This paper discusses the design philosophy, data scheme and expression, cartographic generalization, illustration standard and mapping procedure of the 1∶250 000 regional seismotectonic maps and 1∶ 50 000 urban active fault distribution maps. The map information is from urban active fault databases, which are based on ArcGIS Geodatabase technique, and the mapping procedure is based on ArcGIS mapping template technique. Therefore, the paper also introduces the mapping procedure in ArcGIS software and references the information organization in urban active fault database. It is expected that this work can promote the standardization and normalization of the active fault map achievements.