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There is more than google: A collection of great online maps 🌍🗺🌎

Awesome Maps

A curated list of awesome online maps

Contents

• Awesome Maps
  • Contents
  • General Purpose
  • Public Transport
  • Street View
  • Mercator projection
  • Topography
  • Outdoor
  • Accessibility
  • Sea
  • Train
  • Airspace
  • Satellites
  • Sights
  • Accommodation
  • Media
  • Food
  • Weather
  • Climate Change
  • Catastrophes
  • Historic
  • 3D Earth
  • Extraterrestrial
    • Nightsky
    • Moon
    • Mars
    • Solar System
    • Milky Way
    • Universe
  • Contribute
  • License

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.

Public Transport

• OpenRouteService - Poute planner for directions, isochrones and places.
• OpenPTMap - Public transport lines.
• Mapnificent - Dynamic public transport travel time maps.

Street View

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

Mercator projection

• The True Size Of - Compare the relative size of countries.

Topography

• OpenTopoMap - Free topographic maps.
• Every Mountain in the World - Find mountains by elevation and prominence.

Outdoor

• OpenCycleMap - Global cycling map for overview and planning.
• CyclOSM - Beautiful open cycle map.
• Komoot - Route planner for hiking, cycling and running.
• Light pollution map - Interactive world light pollution map.
• UrbexElite - Map of lost places.

Accessibility

• Wheelmap - Wheelchair-accessible places.

Sea

• OpenSeaMap - Free nautical chart.
• Marine traffic - Real time ship locations.

Train

• OpenRailwayMap - Free map of the world's railway infrastructure.
• Zugverfolgung.com - Live train tracking for Germany, Austria, Switzerland Netherlands, and Belgium.
• Rail Radar - Real time movements of trains in the UK.
• Track Your Train Map - Live train tracking in the US.

Airspace

• ⭐️ Escape ✈️ - Find the cheapest flight destinations.
• FlightConnections - Overview of all flight routes worldwide.
• SkyVector - Worldwide Aeronautical Charts.
• Flightradar24 - Real time flight tracker map.
• ADS-B Exchange - Aircraft tracking.
• Sondehub - Live tracking of radiosonde flights.

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.

Sights

• UNSECO 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.

Accommodation

• Open Camping Map - World map of camping sites.

Media

• Snapchat - Recent videos on a map.
• Radio Garden - Listen to radio stations around the world.
• Flickr Map - Photos and videos on a map.
• WikiShootMe - Wikipedia images and articles on a map.

Food

• 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?

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 Lightning Map - Lightning strikes in real time across the planet.
• OpenWeatherMap - Interactive weather maps.
• openSenseMap - Open environmental sensor data all over the world.

Climate Change

• Electricity Maps - 24/7 live visualization of electricity origins and CO2 emissions.
• Water level - Simulate rising sea levels.

Catastrophes

• Earthquake Track - Map of earthquakes.
• Forest Watch - Monitoring of forest and land fires.
• Live Cyber Threat Map - Live map of cyber attacks.
• NUKEMAP - Simulate explosions of nuclear weapons.

Historic

• Old Maps Online - Historical maps around the world.
• Mapire - Portal for historical maps.
• Painted Planet - Geolocated paintings of citiscapes and landscapes.

3D Earth

• Google Earth - 3D view of the earth in space.
• Dark Sky Map - 3D earth with different data layers.

Extraterrestrial

Nightsky

• Stellarium Web - Virtual online planetarium.

Moon

• Moon Trek - NASA exploration portal for the moon.

Mars

• Mars Trek - NASA exploration portal for the mars.

Solar System

• 3D Solar System Simulator - Orbits of planets and more than 150 comets and asteroids.
• Solar System Scope - Solar system, night sky and outer space in real time.

Milky Way

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

Universe

• The Universe in 3D - Interactive 3D map of the universe.

Contribute

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.

License

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