Maps - Digital Creativity

Map of Woodlands

Maps
Nature

Map of ancient woodlands UK.

Medieval Fantasy City Generator

Create maps for your story

What3Words

Define a place with "just three words". Like Google Maps but poetic.

Google My Maps

Maps

Make and annotate your own maps

Village Generator

Kids
Maps

Generates maps of fictional villages.

Felt

Maps

A tool to create very interesting maps

Walking Poem

Maps
Poetry

A really interesting idea. Not sure if it is a map or not. Is it a poem? Give it a whirl.

Knightlab Map

Maps
Story

Create stories that refer to a map or place.

Route Shuffle

Interesting map tool that generates new routes for your run or walk

Search Old Maps For Text

History
Maps

Quite incredible.

Datawrapper

Quickly create and annotate various types of maps

Waterway Map

Maps

Brilliant map of streams, burns, becks and rivers.

ScribbleMaps

Maps

Easily create your own maps with scribbles on

Dungeon Map Doodler

Maps

A tool to create maps and mazes.

Google Tour Creator

Maps
VR

Create VR tours from Google Street View or 3D images.

How far can you go by train in 5h?

Maps

How far can you get in 5h, on a train.

Lines

Maps
Toy

Find places based on what you draw

The Dungeon Maker

Maps

Reload the page and a new map of a dungeon is created for you. Amazing.

Random Street View

Maps

Google Maps but opened at a random place on earth, in Street View mode.

Medieval Murder Map

History
Maps

Fab map of murder in York.

3D GL Streetmap

Maps

Lovely looking map.

Google Tour Builder

3D
Maps

Create tours around Google VR spaces

Inkarnate

Maps

Amazing map-making tool, currently with free options

Azgaar Fantasy Map Generator

Kids
Maps

Our World In Data

A site with lots of visualisation of world date, here, "obesity"

3D Streetmap

Maps

OpenStreetMap now has a lovely 3D view. I like its look...

Groundhop Map

Maps

Pop over to see a football game in Germany, or near you.

Make My Drive Fun

Maps

An interesting map tool that highlights points of interest.

Colouring London

Maps

A coloured map of London showing different attributes. Not finished yet.

Point In History

History
Maps

Brilliant map tool that shows which dynasties and empires have owned that land over time.

Russia /Ukraine War Map

Maps

Media reports (tweets etc) of the conflict on a map.

Undeniable Streetview

Maps
War

A Google maps-like interface to the destruction that has taken place in Ukraine.

GeoGuessr

Game
Maps

Guess the place with Google Maps

3D Historical Globes

History
Maps

Lovely collection of 3D globes from hundreds of years ago.

Earth 2050

3D
Maps

This site shares predictions from around the world.

Poetry Sound Library

Maps
Writing

Poets reading their work

Terrapattern

AI
Maps

Find places similar in shape to other places nearby

Character Location

Maps
Story

Developing a character? Hack the URL to find out where your character is from

NASA Solar System

Maps
Space

Learn about the planets and moons.

Stroll Down Flatbush

A Google Maps-like interface to 1920s USA

Story Maps

Maps
Story

An interesting map project, with instructions of how to build your own.

30 Day MapChallenge 2020

Maps

Just lots and lots of lovely maps. Go explore.

Nukemap

Maps

Simulation of a nuclear bomb's effects.

Atlas of Intangibles

Maps

Quite lovely collection of odd stuff on the street.

Bird Migrations

Maps
Nature

Visualisations in story form

GB Renewables Map

Ecology
Maps

A beautiful animated map of clean energy in the UK

Google Maps Roadtrip

Maps

A road-trip is re-created using Google Maps Street View

Wonders of StreetView

Maps

The strange stuff found on Google Street View, including this brutalist treehouse.

Circular Tube Map

Maps

Interesting map. Not sure I get it.

Maps of 2022

Maps

Lovely collection of maps.

Fra Mauro's World Map

History
Maps

Navigable world map.

Historical Maps

Maps

From the National Library of Scotland. See maps from 1855.

Interactive Historical Atlas

Maps

A map, that you can go back in time with.

Map of London Trees

Maps
Tree

Interesting visualisation.

River Runner

Maps

Amazing. Click anywhere on earth and watch the route a raindrop would take to the sea.

World railway map

Maps

As it says, available as a PDF

Map of York

Maps

Maps with multitudes of additional data, from wifi to disabled bays.

Global Fishing Watch

Maps
Nature

Watch the fishing boats go out live.

Poems In The Air

Maps
Writing

A project you can only experience by walking Hadrian's Wall

Dancing Buildings

Audio
Maps

Audio visualisation, but of a navigable map

Maps.Fm

Listen to a podcast episode about places on a map.

British Library Map Collection

History
Maps

A variety of maps to explore