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Map tools for journalists and newsrooms

Fast, embeddable and print-ready map tools for news graphics, investigations and data stories.

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Online Map Makers

Google My Maps

google.com

Free custom maps with pins, lines and layers on Google Maps

FreeMap Makers13

Felt

felt.com

Collaborative web maps for teams, from sketches to GIS data

FreemiumMap Makers10

uMap

umap.openstreetmap.fr

Open-source map maker on OpenStreetMap

Open sourceMap Makers10

MapChart

mapchart.net

Color countries, states and regions to make simple choropleth maps

FreemiumMap Makers8

StoryMapJS

storymap.knightlab.com

Free tool to tell stories along a sequence of map locations

FreeMap Makers7

ArcGIS StoryMaps

storymaps.arcgis.com

Story maps that combine maps, text and media

FreemiumMap Makers6

Map Drawing & Annotation

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CityLabMap

citylabmap.com

Browser tools for analysis maps, buffers, Voronoi and location graphics

FreemiumDrawing9

Map Libraries & SDKs

Leaflet

leafletjs.com

The lightweight open-source JavaScript library for interactive maps

Open sourceLibraries4

D3 (d3-geo)

d3js.org

Map projections and SVG maps for custom data graphics

Open sourceLibraries1

Geospatial Data Visualization

kepler.gl

kepler.gl

Drag-and-drop geospatial data visualization in the browser

Open sourceData Viz5

Observable

observablehq.com

Data notebooks and dashboards with D3 and Plot maps

FreemiumData Viz2

Datawrapper

datawrapper.de

Charts and maps for newsrooms, fast and accessible

FreemiumData Viz1

Flourish

flourish.studio

Animated, interactive data stories including maps

FreemiumData Viz1

3D Cities & Digital Twins

Google Earth

earth.google.com

Explore the world in 3D with satellite imagery

Free3D & Twins4

Satellite & Aerial Imagery

NASA Worldview

worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

Daily global satellite imagery, near real time

FreeImagery11

Copernicus Browser

browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu

Browse and download free Sentinel satellite imagery

FreeImagery3

Cartography & Map Design

ColorBrewer

colorbrewer2.org

Proven color schemes for thematic maps

FreeCartography3

Open Geodata Sources

Natural Earth

naturalearthdata.com

Public domain map data at small scales

FreeOpen Data6

US Census TIGER/Line

census.gov

Official US boundaries, roads and census geography

FreeOpen Data1

Geodata Utilities & Converters

Mapshaper

mapshaper.org

Simplify, edit and convert map shapes in the browser

Open sourceUtilities2