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Grafomap is a Latvia-based design company known for combining OpenStreetMap data with design filters allowing people to create colorful map posters of any place in the world.

History
The company and the team is located at Latvia, but the prints of posters and maps are actually printed and shipped from Los Angeles as well as Riga. Grafomap was founded in 2016 by Rihards Piks and Karlis Bikis.

According to the co-founder Rihards Piks, the start up was inspired by Snazzy Maps, a Word Press plugin which coloured the maps for contact pages of websites. The idea transformed into creating real maps for people who would like to use the maps as wall posters and highlight areas of personal importance to them. This focus on memories of individuals to be used as interior art form became the driving force of the company's business model.

The start up has been featured in numerous mainstream fashion, art and business outlets like Vogue, The Guardian, Chicago Tribune, Launching Next, The Coolector, Simply Grove, PSFK and Product Hunt for their maps focusing on regions of sentimental value and the mapping as a decor per se. The founders have also been interviewed as entrepreneurs and experts.