Free location pin SVG files

A circle and two straight lines

The map pin is a circle with two straight sides that leave it as tangents and meet in a point. Drawn that way there is no bump where the head becomes the tail, which is what makes a pin look right. In these files the head is 62 mm across when the pin is 100 mm tall, and the hole is 25 mm. The point is sharp, so on vinyl press it down last and on a laser expect a slightly rounded tip.

For a map of places you have been, cut the solid pin at 10 to 15 mm tall in permanent vinyl, in two colours. At that size leave out the hole: use the solid pin. From 25 mm up the classic pin weeds cleanly.

Wedding maps, address cards and travel pages

The pair of pins with a heart and a star marks where a couple met and married on a map print. The home pin is for change-of-address cards and housewarming gifts. The frame pin has a 45 mm opening for an initial or a photograph, and the route joins two pins with a winding line for a road trip page. The push pin is the odd one out: it is the real object, for cork boards and classroom displays.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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