Map tools for students and teachers

Free map makers, GIS software and data sources for learning and teaching geography.

Urban planners Real estate Journalists Researchers Developers Data analysts Small businesses Students & teachers NGOs & humanitarian Designers Surveyors & engineers Government

Online Map Makers

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Google My Maps

google.com

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

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uMap

umap.openstreetmap.fr

Open-source map maker on OpenStreetMap

Open sourceMap Makers10

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MapChart

mapchart.net

Color countries, states and regions to make simple choropleth maps

FreemiumMap Makers8

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StoryMapJS

storymap.knightlab.com

Free tool to tell stories along a sequence of map locations

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ArcGIS StoryMaps

storymaps.arcgis.com

Story maps that combine maps, text and media

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Map Drawing & Annotation

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CityLabMap

citylabmap.com

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

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MapHub

maphub.net

Create interactive maps with points, lines and polygons

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Scribble Maps

scribblemaps.com

Draw, annotate and share custom maps in the browser

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Desktop GIS

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SAGA GIS

saga-gis.sourceforge.io

Free GIS with a large library of terrain and raster analysis tools

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QGIS

qgis.org

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

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GRASS GIS

grass.osgeo.org

Open-source GIS for advanced raster, vector and terrain analysis

Open sourceDesktop GIS8

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gvSIG Desktop

gvsig.com

Open-source desktop GIS from the gvSIG Association

Open sourceDesktop GIS6

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Basemaps & Map Tiles

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OpenStreetMap

openstreetmap.org

The free, editable map of the world built by volunteers

FreeBasemaps10

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Map Libraries & SDKs

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Leaflet

leafletjs.com

The lightweight open-source JavaScript library for interactive maps

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Folium

python-visualization.github.io

Leaflet maps from Python

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Spatial Analysis & GeoAI

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GeoPandas

geopandas.org

Geospatial data analysis with pandas in Python

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Google Earth Engine

earthengine.google.com

Planetary-scale analysis of satellite imagery in the cloud

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3D Cities & Digital Twins

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Google Earth

earth.google.com

Explore the world in 3D with satellite imagery

Free3D & Twins4

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BlenderGIS

github.com

Import GIS data, terrain and basemaps into Blender

Open source3D & Twins2

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Satellite & Aerial Imagery

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NASA Worldview

worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

Daily global satellite imagery, near real time

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USGS EarthExplorer

earthexplorer.usgs.gov

Search and download Landsat and other USGS archives

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Copernicus Browser

browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu

Browse and download free Sentinel satellite imagery

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Cartography & Map Design

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Projection Wizard

projectionwizard.org

Find the right map projection for your area

FreeCartography4

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ColorBrewer

colorbrewer2.org

Proven color schemes for thematic maps

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Open Geodata Sources

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Natural Earth

naturalearthdata.com

Public domain map data at small scales

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Geofabrik Downloads

download.geofabrik.de

Daily OpenStreetMap extracts by country and region

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GADM

gadm.org

Administrative boundaries for every country

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Field Data Collection

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Epicollect5

five.epicollect.net

Free mobile data collection for research and citizen science

FreeField Apps4

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Geodata Utilities & Converters

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geojson.io

Draw, edit and convert GeoJSON on a map

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CalcMaps

calcmaps.com

Measure area, distance, elevation and radius on a map

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Free Map Tools

freemaptools.com

Radius maps, distance and area calculators

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epsg.io

Look up coordinate systems and transform coordinates

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MyGeodata Converter

mygeodata.cloud

Convert GIS files online: KML, Shapefile, GeoJSON, DXF

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ogre

ogre.adc4gis.com

Convert between Shapefile and GeoJSON via ogr2ogr

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