing to install, no account needed. If you already use our free KR Maps Journeys app, it can send a trip across, but you don’t need the app to make a book.

Real photographs

What a finished book actually looks like.

These are photos of two finished Travel Books: one from two weeks in Indonesia, one from four trips along the coast of southern France. Further down are pages from a few more. All were made the same way you’d make yours. Tap any photo to see it full size.

OneThe book

A hardcover book, A4 landscape.

11.7 × 8.3 inches closed. The cover can be a photo from the trip or your route drawn on plain board.

From Nimes to Ceret — 145 photographs, four cities, and a cover drawn from the GPS track

Indonesia — Teluknaga to Tuban, August 2018. A photograph from the trip carried across the whole cover

Two books, two trips — both A4 landscape, both hardcover

The same title with the drawn cover: four journeys as one continuous line

Indonesia, straight on. The cover photograph runs edge to edge

From Nimes to Ceret with a photograph on the cover instead of the drawn line: a harbour at dusk, July 2023

TwoInside the book

Maps and photographs, facing each other.

Each chapter opens with a map of that place. Maps print across both pages. The distances, weather and times on each page come from the photos’ own data.

The opening spread: eleven days, four journeys, Sète to Béziers to Ceret to Narbonne, all on one map

A chapter opens on Tuban — three days, 103 photographs, about 146 miles

Friday 12 May, a market. The day’s photographs in the order they were taken

Wandering Narbonne — a day’s walk, set across both pages

Montpellier: 29 photographs, 18 pins, numbered so you can follow them across the next spreads

A quote page, set alone. Montpellier, Saturday 13 May 2023

Sengkang and around — two days, 23 photographs, about 156 miles

Saturday 11 August, day 10 of 14: Rantepao at 08:26 and 08:29, each photograph stamped with its time

Getting there — left Nîmes for Béziers, 65.9 miles by road

A walk through Agde, 10:15 to 11:36, clear and 86°, with the walk drawn beside it

A whole page for one photograph: boarding a Wings Air flight at Palopo, 11:38

Boats and stilt houses: one day, laid out across both pages

The last page — eleven days, four journeys, one line on the map

ThreeIn the hand

Heavy paper, solid binding.

Heavy paper, printed both sides, and it opens flat enough to read a map across the middle.

Open at the middle and lying flat, so you can read a map across the fold

A map page held open, the route running along the coast

Turning into a street market in Yogyakarta

Standing open — Wednesday 13 July, then Saturday 22 October

FourDetails

Close enough to read.

The route line follows where your photos were taken, one color per journey, printed at 300 DPI on real map data.

The route line close up — Narbonne, Béziers, Agde, Sète. Every stop is a dot, every journey its own color

A moment on the page: Borobudur, 08:52 to 11:33, two hours forty-one minutes on site, overcast and 84°

One day, 19 photographs, 82.6 miles, overcast and 81° — the figures set under the map

Three days, 101 photographs, about 117 miles

FiveMore books

Other trips, printed the same way.

Pages from other books we have printed: a summit in the Alps, the American Southwest, the Greek islands, Iceland, Lofoten, Paris and Africa.

Iceland: the route through Geysir, with Gullfoss just beside it

The Matterhorn, 4,478 m: a summit spread, the mountain in 3D with a photograph planted at its coordinates

A route south through Sudan, drawn across a map of north-east Africa

Zion & Bryce opens: two days, 36 photos, about 63 miles

Paris up close: the route past the Luxembourg Garden, every quarter named

The Southwest: a five-day trip across four journeys, 18 to 22 May 2026

Lofoten on a printed map, the peaks and lakes named

The Cyclades opens: six islands in six days, all of it by boat

Getting there: a card for the next leg, On to Grand Canyon, left 21 May at 19:20 and arrived 22 May at 08:10

SixThe pages themselves

Flat, at full width.

These five are the print files themselves, not photos of the book. They are the same files that go to the press, shown flat so you can see the whole page. Everything above this line was shot with a camera.

An exported opening spread: the whole journey drawn across both pages — The opening spread — the whole journey, drawn across both pages

An exported summit page: a peak rendered in three-dimensional relief with elevation shading — A summit page, with the 3D terrain switched on

An exported photo spread, frames set across both pages — A photo spread, laid out from the photos

An exported day map: one day's movement drawn on cartography — A day map: one day’s route on a real map

An exported spread: a full-bleed photograph facing its caption — A full-bleed photograph, facing its own caption

The map styles and terrain settings behind these are on How it works.

Yours will look different.

Same paper and binding. Your trip, your maps, your photos. Drop a trip in and see the first draft.

Start your book See pricing

KR Maps Press

Travel Books

Next off the press.

Journey Posters

Framed Prints

The photo book that
knows how you traveled.

Drop in your travel photos. You get back
maps, photographs and moments.

Your photos

The cover

Maps

Photographs

Moments

The back

Style your trip

More ways to make it yours.

Give your trip a look of its own.

Building the book is the easy part.

Turn your photos into a book that actually tells the story.

The small details go in too.

Details of the day, down to the weather.

Scale a mountain?

Return visits get their own chapter.

Parc de les Dunes

It can tell a walk around town from a stop at a landmark.

Nothing to set up.

Gather everyone’s photos with one private link.

Your best trips deserve
more than a folder.

What a finished book actually looks like.

A hardcover book, A4 landscape.

Maps and photographs, facing each other.

Heavy paper, solid binding.

Close enough to read.

Other trips, printed the same way.

Flat, at full width.

Yours will look different.

KR Maps Press

Travel Books

Next off the press.

Journey Posters

Framed Prints

The photo book thatknows how you traveled.

Drop in your travel photos. You get backmaps, photographs and moments.

Your photos

The cover

Maps

Photographs

Moments

The back

Style your trip

More ways to make it yours.

Give your trip a look of its own.

Building the book is the easy part.

Turn your photos into a book that actually tells the story.

The small details go in too.

Details of the day, down to the weather.

Scale a mountain?

Return visits get their own chapter.

Parc de les Dunes

It can tell a walk around town from a stop at a landmark.

Nothing to set up.

Gather everyone’s photos with one private link.

Your best trips deservemore than a folder.

What a finished book actually looks like.

A hardcover book, A4 landscape.

Maps and photographs, facing each other.

Heavy paper, solid binding.

Close enough to read.

Other trips, printed the same way.

Flat, at full width.

Yours will look different.

The photo book that
knows how you traveled.

Drop in your travel photos. You get back
maps, photographs and moments.

Your best trips deserve
more than a folder.