One OrionAI, now building maps in Map Studio

OrionAI 2.8.0Released 23 October 2026

In Map Studio, the Ask OrionAI panel now builds the map you have open. It shows its plan first, each step as it happens, and a result card you can undo or publish in one click.

Read the announcement: One OrionAI, and it builds the map you have open

Changes since 2.7.0.

#New

  • One OrionAI everywhere. In Map Studio, the toolbar's Ask OrionAI button, Ctrl+K and Home's "Make the map" all open the same Ask OrionAI panel you use across OrionGIS. It now works directly on the map you have open.
  • Plan card. Before it changes your map, OrionAI shows its plan: what the map will show and the steps it will take.
  • Steps as they happen. Each step appears as a short line with a tick, such as "Added administrative boundaries" or "Styled a layer". A step that did not work is marked, so you can see what happened.
  • Result card. OrionAI finishes with a card: what the map shows, the data it used with publisher and licence, and suggested next requests you can run with one click.
  • Undo a whole request. Press Undo on the result card to put the map back exactly as it was before the request. Edit > Undo (Ctrl+Z) brings the request back.
  • Publish from the result. Press Publish on the result card to go straight to Print Layout and publish the map.

#Improved

  • A request in Map Studio still uses one credit, however many steps it takes. It stops after a set number of steps or about three minutes, and ends with a result card saying what was done and what is left.