PowerMapper Desktop Example site maps

Once you’ve built a map you can customize it by choosing from one of the built-in map styles. You can also print maps out to help document the information architecture of a site.

Skyscraper Map Style

This sitemap displays blocks for each page on the site, with the taller blocks representing pages closest to the home page. It's useful for detecting site structures where most of the content clusters in one or two sections of the site.

Skyscraper
Electrum Map Style

This thumbnail sitemap shows miniature snapshots (thumbnails) of each web page organized hierarchically. The map can be re-centered on a new page by drilling down using the [+] symbols.

Electrum
Alloy Map Style

A variation of the Electrum style showing all pages in a single view.

Alloy
Isometric Map Style

This graphical sitemap arranges page thumbnails in an isometric (pseudo-3D) view. Unlike a true 3D view, pages further back stay the same size making them easier to see. The map can be re-centered on a new page by drilling down using the [+] symbols.

Isometric
Page Cloud Map Style

This sitemap displays website structure by arranging pages in clusters centered around the parent page. The map can be re-centered on a new page by drilling down using the [+] symbols.

Page Cloud
Thumb Tree Map Style

This map displays thumbnails of each web page of all levels of the site arranged like an organizational chart.

Thumb Tree
Page Stack Map Style

This sitemap displays a graphical button for each page on the site. You can customize the map with your own icons.

Page Stack
Tree View Map Style

This sitemap displays an expanding/contracting table of contents like Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder.

Tree View
Table of Contents Map Style

This sitemap displays an expanding/contracting table of contents like Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder.

Table of Contents
Table Map Style

This text-only map displays page titles in a table grid.

Table Map
Section List

This text-only map displays page titles in a portal-style directory.

Section List