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Mapping

Technologies to collect, plot, and display geographic data.

Suggested reading: In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations. (Rest of World)

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Project Geospatial
projectgeospatial.org

Project Geospatial

A non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to advancing geospatial education for a better world.

Virginia
Mapping, Digital literacy, Learn about civic tech
The Mappyist Hour archives
projectgeospatial.org/partner-content/the-mappyist-hour

The Mappyist Hour archives

Archived podcast on everything geospatial. Original air dates 2017 - 2021.

Virginia
since 2025
Archives, Podcasts, Learn about civic tech
Allmaps
allmaps.org

Allmaps

Allmaps makes it easier and more inspiring to curate, georeference and explore collections of digitized maps.

Mapping, Mapping tools, Archives
history
Protomaps
protomaps.com

Protomaps

Protomaps is a free, customizable map of the world, deployable as a single static file on cloud storage.

Mapping, Mapping platforms, Civic data
Extract
ai.gov.uk/projects/extract

Extract

Using AI to unlock historic planning data

10 Downing Street
since 2025
Artificial Intelligence, Urban planning, Mapping tools
Gemini, OpenStreetMap
UP42
up42.com

UP42

UP42 transforms how organizations order, access, and analyze Earth observation data.

Berlin
since 2019
Satellites, Environmental data, Civic data
commercial
gvSIG Desktop
gvsig.com/en/products/gvsig-desktop

gvSIG Desktop

A powerful, user-friendly, interoperable GIS used by thousands of users worldwide.

Valencia (Spain)
since 2009
Mapping, Mapping tools, Civic data
Azmeh أزمة
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alsha3b.azmeh&hl=en

Azmeh أزمة

تطبیق "أزمة" ھو تطبیق فلسطیني يعرض حالة الأزمات المرورية التي تفرضھا حواجز الاحتلال

Mapping, Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
Israel Palestine
Doroob
doroob.net

Doroob

Updated maps by local staff from your community to match map frequent changes equiped by location services.

West Bank (al-Ḍiffah al-Gharbīyah)
Mapping, Mapping platforms, Mapping tools
apps
Open Geospatial Consortium
ogc.org

Open Geospatial Consortium

Mapping
OpenGroupMap
opengroupmap.com

OpenGroupMap

OpenGroupMap is an open platform for creating and sharing collaborative maps. It enables communities, groups, and organizations to build shared geographic knowledge bases.

since 2024
Mapping tools, Mapping
neal.fun/internet-roadtrip

Internet Roadtrip

Twitch drives Google Maps

Artistic interventions, Mapping, Games and gamification
Verkehrszeichen in OpenStreetMap
osm-verkehrswende.org/traffic-signs

Verkehrszeichen in OpenStreetMap

Verkehrszeichen sind wertvolle Daten in OpenStreetMap.

Germany (Deutschland) 🇩🇪
since 2025
Mapping, Mapping tools, Civic data
OpenStreetMap, streetscape, Prototype Fund
The Life and Times of Citibike #32606
bsky.app/profile/agordon.me/post/3lkqsdctfys2k

The Life and Times of Citibike #32606

806 days, 8,624 trips, 7,060 miles. Thank you for your service.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2025
Data visualization, Civic data, Mapping
cycling
Google Maps Platform
mapsplatform.google.com/resources/blog/whats-new-with-google-maps-platform-geospatial-analytics-generative-ai-and-weather

Google Maps Platform

Google Cloud now offers Geospatial Analytics, Generative AI on Street View imagery, and more environmental data as part of the broader Google Maps Platform

Mountain View, CA
since 2025
Mapping tools, Mapping platforms, Mapping
Google, streetscape
datahacker
blog.miketahani.com

datahacker

Mike Tahani's data viz gallery. It includes mapping, journalism, politics, outer space, and data visualization.

Data visualization, Mapping
datadaptive.com/pip

Postcodes in Polygon

Datadaptive's Postcodes in Polygon tool allows users to draw an area on a map and retrieve a list of postcodes within that area in Great Britain, using data from the November 2024 release of the ONS P...

Mapping tools, Mapping, Civic data
GAMA Platform
gama-platform.org

GAMA Platform

GAMA is an easy-to-use open source modeling and simulation environment for creating spatially explicit agent-based simulations.

Mapping, Mapping tools, Urban planning
mobility
Google Maps
maps.google.com

Google Maps

Google's mapping platform

Mountain View, CA
Crowdsourcing, Mapping, Mapping platforms
commercial, Google
americanamap.org/#map=4/40.5/-94

OpenStreetMap Americana

A new OpenStreetMap style by the US chapter

United States of America 🇺🇸
Mapping, Mapping tools, Design
OpenStreetMap
GeoMSF Platform
geo.msf.org/home

GeoMSF Platform

A full suite of mapping and geodata tools developed by and for Medecins Sans Frontieres

Washington, DC
Civic data, Mapping, Mapping tools
Good health and well-being
デジタル空間社会連携研究機構 (Digital Sapital Society (DSS))
dss.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp

デジタル空間社会連携研究機構 (Digital Sapital Society (DSS))

デジタル空間社会連携研究機構ではIoTデバイスからのデータなどの多様でダイナミックなリアルタイム時空間ビッグデータを一元的に集約し、これらを統合した形で人々や企業の活動、交通

Tokyo
Academia, Research and policy centers, Civic data
Google Heat Resilience Tool
blog.google/outreach-initiatives/sustainability/google-ai-research-extreme-heat-resilience/

Google Heat Resilience Tool

Google Research is applying AI to satellite and aerial imagery to build a Heat Resilience tool, helping cities understand how to reduce surface temperatures through planting trees or using highly-refl...

Mountain View, CA
Artificial Intelligence, Satellites, Mapping
city, heat, Google
EveryDoor
every-door.app

EveryDoor

EveryDoor is an OpenStreetMap editor for POIs and entrances.

Open knowledge, Crowdsourcing, Mapping
StoryMap
storymap.knightlab.com

StoryMap

StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events. Tells a story based on a series of singular point locations.

Mapping, Mapping tools, Narrative tech
Field Tasking Manager (FieldTM)
fmtm.hotosm.org

Field Tasking Manager (FieldTM)

FIeldTM allows for coordinating field mapping activities in Open Mapping campaigns. While there are existing field mapping applications, there is a lack of efficient tools to coordinate these activiti...

since 2022
Mapping, Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
OpenStreetMap, humanitarian
StreetComplete
streetcomplete.app

StreetComplete

This app finds missing map data in your vicinity and displays it on a map as quests. Solve each quest by visiting the location on-site and answering a simple question to update the map.

Mapping, Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
SketchMapTool
sketch-map-tool.heigit.org

SketchMapTool

The Sketch Map Tool is an easy-to-use tool for participatory sketch mapping through offline collection, digitization and georeferencing of local spatial knowledge. The tool has a variety of applicatio...

Mapping, Mapping tools, Crowdsourcing
MapHub
maphub.net

MapHub

MapHub allows you to create interactive maps

Mapping, Mapping tools
HOT Export Tool
export.hotosm.org/v3

HOT Export Tool

The Export Tool is an open service that creates customized extracts of up-to-date OSM data in various file formats.

Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Mapping, Mapping tools
GeoServer
geoserver.org

GeoServer

GeoServer is an open source server for sharing geospatial data.

Mapping, Mapping platforms
Cloud-Native Geospatial Foundation
cloudnativegeo.org

Cloud-Native Geospatial Foundation

The Cloud-Native Geospatial Foundation encourages adoption of highly efficient and accessible approaches to working with geospatial data over the Internet.

Washington, DC
Mapping tools, Mapping, Civic data
TreeKIT
treekit.org

TreeKIT

We’re helping city dwellers measure, map, and manage street trees.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
Mapping tools, Mapping
trees
PastMaps
pastmaps.com

PastMaps

Cutting-edge map tools for historical research. Search, explore, and discover the history of your surroundings through historical maps.

Civic maps, Mapping, Mapping tools
history
Overture Maps Foundation
overturemaps.org

Overture Maps Foundation

Powering current and next-generation map products by creating reliable, easy-to-use, and interoperable open map data

Mapping platforms, Mapping, Civic data
Atlas of Sustainable City Transportation
atlas.itdp.org

Atlas of Sustainable City Transportation

The Atlas contains measurements of nine indicators for cities all around the world.

Civic maps, Mapping
Sustainable cities and communities, city, mass transit
Auglinn
auglinn.com

Auglinn

Drop notes and questions outdoors with augmented reality, and create 2D and 3D maps. Interact with citizens outdoors and let the city speak.

Wilmington, DE
Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR, AR, MR), Emerging tech, Mapping
apps
Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab (BOIL)
boiledbhoot.org

Bangladesh Open Innovation Lab (BOIL)

Our aim is to build a community that supports the Open Data and uptake of the Living Lab paradigm.

Dhaka, Bangladesh
Civic apps outfits, Mapping, Disaster response and humanitarian tech
FedGeoDay
fedgeo.us

FedGeoDay

FedGeoDay is THE event devoted to "open geospatial ecosystems" (open source software, open/collaborative mapping, open science challenges, and open engagements) that are used to initiate and grow capa...

Washington, DC
since 2020
Meet the others, In-person meetings, Conferences
Mapatón Ciudadano
mapaton.org

Mapatón Ciudadano

Mapeo colaborativo de rutas de transporte con herramientas de software libre para futuras ciudades sostenibles.

Xalapa
since 2016
Mapping, Civic data, Civic hackathons
mobility
Transport for London and Google Maps collaborate to make cycling better
tfl.gov.uk/info-for/media/press-releases/2023/october/transport-for-london-and-google-maps-collaborate-to-make-cycling-better-for-londoners-and-people-across-the-world

Transport for London and Google Maps collaborate to make cycling better

Cycling updates to Google Maps now take account of traffic conditions and the availability of high-quality cycling infrastructure

London
since 2024
Public Private Partnerships, Mapping, Civic data
cycling, city, Google
Postcode => Westminster constituency converter
12v.github.io/boundary-mapper

Postcode => Westminster constituency converter

Enter a UK postcode and this tool returns the constituency it belongs to

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Mapping, Mapping tools, Civic data
MapIt
mapit.mysociety.org

MapIt

The easy way to match points to boundaries

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Mapping tools, Mapping, Civic data
digitize your city
digitalizate.clisi.org

digitize your city

Digitize your city is a series of actions that seek to create a friendlier environment through the use of technology previously influenced by us and the data we consciously create and deliver.

Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Crowdsourcing, Mapping
Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology
heigit.org

Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology

We provide research and development to support decision making in the field of sustainable mobility and humanitarian aid. We accomplish this through open geoinformation, open methods, open software an...

Heidelberg
Mapping, Disaster response and humanitarian tech
mobility, Climate action
Social Explorer
socialexplorer.com

Social Explorer

Gain deep insights into any location of interest through thousands of data variables and stunning visualizations. Reinforce your decisions with Social Explorer’s reliable data mapping capabilities....

New York
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping tools
Digital Commons Lab
dcl.fbk.eu

Digital Commons Lab

Digital Commons Lab (DCL) is a research laboratory of the Digital Society center of FBK with the goal to design, develop and analyze digital commons based on open data.

Trento
Civic data, Mapping, Research and policy centers
OpenStreetMap
The Systemic Racism Pin
racismpinawards.com

The Systemic Racism Pin

We highjacked Google Maps API to create a geolocated placename called Systemic Racism, just in front of the Parliament of Quebec, where it'd be impossible for the Premier to ignore.

Quebec City, QC, Canada
Specific campaigns, Location, Mapping
racial equity, campaigns, 2023 Webby Awards
HOT Tasking Manager
tasks.hotosm.org

HOT Tasking Manager

The tool to team up for mapping in OpenStreetMap

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
Pro bono and volunteer, Help out, Crowdsourcing
OpenStreetMap
OpenAerialMap
openaerialmap.org

OpenAerialMap

OpenAerialMap is an open service to provide access to a commons of openly licensed imagery and map layer services. Download or contribute imagery to the growing commons of openly licensed imagery. St...

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
Open civic data, Civic data, Drones
OpenStreetMap
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