Cities
ZoLa (NYC Zoning & Land Use)
New York City's official zoning and land use map
zola.planning.nyc.govOpen
ShadeMap alternatives
ShadeMap: simulate shadows from buildings, trees and terrain at any time. Here are 31 other maps that do a similar job, 31 of them completely free.
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Curiosities
City Roads
Draw every road in a city as a minimalist poster
anvaka.github.ioOpen
History
Mapping Inequality
The 1930s redlining maps of American cities, digitised
dsl.richmond.eduOpen
Cities
PLATEAU VIEW
Open 3D city models of Japan's cities from the national PLATEAU project
plateauview.mlit.go.jpOpen
Cities
ZIMAS (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles' zoning and parcel information system
zimas.lacity.orgOpen
Cities
Mapnificent
See everywhere you can reach by public transport in a given time
mapnificent.netOpen
Cities
SunCalc
Sun position, sunrise and sunset directions for any place and time
suncalc.orgOpen
Property
Walk Score
How walkable, bikeable and transit-friendly an address is
walkscore.comOpen
Cities
Global Human Settlement Layer
Global maps of built-up areas and population over 50 years
human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.euOpen
Cities
OSM Buildings
Worldwide 3D buildings generated from OpenStreetMap
osmbuildings.orgOpen
Cities
Planning Data (England)
National map of planning and housing data for England
planning.data.gov.ukOpen
Cities
3D Amsterdam
The City of Amsterdam's 3D model in the browser
3d.amsterdam.nlOpen
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Cities
ZoLa (NYC Zoning & Land Use)
New York City's official zoning and land use map
zola.planning.nyc.govOpen
Curiosities
City Roads
Draw every road in a city as a minimalist poster
anvaka.github.ioOpen
History
Mapping Inequality
The 1930s redlining maps of American cities, digitised
dsl.richmond.eduOpen
Cities
PLATEAU VIEW
Open 3D city models of Japan's cities from the national PLATEAU project
plateauview.mlit.go.jpOpen
Cities
ZIMAS (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles' zoning and parcel information system
zimas.lacity.orgOpen
Cities
Mapnificent
See everywhere you can reach by public transport in a given time
mapnificent.netOpen
Cities
SunCalc
Sun position, sunrise and sunset directions for any place and time
suncalc.orgOpen
Property
Walk Score
How walkable, bikeable and transit-friendly an address is
walkscore.comOpen
Cities
Global Human Settlement Layer
Global maps of built-up areas and population over 50 years
human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.euOpen
Cities
OSM Buildings
Worldwide 3D buildings generated from OpenStreetMap
osmbuildings.orgOpen
Cities
Planning Data (England)
National map of planning and housing data for England
planning.data.gov.ukOpen
Cities
3D Amsterdam
The City of Amsterdam's 3D model in the browser
3d.amsterdam.nlOpen
Cities
OneMap
Singapore's official national map
onemap.gov.sgOpen
Cities
SF Property Information Map
Zoning, permits and history for any San Francisco property
sfplanninggis.orgOpen
Property
3D BAG
Open 3D model of every building in the Netherlands
3dbag.nlOpen
Cities
Atlas of Urban Expansion
How 200 cities around the world grew, mapped from satellite data
atlasofurbanexpansion.orgOpen
Cities
England Noise and Air Quality Viewer
Road and rail noise maps for England
extrium.co.ukOpen
Cities
GeoInfo Map
Hong Kong's official map with 3D buildings and public facilities
map.gov.hkOpen
Cities
NYC Population FactFinder
Census and survey data for New York City neighbourhoods on a map
popfactfinder.planning.nyc.govOpen
Nature
NYC Street Tree Map
Every street tree in New York City, with species and benefits
tree-map.nycgovparks.orgOpen
Cities
Second City Zoning
Chicago's zoning map made easy to read
secondcityzoning.orgOpen
Webcams & radioLive
Radio Garden
Spin a globe and listen to live radio stations anywhere on Earth
radio.gardenOpen
Curiosities
The True Size Of
Drag countries around the map to see their true size
thetruesize.comOpen
Transport
Chronotrains
How far can you get by train in five hours? Isochrone map of Europe
chronotrains.comOpen
Curiosities
Ancient Earth Globe
See where your town was on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago
dinosaurpictures.orgOpen
Transport
shipmap.org
Animated map of a year of global shipping movements
shipmap.orgOpen
Nature
River Runner
Follow a raindrop from anywhere to the sea
river-runner-global.samlearner.comOpen
Curiosities
Antipodes Map
Find the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth
antipodesmap.comOpen
CuriositiesLive
Day and Night World Map
Where it is day and night on Earth right now
timeanddate.comOpen
Transport
Great Circle Mapper
Draw great-circle flight routes between airports and measure distances
gcmap.comOpen
Population
Human Terrain
The world's population density drawn as 3D mountains
pudding.coolOpen