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Interactive maps for teachers

Free maps and map games to use in the classroom, from world history atlases to live earthquakes.

Live Trackers

Category
Earth orbitLive

Spot the Station

NASA's guide to seeing the International Space Station pass overhead

Free
spotthestation.nasa.govOpen

Weather & Climate Maps

Category
Worldwide

NASA Eyes on the Earth

3D globe of NASA's Earth satellites and what they measure

Free3D
eyes.nasa.govOpen
Worldwide

Probable Futures

Climate maps showing how heat, water and drought change with warming

Free
probablefutures.orgOpen

Earthquake, Fire & Disaster Maps

Category
WorldwideLive

Raspberry Shake StationView

Live map of citizen seismographs around the world

Free
stationview.raspberryshake.orgOpen

Satellite & Aerial Imagery

Category
Worldwide

Google Earth

Fly anywhere on a 3D globe of satellite imagery and 3D cities

Free3D
earth.google.comOpen
Worldwide

Google Earth Timelapse

Watch decades of change anywhere on Earth from satellite images

Free
earthengine.google.comOpen
Worldwide

NASA Earth Observatory

Satellite image stories and global maps explained by NASA scientists

Free
earthobservatory.nasa.govOpen

Historical & Old Maps

Category
Worldwide, strongest for New England

Leventhal Map & Education Center

Historical maps of Boston, New England and the world, with exhibitions

Free
leventhalmap.orgOpen

History & Culture Maps

Category
Worldwide

GeaCron

Interactive world history atlas from 3000 BC to today

Freemium
geacron.comOpen
Worldwide

Native Land

Map of Indigenous territories, languages and treaties worldwide

Free
native-land.caOpen
Atlantic world

SlaveVoyages

Data and maps of the transatlantic and intra-American slave trades

Free
slavevoyages.orgOpen
Worldwide

Endangered Languages Project

Map of endangered languages and the people working to keep them alive

Free
endangeredlanguages.comOpen

Population & Society Maps

Category
Worldwide

Our World in Data

World maps and charts for thousands of indicators on how the world is changing

Free
ourworldindata.orgOpen
Worldwide

Worldmapper

Cartograms that resize countries by population, wealth and more

Free
worldmapper.orgOpen
Worldwide

World Population History

Watch world population grow from year 1 to today

Free
worldpopulationhistory.orgOpen

Space, Planets & Sky Maps

Category
The Moon

NASA Moon Trek

Explore the Moon in 3D with NASA mission data

Free3D
trek.nasa.govOpen
Mars

NASA Mars Trek

Explore Mars with imagery and elevation from NASA missions

Free3D
trek.nasa.govOpen
Solar systemLive

NASA Eyes on the Solar System

The solar system and NASA spacecraft in real time, in 3D

Free3D
eyes.nasa.govOpen
Solar system

Solar System Scope

Interactive 3D model of the solar system and night sky

Free3D
solarsystemscope.comOpen
The universe

WorldWide Telescope

Explore the sky, planets and the universe with real telescope imagery

Free
worldwidetelescope.orgOpen

Geography Games & Quizzes

Category
Worldwide

GeoGuessr

Dropped somewhere in Street View: guess where you are on the map

Freemium
geoguessr.comOpen
Worldwide

Seterra

Map quizzes for countries, capitals, flags and regions

Freemium
seterra.comOpen
Worldwide

Sporcle Geography Quizzes

Thousands of user-made geography quizzes, many on maps

Freemium
sporcle.comOpen
Worldwide

National Geographic MapMaker

National Geographic's classroom map tool with ready-made layers

Free
mapmaker.nationalgeographic.orgOpen
Worldwide

Lizard Point Geography Quizzes

Simple map quizzes for students, by continent and country

Free
lizardpoint.comOpen

Map Curiosities & Data Experiments

Category
Worldwide

The True Size Of

Drag countries around the map to see their true size

Free
thetruesize.comOpen