Pixtera is a brand new browser-based collaborative pixel art map that turns the whole world into a shared canvas. Built on MapLibre and OpenStreetMap data, it lets users zoom into real locations and start drawing directly onto the map in pixel form.
If this all sounds very familiar then you may be remembering last year's release of Wplace, a very similar map that turns the entire world into your canvas. Wplace is also an interactive map where anyone can paint – one pixel at a time – and watch as a shared, global artwork comes to life.
If you ever contributed to r/place, the concept will also feel instantly familiar. r/place was a wildly popular collaborative experiment on Reddit, where millions of users battled for pixels and created a massive digital mosaic together. You can still explore the incredible results of that last event on the interactive 2023 r/place Atlas.
