Maps

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Walking Poem

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

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Russia /Ukraine War Map

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

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Datawrapper

Quickly create and annotate various types of maps

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Felt

A tool to create very interesting maps


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Medieval Murder Map

Fab map of murder in York.

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Village Generator

Generates maps of fictional villages.


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Inkarnate

Amazing map-making tool, currently with free options

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What3Words

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


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3D Streetmap

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

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Lines

Find places based on what you draw

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Colouring London

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

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Route Shuffle

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


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Google Tour Creator

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

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Our World In Data

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

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British Placename Mapper

Search for British placename by "starts with" or "ends with" ... for things like "wold" or "brough".

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3D GL Streetmap

Lovely looking map.

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Knightlab Map

Create stories that refer to a map or place.

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Random Street View

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


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Point In History

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


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The Dungeon Maker

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


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ScribbleMaps

Easily create your own maps with scribbles on


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Waterway Map

Brilliant map of streams, burns, becks and rivers.

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Azgaar Fantasy Map Generator


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Google Tour Builder

Create tours around Google VR spaces

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Map of Woodlands

Map of ancient woodlands UK.

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Search Old Maps For Text

Quite incredible.

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Groundhop Map

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

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Dungeon Map Doodler

A tool to create maps and mazes.


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Google My Maps

Make and annotate your own maps

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How far can you go by train in 5h?

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


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Make My Drive Fun

An interesting map tool that highlights points of interest.


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Medieval Fantasy City Generator

Create maps for your story


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Earth 2050

This site shares predictions from around the world.

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Interactive Historical Atlas

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

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Nuclear Stations Map


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There To Here

A tool that maps an area based on your criteria (to help you move house). Interesting idea.

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Terrapattern

Find places similar in shape to other places nearby

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Maps of 2022

Lovely collection of maps.


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Map of York

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

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GeoGuessr

Guess the place with Google Maps

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Wonders of StreetView

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


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30 Day MapChallenge 2020

Just lots and lots of lovely maps. Go explore.


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Dancing Buildings

Audio visualisation, but of a navigable map


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NASA Solar System

Learn about the planets and moons.

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Historical Maps

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


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GB Renewables Map

A beautiful animated map of clean energy in the UK


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Google Maps Roadtrip

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


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World railway map

As it says, available as a PDF

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Atlas of Intangibles

Quite lovely collection of odd stuff on the street.

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Hiroshima Archive

Photos and videos.

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Map of D Day

Nice map of the D Day invasion

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Global Fishing Watch

Watch the fishing boats go out live.


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Sewage Map

Have the Tories pumped raw sewage near where you live? Yes they have.

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Undeniable Streetview

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


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3D Historical Globes

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


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Circular Tube Map

Interesting map. Not sure I get it.

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River Runner

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


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Bird Migrations

Visualisations in story form

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Should this be a map or 500 maps?

Quite amazing story, sort of a Doomsday Book prototype where it all went wrong. Or right.

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Nukemap

Simulation of a nuclear bomb's effects.


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Poems In The Air

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

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Map of London Trees

Interesting visualisation.

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Poetry Sound Library

Poets reading their work

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Maps.Fm

Listen to a podcast episode about places on a map.

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Stroll Down Flatbush

A Google Maps-like interface to 1920s USA


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Character Location

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

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Story Maps

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


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Fra Mauro's World Map

Navigable world map.

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British Library Map Collection

A variety of maps to explore