WorldwideLive
Radio Garden
Spin a globe and listen to live radio stations anywhere on Earth
radio.gardenOpen
Map Curiosities & Data Experiments
Some maps exist to surprise you: drag Greenland to the equator, find what lies on the opposite side of the Earth, watch the continents drift over 750 million years, or turn a city into a poster.
22 maps · 21 completely free · 3 live
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The True Size Of
Drag countries around the map to see their true size
thetruesize.comOpen
Europe
Chronotrains
How far can you get by train in five hours? Isochrone map of Europe
chronotrains.comOpen
Worldwide
Ancient Earth Globe
See where your town was on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago
dinosaurpictures.orgOpen
Worldwide
City Roads
Draw every road in a city as a minimalist poster
anvaka.github.ioOpen
Worldwide
shipmap.org
Animated map of a year of global shipping movements
shipmap.orgOpen
Worldwide
ShadeMap
Simulate shadows from buildings, trees and terrain at any time
shademap.appOpen
Worldwide
River Runner
Follow a raindrop from anywhere to the sea
river-runner-global.samlearner.comOpen
Worldwide
Antipodes Map
Find the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth
antipodesmap.comOpen
WorldwideLive
Day and Night World Map
Where it is day and night on Earth right now
timeanddate.comOpen
Worldwide
Great Circle Mapper
Draw great-circle flight routes between airports and measure distances
gcmap.comOpen
Worldwide
Human Terrain
The world's population density drawn as 3D mountains
pudding.coolOpen
Worldwide
MapFight
Compare the size of any two countries or regions
mapfight.xyzOpen
Worldwide
SunCalc
Sun position, sunrise and sunset directions for any place and time
suncalc.orgOpen
WorldwideLive
Time Zone Map
Interactive map of the world's time zones
timeanddate.comOpen
Worldwide
Earth View from Google Earth
Thousands of striking satellite landscapes picked from Google Earth
earthview.withgoogle.comOpen
Worldwide
If It Were My Home
Compare life in your country with life anywhere else
ifitweremyhome.comOpen
Observable universe
Map of the Universe
Scroll through a map of the observable universe, galaxy by galaxy
mapoftheuniverse.netOpen
Worldwide
Map Projection Transitions
Watch the world morph smoothly between dozens of map projections
jasondavies.comOpen
Worldwide
Worldmapper
Cartograms that resize countries by population, wealth and more
worldmapper.orgOpen
Roman Empire
Omnes Viae
A Roman route planner based on the Peutinger Map
omnesviae.orgOpen
Worldwide
MAPfrappe
Draw a shape on one map and see it at the same scale somewhere else
mapfrappe.comOpen
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How to choose
These maps are great for teaching: they make abstract ideas such as projection distortion or deep time instantly visible.
Many are made by individuals and may disappear; if you love one, tell its creator.