Invite-only beta

    Film & TV base camp maps,
    every truck to scale.

    Lay out crew parking and base camp on real satellite imagery, then print the map and the signs for the lampposts.

    Free during the beta. Leave your email and we'll write when a spot opens.

    BaseMapper
    The BaseMapper map editor with a base camp laid out: trailers, trucks and tents on the lot.

    44 pieces of production gear, all at one scale.

    The same shapes the editor places, from the same dimensions. A 50 ft star wagon comes out about three SUVs long.

    Starwagon (50FT)54' × 15'
    Condor Crane / Boom Lift26' × 8.2'
    Double Banger44' × 10'
    Russian Arm / U-Crane30' × 15'
    G&E Truck27' × 8.2'
    Triple Banger46' × 10'
    Process Trailer58' × 8.5'
    Large Tow Generator18' × 5.5'
    30ft Makeup Trailer33' × 8.5'
    Tent 10x20ft20' × 10'
    Cam Van20' × 9.8'
    Production Office Trailer55' × 12'
    SUV16' × 6.6'
    Table + 6 Chairs5.9' × 5.2'
    Crane/Jib19' × 6.6'
    Motorhome40' × 8.5'

    From the address on the scout list to the sign that points crew in.

    The parts of the editor a prep week leans on, in the order it reaches for them. Project footprints, sharing and the LocoBase link are on the features page.

    Locations

    Every location on the schedule, in one project.

    Each location is a circle around an address, with a radius from a quarter mile to five. Satellite loads inside the circles and nowhere else.

    See how it works
    Base camp0.5 miSet0.25 miHiddenstreet map out here
    Templates

    A library of to-scale production vehicles.

    44 vehicles, tents and pieces of gear, drawn to scale: star wagons, doubles and triples, a condor, a Russian Arm. The trailer that fits on the plan should fit on the lot.

    See how it works
    Snapping

    Precise arrangement of vehicles, and fast.

    Drag a trailer toward another and its edge finds theirs, with a guide to show which. The grid only catches what nothing else did.

    See how it works
    snapped to the edgeHoneywagonDouble banger, arrivingturns in 11.25° steps
    Drawing tools

    Drawing tools beyond PowerPoint.

    Fourteen tools, from a parking bay to a boxed label. Shift holds a line straight, Alt drags a copy, and the keys are the ones your hands already know.

    See how it works
    Layers

    Move ten things like one thing.

    Drag a box or shift-click to grab a group, then move, tint or delete them together.

    See how it works
    Layers (8)6 selected
    Picture car · Mustang
    Picture car · Taxi
    Picture car · Cruiser
    Picture car · Van
    Starwagon (50FT)
    Double Banger
    Crew dining tent
    Generator · 1200A
    The print sheet

    A crew parking map with a phone number on it.

    Frame the shot, fill in the title and contact, save a landscape PDF. The parking address links to Google Maps.

    See how it works
    The PDF layout screen in BaseMapper with the map placed on a landscape letter page.
    Signage

    Signs you can fold over a barricade.

    32 presets, vehicle signs from your project footprint, and a fold that reads from both sides.

    See how it works
    Sign · 11 × 17
    CRAFT
    SERVICE
    Bay
    B-2
    page 3 of 12
    BaseMapper
    On your phone

    Fix the map from the lot itself.

    Tap the trailer, drag it to where it actually parked. The desktop sees the move in about three seconds.

    See how it works
    BaseMapper on a phone, with a trailer selected on the map.
    "We used to draw parking maps in PowerPoint the night before scout. BaseMapper is what we use now. It's faster, and the transpo coordinator actually trusts the dimensions."

    Sarah M.

    Location Manager

    "The vehicle templates are the right size and there are enough of them to cover a real base camp. That's harder to get right than it sounds."

    Michael R.

    UPM

    Got a lot to scout next week?

    BaseMapper is invite-only while it's in beta, and free to use during it. Leave your email and we'll write when a spot opens.