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Awesome Maps

A curated list of awesome online maps

General Purpose​

  • Mapcarta - Explore open knowledge from OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, and more.
  • Mapy.cz - General purpose map with various possibilities.
  • HERE WeGo - Maps, navigation and routes.
  • OpenStreetMap - The free wiki world map.
  • MapQuest - Explore driving directions, maps, live traffic updates and road, nearby businesses, restaurants and hotels.

Public Transport​

  • OpenRouteService - Route planner for directions, isochrones and places.
  • Γ–PNVKarte - Every train, tram, subway, ferry and bus line in the world.
  • Mapnificent - Dynamic public transport travel time maps.

Street View​

  • Mapillary - Street-level imagery, powered by collaboration and computer vision.
  • Street View - 360Β° views of various places.

Mercator projection​

Topography​

Outdoor​

Facilities​

  • Box Locator - Find vending machines and other similar amenities around the world.

Accessibility​

  • Wheelmap - Wheelchair-accessible places.

Sea​

Train​

Airspace​

Satellites​

  • ISSTracker - Real-time location tracking of the international space station.
  • Satellite Map - Current position and trajectory of 16,000 manmade objects orbiting the Earth.
  • Sentinel Hub - Full resolution images satellite imagery.
  • RAMMB SLIDER - Interactive satellite imagery explorer.
  • EarthExplorer - Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological Survey.

Sights​

  • UNESCO World Heritage - Map of UNESCO World Heritage sites.
  • OpenTripMap - Map service for sightseeing and travel planning.
  • Wikimapia - Editable map of marked places.
  • AlleBurgen - Castles, palaces and fortified buildings in Europe.
  • Visit Sights - Self-guided sightseeing tours by foot and individual sights all around the world.
  • Wordl Travel Map - National Parks Worldwide - Map, photos and other informations.

Accommodation​

Media​

Food​

  • Happy Cow - World Map of Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurants and Health Food Stores.
  • TasteAtlas - World food atlas.
  • ViaMichelin - Selected restaurants from the MICHELIN Guide.
  • mundraub - Edible plants and fruits worldwide.
  • McBroken - Is the McDonald's Ice Cream machine broken?

Fun​

  • Pinball Map - Open source crowdsourced worldwide map of public pinball machines.

Weather​

  • Windfinder - Wind forecasts, wind radar, wind force and weather.
  • Windy - Wind map, weather forecast and more than 40 other layers.
  • Windguru - Wind and weather model forecast maps.
  • Real Time City Climate - High precision, high-resolution climate map for world cities.
  • Real Time Lightning Map - Lightning strikes in real time across the planet.
  • OpenWeatherMap - Interactive weather maps.
  • openSenseMap - Open environmental sensor data all over the world.
  • ShadeMap - Global map simulating mountain, building and tree shadows for any date and time.

Climate Change​

Catastrophes​

Historic​

3D Earth​

Extraterrestrial​

Nightsky​

Moon​

  • Moon Trek - NASA exploration portal for the Moon.

Mars​

  • Mars Trek - NASA exploration portal for Mars.

Solar System​

Milky Way​

  • 100,000 Stars - Interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood.

Universe​

Contribute​

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.

Licens​

To the extent possible under law, Simon Siegert has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.