Postcode areas YO
The big picture. Group broad postcode areas into regional sales teams or nationwide coverage.
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Your territories.
Your data.
Your map.
Create your own postcode and territory maps.
Colour sales areas, plan delivery coverage and turn your figures into a map that makes sense. Add the finishing touches yourself, or tell our AI assistant what you want and let it help with the editing.
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Sales territoriesDelivery & service areasCustomer & sales mapsReports & presentations
Meet your map assistant
Describe it.
Then watch your map take shape.
You do not have to know which menu to open. Ask the assistant to create territories, change colours, arrange the page or add a note. It works with the map you already have open.
It can do the editing as well as explain it. Read the plan, choose “Make these changes”, then keep the conversation going. Ask for a tweak and it can adjust the same items. Undo is there if you change your mind.
Open the tool & try the assistant See what the assistant can doA conversation could start like this…
“Make the page landscape. Put the map on the left and add a bold text box on the right saying ‘Our sales territories’.”
Review the planApply the changes
Then make it your own
“Make North team blue, move the key to the bottom right and make the title bigger.”
Example requests. You stay in control of the changes.
Territories & coloursTitles & page layoutShapes & textMarkers & circlesInsets & travel areas
Try 5 AI messages a day as a visitor, or sign in for 20. You choose uploaded files and approve purchases yourself. Read about the assistant and your information.
Start with the right boundaries
How much detail do you need?
Use broad areas for an overview, or go closer for local territories. See how the YO postcode area breaks down into districts and sectors.
Postcode districts YO18
More local control. Build territories around towns and divide larger areas into practical patches.
Try a district map →
Postcode sectors YO18 7
Finer detail. Define smaller delivery zones, local service areas and closely matched territories.
Try a sector map →One postcode, three useful map levels: YO18 7TG area · YO18 7TG district · YO18 7TG sector.
Read the illustrated postcode guide →There is more than postcodes
Try UK counties, Irish Eircodes, NHS boundaries, USA ZIP codes and world countries. Use More Maps in the editor to browse the available boundaries.
Give your figures a place on the map
From a spreadsheet to a story.
Already have postcodes, customer counts or sales figures? Make the patterns easier to see, and give each territory a clear purpose.
Colour your existing territories
Bring in a spreadsheet of postcodes or area names with their territory names. Apply your own colours, then refine the map by clicking individual shapes.
How to import territory colours →Turn numbers into a heat map
Shade each boundary by sales, customers, population or another measure. Choose the colour range and how values are grouped. These are coloured areas—also called choropleth maps.
How to colour areas by value →Put useful totals in the legend
Upload your own figures to Additional Data and show totals for each coloured territory. Save datasets in your account and use them again on other maps.
How to add your own figures →Use your own figures, or data you have permission to use. Statistical data is not included by default with every map. The import tools let you check what matches before you use it.
See what is within reach
Make coverage clear.
Compare delivery zones, service territories or the reach of several depots. Choose the kind of distance that makes sense for your business.
By road distance or drive time
Search for a postcode or place, or drop a flag on the map. Set the distance or time, choose your bands and create the travel areas. Add another starting point to compare locations, with a separate key for each.
Saved maps retain the calculated shapes, colours and keys, so reopening does not calculate them again.
Explore Distance/Time →
By straight-line distance
Draw one or more distance rings around a postcode or place. Change their intervals, colours and labels, and use several centres when you need to compare branches or depots.
Colour postcodes turns coverage from circles, travel areas or dots into territories. Keep existing colours or replace them when that is what you need.
Build a coverage map →Travel areas are road-network estimates, not guaranteed journey times. Postcode coverage uses polygon centres, not every address. Route calculations have usage limits.
Make it yours
The details make the difference.
A useful map also needs to be easy to read. Arrange the page, focus the view and add just enough detail to tell your story.
Draw, label and explain
Add a star for a depot, a line between places or a filled polygon to highlight a patch. Draw your own lines point by point, or copy a boundary from the underlying map.
Text boxes give you room for instructions, a visit list or a short explanation, with bold, italic, underline and wrapping text. Keep shapes and notes fixed to the page or attached to the map.
Explore Shapes & Text →
The overview and the close-up
Add an inset to make a busy area easier to read. Pan and zoom it independently, resize it and give it its own background and frame.
An inset of your current map follows your colour changes. You can also use another licensed map in your account; reopening the destination map picks up the source’s latest saved artwork.
Explore inset maps →Your logo, right where it belongs
Add a logo, photograph or illustration. Resize it, adjust the crop and frame, and choose whether it stays on the page or moves with the map.
Add images →Your important places
Place labelled markers for offices and depots, or import postcode dots to show a list of customers, shops or other locations.
MarkersPostcode dots →Your key and page layout
Choose portrait, landscape or square. Move and resize the key, add extra legend text, change colours and hide unassigned areas to focus on your territories.
Customise the map key →All in your browser
A proper map editor.
With help at hand.
Work visually with familiar panels for colours, labels, maps and data. Drag, zoom and arrange your page. Use Undo and Redo as you refine it.
For supported map types, On Google opens a geographic preview over a street-map background.
The blue question marks open illustrated instructions for the tool you are using. The assistant can explain a step and show you where to click, as well as make supported edits for you.
Take a look through the handbook →
Try first. Unlock when you are ready.
One payment.
12 months’ map access.
Try the editor before buying. When you are ready to save and download, choose a licence for the map type you need. The displayed price covers 12 months of access, with VAT added where shown.
No automatic renewal. Map prices vary; you see the price for your chosen map before paying. Sign in to save editable versions and make separate copies for different teams or projects.
Before you start
A few useful answers.
Need a hand choosing a map? Call 01751 473136 or get in touch. We are map designers, and happy to help.
Can I try the map colouring tool before buying?
Yes. Open a map and try the editor without creating an account. Trial maps show a watermark. An active licence for your chosen map type is required to save maps to your account and download finished files. The price is shown before you buy.
Can the AI assistant actually edit my map?
Yes. In the mapping tool it can propose and apply supported changes to your open map, including territories, colours, titles, layout, shapes, text, markers, circles and insets. Read its plan and choose Make these changes. You can ask for follow-up tweaks or use Undo this job. You still choose uploaded files yourself and approve purchases.
Which postcode map should I choose?
Choose postcode areas such as YO for a broad overview, districts such as YO18 for more local territories, or sectors such as YO18 7 for finer detail. A full postcode such as YO18 7TG identifies a smaller group of delivery points; it is not the same as a sector. Our illustrated postcode guide compares all three map levels.
Can I colour a postcode map using my spreadsheet?
Yes. Import a list of postcodes or boundary names with territory names to assign your zones. For numerical values such as sales, customers or population, use Heat Maps to group figures into coloured bands. Additional Data can also show totals for your territories in the legend. You supply the figures; statistical datasets are not automatically included with every map.
What can I download?
With the appropriate map access you can export PDF, SVG, PNG and JPG, download a PowerPoint presentation, or export territory data as CSV. PDF is useful for printing and sharing; SVG retains vector artwork for further editing. Save an editable copy in your GBMaps account so you can return to the map later.
Are drive-time areas the same as distance circles?
No. Radial Circles show straight-line distances from a point. Distance/Time uses the road network to estimate driving distance or travel time. Road-travel estimates are not guaranteed journey times. Colour postcodes selects areas using their polygon centres, rather than testing every address.
Is 12 months’ access a monthly subscription?
No. The displayed map-licence price is a single payment for 12 months of access to that map type, plus VAT where shown. It does not renew automatically. Different map types have different prices, shown before purchase. Renew when you want to continue saving and downloading.
How much can I use the assistant?
Visitors can try 5 AI messages per day; signed-in users have 20 per day. Follow-up messages count towards the allowance. Availability and service limits apply. The illustrated help pages remain available when your AI allowance is used up.
Start with a map. See where it takes you.
What would you like to put on yours?
Choose your boundaries, try the tools and ask the assistant to help.