Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to BrightMaps
Shade-smart walking & biking
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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I've been working on this project for about 4 years. It began as terrain only because world wide elevation data was publicly available. I then added buildings from OpenStreetMap (crowd sourced) and more recently from Overture Maps data. Some computer vision/machine learning advancements [1] in the past few years have made it possible to estimate tree canopy heights using satellite imagery alone making it possible to finally add trees to the map. The data isn't perfect, but it's within +/- 3 meters of so. Good enough to give a general idea for any location on Earth. Happy to answer…
2024 · shademap.app · its alternatives →
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Shadowmap▲292Interactive 3D maps app to visualize solar shadows worldwide
2021 · app.shadowmap.org · its alternatives →
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Manymap▲577Route planner for explorers with real-time collaboration
2023 · mapmagic.app · its alternatives →
- 4BR
Hey guys, I built a route planner that is mostly focused on bike touring and using existing bike infrastructure. For each request you're shown what bike tracks/trails your route uses and can further explore them by showing them on map or going to the official trail route. The main idea for the app is to have a friendly and easy to use planner that would make heavy use of official bike trails data (mainly from OpenStreetMap) and make it easy to plan a longer trip using the best possible bike routes out there. Currently the app only works for the Euro region but I'm planning to add North…
2024 · trailimap.com · its alternatives →
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Sit in Shade - Discover the optimal seat to stay in the shade during your journey. Sit In Shade provides real-time sun exposure data and route visualization.
2024 · sitinshade.com · its alternatives →
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Create beautiful moving gradients on Framer and Figma
2023 · shadergradient.co · its alternatives →
- 7AR
2018 · tylermw.com · its alternatives →
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Running route planner for round-trips amongst greenery
2020 · trailrouter.com · its alternatives →
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Find the safest well lit walking path between two locations on earth. - mfbx9da4/brightpath-backend
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 10GM
2022 · shadowcalculator.eu · its alternatives →
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Polarsteps▲131Automatically track your journeys on a stunning map
2015 · polarsteps.com · its alternatives →
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Footpath▲194Plan exact travel routes with the trace of your finger 🗺️
2018 · footpathapp.com · its alternatives →
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Flexible tool to build planet-scale vector tilesets from OpenStreetMap data fast - onthegomap/planetiler
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 16TCtextshader.com▲260
TLDR: Click the link to see some cool visualizations, refresh a few times for random examples, and try editing some of the code yourself. This is a small weekend project of mine inspired by shadertoy.com It's a static single-page site hosted on GitHub pages so the website design is pretty barebones. I'm not a web developer so I mainly wanted to create a Cool Thing with my free time and not have to learn tons of front-end to do it. I'd love to hear what people think about it and please post or send me any shaders you make! You can use the link button in the bottom right to share. I hope that…
2022 · textshader.com · its alternatives →
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I wanted to sit outside for coffee but there was no way to see which cafes are in the sun right now. So I built a map that shows which cafes, benches, and outdoor seats are in the sun vs. shade at any time of day. It ray-marches building shadows live in a WebGL shader over a MapLibre map. I also pre-index all places from OpenStreetMap into H3 hex cells and serve them as static JSON on Cloudflare R2, so the client just fetches the cells in view and no backend is needed. Feedback welcome, especially on shadow accuracy in your city. Currently only buildings and trees are taken into account when…
Jul 2026 · sunny.coffee · its alternatives →
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Sunflower▲86An autonomous robotic shade that tracks the sun 🌞
2017 · idc88ori.com · its alternatives →
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Sit In Shade▲96Find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling
2023 · sitinshade.com · its alternatives →
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Remap understands the environment around every road and brings the best together into a route that’s a joy to follow, safer by design and shaped around you.
Aug 2026 · remap.earth · its alternatives →
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TiltMaps▲175Create map posters of your favorite places & memories.
2017 · tiltmaps.com · its alternatives →
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FATMAP▲88Global 3D map and adventure guidebook for the outdoors!
2018 · strava.com · its alternatives →
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