MapTools

Map tools for data analysts

Tools to explore, visualize and analyse location data at scale, from spreadsheets to spatial SQL.

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Online Map Makers

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Felt

felt.com

Collaborative web maps for teams, from sketches to GIS data

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Mapline

mapline.com

Map business data, territories and routes from Excel

FreemiumMap Makers8
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BatchGeo

batchgeo.com

Paste a spreadsheet, get a map of your locations

FreemiumMap Makers6
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Maptive

maptive.com

Business mapping from spreadsheets: territories, heat maps and routes

PaidMap Makers6
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Atlas

atlas.co

Browser GIS for building, analysing and sharing maps

FreemiumMap Makers5
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Desktop GIS

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MapInfo Pro

precisely.com

Desktop GIS for business location analysis

PaidDesktop GIS10
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QGIS

qgis.org

Free and open-source desktop GIS for Windows, macOS and Linux

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ArcGIS Pro

esri.com

Esri's professional desktop GIS

PaidDesktop GIS9
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Maptitude

caliper.com

Low-cost desktop mapping with bundled demographic data

PaidDesktop GIS8
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Web GIS & Cloud Platforms

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CARTO

carto.com

Cloud-native location intelligence on your data warehouse

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Foursquare Spatial Studio

location.foursquare.com

Large-scale map visualization and analysis in the browser

FreemiumWeb GIS8
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Basemaps & Map Tiles

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Mapbox

mapbox.com

Custom map styles, vector tiles and location APIs for developers

FreemiumBasemaps8
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HERE Location Services

here.com

Enterprise maps, routing, traffic and geocoding APIs

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Map Libraries & SDKs

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deck.gl

deck.gl

GPU-powered visualization of large geospatial datasets

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Folium

python-visualization.github.io

Leaflet maps from Python

Open sourceLibraries1
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Geocoding, Routing & Location APIs

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OpenCage Geocoding API

opencagedata.com

Geocoding API on open data, with permissive storage terms

FreemiumLocation APIs2
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Geospatial Data Visualization

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kepler.gl

kepler.gl

Drag-and-drop geospatial data visualization in the browser

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Observable

observablehq.com

Data notebooks and dashboards with D3 and Plot maps

FreemiumData Viz2
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Datawrapper

datawrapper.de

Charts and maps for newsrooms, fast and accessible

FreemiumData Viz1
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Flourish

flourish.studio

Animated, interactive data stories including maps

FreemiumData Viz1
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Tableau

tableau.com

Business intelligence with built-in maps

PaidData Viz1
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Plotly

plotly.com

Interactive maps in Python, R and JavaScript charts

Open sourceData Viz1
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Spatial Analysis & GeoAI

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Wherobots

wherobots.com

Cloud spatial data processing from the creators of Apache Sedona

FreemiumAnalysis4
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PostGIS

postgis.net

Spatial database extension for PostgreSQL

Open sourceAnalysis3
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GeoPandas

geopandas.org

Geospatial data analysis with pandas in Python

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H3

h3geo.org

Uber's hexagonal hierarchical spatial index

Open sourceAnalysis2
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Apache Sedona

sedona.apache.org

Distributed spatial processing on Spark and Flink

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Fused

fused.io

Serverless Python for geospatial workflows

FreemiumAnalysis2
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DuckDB Spatial

duckdb.org

Fast spatial SQL on files, right on your laptop

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Location Intelligence & Foot Traffic

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Foursquare Places

location.foursquare.com

Global points-of-interest data and Places API

FreemiumLocation Data5
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Placer.ai

placer.ai

Foot traffic analytics for retail and real estate

FreemiumLocation Data3
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Unacast

unacast.com

Mobility and foot traffic data for location analytics

EnterpriseLocation Data3
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ArcGIS Business Analyst

esri.com

Demographics, site reports and market analysis from Esri

PaidLocation Data2
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SafeGraph

safegraph.com

Points-of-interest and building footprint data

EnterpriseLocation Data2
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Advan Research

advanresearch.com

Foot traffic and alternative location data for investors

EnterpriseLocation Data2
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Site Selection & Real Estate

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Kalibrate

kalibrate.com

Location intelligence and site selection for retail networks

EnterpriseSite Selection2
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Cartography & Map Design

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ColorBrewer

colorbrewer2.org

Proven color schemes for thematic maps

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CARTOColors

carto.com

Color schemes designed for maps by CARTO

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Open Geodata Sources

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Overture Maps

overturemaps.org

Open global map data: places, buildings, transport, addresses

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US Census TIGER/Line

census.gov

Official US boundaries, roads and census geography

FreeOpen Data1
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Geodata Utilities & Converters

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geojson.io

geojson.io

Draw, edit and convert GeoJSON on a map

FreeUtilities4
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GDAL/OGR

gdal.org

The universal library for raster and vector geodata formats

Open sourceUtilities2
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Mapshaper

mapshaper.org

Simplify, edit and convert map shapes in the browser

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