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

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/simsieg/awesome-maps
Owner: simsieg
Created: 2020-03-30T15:46:41.000Z (over 4 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-05-23T07:56:35.000Z (5 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-05-23T08:57:18.889Z (5 months ago)
Topics: 3d-earth, awesome, awesome-list, catastrophes, collection, curated-list, links, map, maps, online-resources, satellites, weather
Homepage: https://github.com/simsieg/awesome-maps
Size: 1.46 MB
Stars: 324
Watchers: 9
Forks: 20
Open Issues: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- Contributing: contributing.md
- Code of conduct: code-of-conduct.md

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README

        # Awesome Maps

[![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re)

> A curated list of awesome online maps

![Map Collage](./cover.jpg)

## Contents

- [Awesome Maps](#awesome-maps)

  - [Contents](#contents)

  - [General Purpose](#general-purpose)

  - [Public Transport](#public-transport)

  - [Street View](#street-view)

  - [Mercator projection](#mercator-projection)

  - [Topography](#topography)

  - [Outdoor](#outdoor)

  - [Facilities](#facilities)

  - [Accessibility](#accessibility)

  - [Sea](#sea)

  - [Train](#train)

  - [Airspace](#airspace)

  - [Satellites](#satellites)

  - [Sights](#sights)

  - [Accommodation](#accommodation)

  - [Media](#media)

  - [Food](#food)

  - [Fun](#fun)

  - [Weather](#weather)

  - [Climate Change](#climate-change)

  - [Catastrophes](#catastrophes)

  - [Historic](#historic)

  - [3D Earth](#3d-earth)

  - [Extraterrestrial](#extraterrestrial)

    - [Nightsky](#nightsky)

    - [Moon](#moon)

    - [Mars](#mars)

    - [Solar System](#solar-system)

    - [Milky Way](#milky-way)

    - [Universe](#universe)

  - [Contribute](#contribute)

  - [License](#license)

## General Purpose

- [Mapcarta](https://mapcarta.com) - Explore open knowledge from OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, and more.

- [Mapy.cz](https://en.mapy.cz) - General purpose map with various possibilities.

- [HERE WeGo](https://wego.here.com/) - Maps, navigation and routes.

- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/) - The free wiki world map.

- [MapQuest](https://www.mapquest.com/) - Explore driving directions, maps, live traffic updates and road, nearby businesses, restaurants and hotels.

## Public Transport

- [OpenRouteService](https://maps.openrouteservice.org/) - Route planner for directions, isochrones and places.

- [ÖPNVKarte](https://www.öpnvkarte.de/) - Every train, tram, subway, ferry and bus line in the world.

- [Mapnificent](https://www.mapnificent.net/) - Dynamic public transport travel time maps.

## Street View

- [Mapillary](https://www.mapillary.com/app/) - Street-level imagery, powered by collaboration and computer vision.

- [Street View](https://www.google.com/maps/) - 360° views of various places.

## Mercator projection

- [The True Size Of](https://thetruesize.com/) - Compare the relative size of countries.

## Topography

- [OpenTopoMap](https://opentopomap.org/) - Free topographic maps.

- [Topographic-map](https://en-gb.topographic-map.com/map/) - Colored overlay for topographic maps.

- [Every Mountain in the World](http://everymountainintheworld.com/) - Find mountains by elevation and prominence.

- [HeyWhatsThat](https://www.heywhatsthat.com/) - Surface of the Earth visible from where you're standing.

- [Peak Isolation](http://scriptdomain.net/voronoi-maps/isolation/) - Voronoi of the 15,000 most isolated peaks.

- [PeakVisor](https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-everest.html) - 3D panorama of any place.

## Outdoor

- [OpenCycleMap](https://www.opencyclemap.org/) - Global cycling map for overview and planning.

- [CyclOSM](https://www.cyclosm.org/) - Beautiful open cycle map.

- [Komoot](https://www.komoot.com/plan) - Route planner for hiking, cycling and running.

- [Light pollution map](https://www.lightpollutionmap.info) - Interactive world light pollution map.

- [UrbexElite](https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1M6OeH-DCWCLHGLQ2_CiGPd0aO7IjPHqo&hl=de&ll=52.28141979857539%2C14.202343154077269&z=8) - Map of lost places.

- [Bike-sharing World Map](https://bikesharingworldmap.com) - A map of the world's bikeshare services.

## Facilities

- [Box Locator](https://boxlocator.eu/en/map) - Find vending machines and other similar amenities around the world.

## Accessibility

- [Wheelmap](https://wheelmap.org/) - Wheelchair-accessible places.

## Sea

- [OpenSeaMap](https://map.openseamap.org/) - Free nautical chart.

- [Marine traffic](https://www.marinetraffic.com) - Real time ship locations.

## Train

- [OpenRailwayMap](https://www.openrailwaymap.org/) - Free map of the world's railway infrastructure.

- [Zugverfolgung.com](https://www.zugverfolgung.com/) - Live train tracking for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, and Belgium.

- [Rail Radar](http://raildar.co.uk/radar.html) - Real time movements of trains in the UK.

- [Track Your Train Map](https://www.amtrak.com/track-your-train.html) - Live train tracking in the US.

- [Chronotrains](https://www.chronotrains.com/) - How far can you travel from each station in less than 8 hours?

## Airspace

- **[⭐️ Escape ✈️](https://greatescape.co/map) - Find the cheapest flight destinations.**

- [FlightConnections](https://www.flightconnections.com/) - Overview of all flight routes worldwide.

- [SkyVector](https://skyvector.com/) - Worldwide Aeronautical Charts.

- [Flightradar24](https://www.flightradar24.com/) - Real time flight tracker map.

- [ADS-B Exchange](https://globe.adsbexchange.com/) - Aircraft tracking.

- [Sondehub](https://sondehub.org/) - Live tracking of radiosonde flights.

## Satellites

- [ISSTracker](http://www.isstracker.com/) - Real-time location tracking of the international space station.

- [Satellite Map](https://maps.esri.com/rc/sat2/index.html) - Current position and trajectory of 16,000 manmade objects orbiting the Earth.

- [Sentinel Hub](https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser) - Full resolution images satellite imagery.

- [RAMMB SLIDER](https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu) - Interactive satellite imagery explorer.

- [EarthExplorer](https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) - Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological Survey.

## Sights

- [UNESCO World Heritage](https://whc.unesco.org/en/interactive-map/) - Map of UNESCO World Heritage sites.

- [OpenTripMap](https://opentripmap.com/) - Map service for sightseeing and travel planning.

- [Wikimapia](https://wikimapia.org/) - Editable map of marked places.

- [AlleBurgen](https://www.alleburgen.de/index-atlas.php) - Castles, palaces and fortified buildings in Europe.

- [Visit Sights](https://visitsights.com/) - Self-guided sightseeing tours by foot and individual sights all around the world.

- [Wordl Travel Map](https://travelermap.net/national-parks) - National Parks Worldwide - Map, photos and other informations.

## Accommodation

- [Open Camping Map](https://opencampingmap.org) - World map of camping sites.

## Media

- [Snapchat](https://map.snapchat.com) - Recent videos on a map.

- [Radio Garden](https://radio.garden) - Listen to radio stations around the world.

- [Flickr Map](https://www.flickr.com/map) - Photos and videos on a map.

- [WikiShootMe](https://wikishootme.toolforge.org/) - Wikipedia images and articles on a map.

- [Newspaper Map](https://newspapermap.com/) - Find and translate all newspapers in the world.

- [OpenBookCase](https://openbookcase.de/map) - Search and find public bookcases.

## Food

- [Happy Cow](https://www.happycow.net/veggiemap/) - World Map of Vegan/Vegetarian Restaurants and Health Food Stores.

- [TasteAtlas](https://www.tasteatlas.com/search) - World food atlas.

- [ViaMichelin](https://www.viamichelin.com/web/Search-Restaurants) - Selected restaurants from the MICHELIN Guide.

- [mundraub](https://mundraub.org/map) - Edible plants and fruits worldwide.

- [McBroken](https://mcbroken.com/) - Is the McDonald's Ice Cream machine broken?

## Fun

- [Pinball Map](https://www.pinballmap.com/map) - Open source crowdsourced worldwide map of public pinball machines.

## Weather

- [Windfinder](https://www.windfinder.com/) - Wind forecasts, wind radar, wind force and weather.

- [Windy](https://www.windy.com/) - Wind map, weather forecast and more than 40 other layers.

- [Windguru](https://www.windguru.cz/map/) - Wind and weather model forecast maps.

- [Real Time City Climate](https://www.meteoblue.com/en/products/cityclimate/index) - High precision, high-resolution climate map for world cities.

- [Real Time Lightning Map](https://www.lightningmaps.org/) - Lightning strikes in real time across the planet.

- [OpenWeatherMap](https://openweathermap.org/weathermap) - Interactive weather maps.

- [openSenseMap](https://opensensemap.org/) - Open environmental sensor data all over the world.

- [ShadeMap](https://shademap.app) - Global map simulating mountain, building and tree shadows for any date and time.

## Climate Change

- [Electricity Maps](https://app.electricitymaps.com/map) - 24/7 live visualization of electricity origins and CO2 emissions.

- [Water level](https://coastal.climatecentral.org/map/8/100.6166/13.2746/?theme=water_level&map_type=water_level_above_mhhw) - Simulate rising sea levels.

## Catastrophes

- [Earthquake Track](https://earthquaketrack.com/) - Map of earthquakes.

- [Forest Watch](https://fires.globalforestwatch.org/map) - Monitoring of forest and land fires.

- [Live Cyber Threat Map](https://threatmap.checkpoint.com/) - Live map of cyber attacks.

- [NUKEMAP](https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/) - Simulate explosions of nuclear weapons.

## Historic

- [Old Maps Online](https://www.oldmapsonline.org) - Historical maps around the world.

- [Mapire](https://mapire.eu/) - Portal for historical maps.

- [Painted Planet](https://hicsuntleones.nl/paintedplanet) - Geolocated paintings of cityscapes and landscapes.

## 3D Earth

- [Google Earth](https://earth.google.com/web/) - 3D view of the Earth in space.

- [Dark Sky Map](https://maps.darksky.net/?3d) - 3D Earth with different data layers.

## Extraterrestrial

### Nightsky

- [Stellarium Web](https://stellarium-web.org/) - Virtual online planetarium.

### Moon

- [Moon Trek](https://trek.nasa.gov/moon/) - NASA exploration portal for the Moon.

### Mars

- [Mars Trek](https://trek.nasa.gov/mars/) - NASA exploration portal for Mars.

### Solar System

- [3D Solar System Simulator](https://theskylive.com/3dsolarsystem) - Orbits of planets and more than 150 comets and asteroids.

- [Solar System Scope](https://www.solarsystemscope.com/) - Solar system, night sky and outer space in real time.

### Milky Way

- [100,000 Stars](https://stars.chromeexperiments.com/) - Interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood.

### Universe

- [The Universe in 3D](https://in-the-sky.org/ngc3d.php) - Interactive 3D map of the universe.

## Contribute

Contributions welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines](contributing.md) first.

## License

[![CC0](https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/buttons/88x31/svg/cc-zero.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0)

To the extent possible under law, Simon Siegert has waived all copyright and

related or neighboring rights to this work.