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Mapping platforms

The underlying infrastructure that creates, draws, and hosts the maps, such as OpenStreetMap and Google Maps, that you can use.

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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
UP42
up42.com

UP42

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

Berlin
since 2019
Satellites, Environmental data, Civic data
commercial
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
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
Google Maps
maps.google.com

Google Maps

Google's mapping platform

Mountain View, CA
Crowdsourcing, Mapping, Mapping platforms
commercial, Google
GeoServer
geoserver.org

GeoServer

GeoServer is an open source server for sharing geospatial data.

Mapping, Mapping platforms
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
Nappal hajtva
nappalhajtva.budapest.hu

Nappal hajtva

Information website by Budapest municipality in order to help the population find the possibilities of solar energy

Hungary (Magyarország) 🇭🇺
Mapping tools, Mapping platforms, Govtech
Felt
felt.com

Felt

Introducing the world’s best way to make & share maps on the internet.

Mapping platforms, Mapping tools, Civic data
Accela Civic Insight
accela.com/platform/civic-insight

Accela Civic Insight

See how cloud-based and on-premise civic engagement software creates a dynamic ecosystem between government agencies, citizens, developers and partners.

since 2012
The Tech, Civic data, Data visualization
Quantum GIS
qgis.org

Quantum GIS

Create, edit, visualise, analyse and publish geospatial information on Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD and mobile devices For your desktop, server, in your web browser and as developer libraries

since 2002
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Skycatch
skycatch.com

Skycatch

Drone maps and 3D models processed in the cloud for construction, mining, energy, & more.

since 2013
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Paint the Town
web.archive.org/web/20201207142113/https://paintthetown.chriswhong.com/nyc

Paint the Town

Paint the Town is a collaborative data art project. It allows anyone to paint a New York City tax lot to any color they choose.

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2019
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Transit.land
transit.land

Transit.land

Our goal at Transitland is to make sense of the jumble here in the SF Bay Area. We're mapping those buses, trains, streetcars, ferries, and even cable cars.

Bay Area, California
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
mass transit, mobility
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) (HOTOSM)
hotosm.org

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) (HOTOSM)

HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping.

1100 13th Street NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20005
since 2009
Adjacent Fields, Civic data, Crowdsourcing
OpenStreetMap, humanitarian
OpenMapKit
github.com/posm/OpenMapKit

OpenMapKit

Master Directory for OpenMapKit

since 2015
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Terrastories
amazonteam.org/terrastories

Terrastories

Terrastories is a geostorytelling application built to enable local communities to locate and map their own oral storytelling traditions about places of significant meaning or value to them.

Pusugrunu, Suriname
since 2018
Mapping, Mapping platforms, Story-based campaigns
Remix
remix.com

Remix

A single platform to design for multiple transportation modes to thrive in your city.

San Francisco
since 2014
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
mass transit, mobility
Streetwyze
streetwyze.com

Streetwyze

The Streetwyze app is the world’s first neighborhood navigator powered by local knowledge.

since 2019
Civic data, Data visualization, Hyperlocal news and citizen media
apps
Mapbox
mapbox.com

Mapbox

An open source mapping platform for custom designed maps. Our APIs and SDKs are the building blocks to integrate location into any mobile or web app.

since 2010
Mapping platforms
NationalMap Australia
nationalmap.gov.au

NationalMap Australia

NationalMap is an online map-based tool to allow easy access to spatial data from Australian government agencies.

50 Marcus Clarke St, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
since 2015
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Carto
carto.com

Carto

CARTO Turns Your Location Data Into Business Outcomes.

since 2012
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Ushahidi
ushahidi.com

Ushahidi

Helping people raise their voice and those who serve them to listen and respond better

Nairobi
since 2008
Communicating with the government, Crowdsourcing, Engagement tech
FieldPapers
fieldpapers.org

FieldPapers

Field Papers is a tool to help you create a multi-page atlas of anywhere in the world.

Russian Federation 🇷🇺
since 2012
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
DevSeed Data Team Peru
web.archive.org/web/20181128204149/https://developmentseed.org/blog/2017/12/19/devseed-data

DevSeed Data Team Peru

Building mission critical maps in the open

Ayacucho, Peru
since 2017
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Draw the Lines PA
drawthelinespa.org

Draw the Lines PA

It's our House, so it should be our mouse.

Pennsylvania
Civic literacy, Computer-assisted gerrymandering, Data visualization
gerrymandering
Google Crisis Map
google.org/crisismap/weather_and_events

Google Crisis Map

A collection of national and regional-scale layers related to weather, hazards, and emergency preparedness and response, mostly for the US.

Mountain View, CA
since 2017
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
crisis, Google, humanitarian
Google Earth
google.com/earth

Google Earth

Explore the far reaches of the world, right in your browser.

since 2001
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Google
Maps for Change
github.com/Maps-for-Change

Maps for Change

Embeddable map of parallel events and buses going to the People's Climate March in Washington, DC.

San Francisco
since 2019
Activism aggregators, Advocacy tech, Civic data
ConsultVox
consultvox.co

ConsultVox

Co-constructing territories by mobilizing citizen intelligence

EuraTechnologies, 165, Avenue de Bretagne, 59000 Lille, France
Communicating with the government, Data visualization, Issue reporting
Streetcaster
supernormal.io/projects/streetcaster

Streetcaster

Supernormal explored an algorithm that integrates social equity as a key variable in prioritizing infrastructural replacements and repairs.

285 Washington St, Somerville, Massachusetts
Civic data, Data science for social good, Data visualization
Reduced inequalities, Industry, innovation, and infrastructure
Social Pinpoint
socialpinpoint.com

Social Pinpoint

Social Pinpoint provides a flexible suite of digital tools to enhance your community and stakeholder engagement.

Newcastle, NSW
since 2013
Civic and social impact companies, Data visualization, Mapping
OpenStreetMap
master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is the free wiki world map.

since 2004
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
OpenStreetMap
ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.)
esri.com

ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.)

Esri's GIS mapping software is the most powerful mapping and spatial data analytics technology available. Unlock the full potential of your data and improve operational & business results with our loc...

ESRI
since 1969
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
GEOIDEA.RO
geoidea.ro

GEOIDEA.RO

Geoidea.ro stands for GEodata Openness Initative for Development and Economic Advancement in ROmania and started in January 2013. It aims at improving the scientific basis for open geodata model adopt...

Romania 🇷🇴
since 2013
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Outreach Grid
outreachgrid.com

Outreach Grid

Collaborate across agencies to combat homelessness at the Point of Work on one unified platform.

Irvine, CA
since 2016
Adjacent Fields, Bureaucracy tech, Check-in tools
homelessness
MapAction
mapaction.org

MapAction

An emergency map publishing system that supports humanitarian workers in the field

Oxfordshire, UK
since 2002
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
Streetmix
streetmix.net

Streetmix

Civic engagement for street design

Philadelphia
since 2013
Co-design, Engagement tech, Mapping
mobility
Seattle Boundaries
web.archive.org/web/20210128052833/https://boundaries.seattle.io

Seattle Boundaries

Seattle has a lot of boundaries: city council districts, school districts, police beats, & a lot more. This tool makes it easy to know which boundaries you’re in so you can better understand how city...

Seattle, WA
since 2016
Civic data, Data visualization, Mapping
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