PIXELSTIX MAPS
The free app for exploring and interacting with mural galleries
AN ESSENTIAL TOOL
Our app remains the indispensable tool for discovering and interacting with murals. Since inception, we’ve remained steadfast in our commitment to offering the PixelStix app for free, ensuring users can fully immerse themselves in the art without distractions. Six years on, our dedication to this principle remains as unwavering as it was back in 2018!
OPENING PIXELSTIX MAPS
When you open the PixelStix app you will see a large ‘MAPS’ button in the lower right of the app. Tapping it will immediately show a map of where you are in the world and any murals nearby that are equipped with PixelStix plaques.
The mural locations are the small blue Ps that you see.
EXPLORING OTHER GALLERIES
The bottom of the Map allows you to swipe left or right to see murals for a particular gallery.
Tapping the ‘Everything’ gallery shows all every PixelStix plaque in the world. There are lots!
FINDING MURAL PLAQUES
When you arrive at a mural, the P on the map will direct you to the specific location that a plaque has been installed where you can learn more about the mural. Using the PixelStix app you can interact with it too.
INTERACTING WITH A PLAQUE
Tap the small P in PixelStix Maps or tap the large P in the app’s home screen to launch the NFC reader.
You can then interact with the plaque by touching your phone to it or slowly waving your phone over the plaque.
Most PixelStix plaques have a QR code that you interact with using your phone’s camera if needed.
TIPS FOR INTERACTING WITH PLAQUES (NFC)
Using NFC is easy! But it can take a few tries before you perfect it. Here are some helpful tips that we know can be handy if you are new to using NFC on your device.
- IPhone users: Your NFC sensor is on the nose of your phone.
- Android users: Your NFC sensor is either on the middle-back of your phone or also in the nose area.
- For NFC to connect with the plaque, your phone must be less than an inch away.
- Open the NFC reader and slowly wave your NFC sensor over the plaque until you feel a slight buzz in your hand.
MAP TAPS
You can also open a plaque simply by tapping the P directly in PixelStix Maps.
This will show all related galleries for this mural as well as the ‘View Content’ tile.
Open the plaque’s content by tapping ‘View Content’.
Great for rainy days where you want to learn about murals but don’t want to get out of your car!
RELATED GALLERIES IN MAP TAPS
Maps Taps will show you all of the galleries that this mural belongs to.
Tapping a gallery will take you into that gallery’s map.
SEARCHING
Tapping the search box at the top of PixelStix Maps will alllow you to search for any gallery by name.
PLAQUE LINK PAGES
Occasionally a plaque will present you with a decision to make about what information you’d like.
This page works like any link tree.
Tap on the digital experience you’d like. You can always return by using the navigation in the upper left.
ENJOY PIXELSTIX MAPS!
We hope you enjoy the PixelStix app and enjoy the communities, artists and organizations that come together to make these wonderful murals. Consider following us on Instagram to learn about new communities we are bringing online with searchable maps and plaques.
