Lifemap: the maps of your lives
A lifemap turns your story — life, career, travels — into an interactive map and timeline. Discover what a life map is and how to create your own with VitaeMap.
What is a lifemap?
A lifemap (or “life map”) is a visual representation of a life that combines a geographic dimension (where things happened) and a chronological one (when they happened). Unlike a plain CV or diary, a lifemap connects places, dates, photos, stories and indicators on an interactive map and timeline, telling a journey rather than just listing its steps.
What is a lifemap for?
Map a life
Childhood home, studies, jobs, travels, encounters: every key moment takes its place on a map that reveals your geographic trajectory. On VitaeMap, you can tell your life from several angles.
Tell it over time
A life map has several reading axes. Chronology remains essential to understand how events unfold. On VitaeMap, you can enter precise dates (down to the minute) as well as much broader ones (just the year).
Measure and visualize
Impact, satisfaction, intensity or custom indicators (premium) make your life map analytical through radar, trek or wheel-of-life modes.
Share your story
Public indexed link, access code, invitation or embed: share your lifemap while keeping full control over visibility.
One lifemap, many ways to experience it
The same life map can be explored from many angles. Here are a few examples of representations available with VitaeMap.
Map mode: your geolocated journey
Every key moment sits exactly where it happened. Perfect for visualizing travels, relocations or the geographic reach of a career.
Timeline mode: the sequence over time
The timeline highlights defining periods and the dynamics of a life, from a precise date to a single year.
Trek mode: the relief of your journey
Your indicators (impact, satisfaction, intensity) become a mountain to climb: an immersive way to tell the highs and lows.
Patchwork mode: the mosaic of your memories
Your photos arrange themselves into a living mosaic that turns the lifemap into a visual album. This mode comes in several flavors: polaroid, but also patchwork, carousel or gallery.
Why build a lifemap with VitaeMap
Far more than pins on a map
Where other tools drop simple pins, VitaeMap connects places, dates, stories and indicators into a lifemap that genuinely tells a story.
12+ visualization modes
Map, timeline, patchwork, 3D journey, trek, analytical charts, quizzes… the same lifemap can be explored from many angles.
Multilingual by design (premium)
Thanks to event versions, your life map exists in English and French without re-entering everything.
Easy to start
Create your first lifemap without signing up, or import your CV as a PDF to generate a career map in seconds. Click the 'Create my lifemap' button below.
Frequently asked questions about lifemaps
What is the difference between a lifemap and a life map?
“Lifemap” and “life map” mean the same thing: a visual representation of a life on a map and a timeline. VitaeMap enables lifemaps that truly reflect you through its many representations.
Is a lifemap only for travels?
No. A lifemap can map a career, a family history, a digital legacy, an educational journey or the biography of a public figure. The concept applies to any story that unfolds across space and time.
How can I create a lifemap for free?
You can build your first lifemap without signing up using the Quick Map Builder: add a few places and key moments, then enrich them with photos, descriptions and indicators. The free plan already lets you publish and share your life map.
Is my lifemap private?
You fully control visibility: private, shared by link, public (indexed), shared with an access code, or by invitation. You decide exactly who can see your lifemap.
Understand the concept better
Create your lifemap now
Place the first locations and moments of your story on the map — free and without signing up.