Awesome Maps

A curated list of awesome online maps

Contents

• Awesome Maps
  • Contents
  • General Purpose
  • Public Transport
  • Street View
  • Mercator projection
  • Topography
  • Outdoor
  • Facilities
  • Accessibility
  • Sea
  • Train
  • Airspace
  • Satellites
  • Sights
  • Accommodation
  • Media
  • Food
  • Fun
  • 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.
• 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.
• ÖPNVKarte - 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 - 360° views of various places.

Mercator projection

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

Topography

• OpenTopoMap - Free topographic maps.
• Topographic-map - Colored overlay for topographic maps.
• Every Mountain in the World - Find mountains by elevation and prominence.
• HeyWhatsThat - Surface of the Earth visible from where you're standing.
• Peak Isolation - Voronoi of the 15,000 most isolated peaks.
• PeakVisor - 3D panorama of any place.

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.
• Bike-sharing World Map - A map of the world's bikeshare services.

Facilities

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

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.
• Chronotrains - How far can you travel from each station in less than 8 hours?

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.
• 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

• 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.
• Newspaper Map - Find and translate all newspapers in the world.
• OpenBookCase - Search and find public bookcases.

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