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Products that do what Free database of geographic place names and geospatial data does

1. 1MA
   MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data▲244

   2016 · maphub.net

2. 2AS
   A simple CLI tool to generate satellite images of a location▲303

   2020 · github.com

3. 3WO
   WhatFreeWords: Open-Source Geocoding for What3Words▲113

   2019 · whatfreewords.org

4. 4AN
   A New, Clean Geolocation API▲167

   2017 · ipdata.co

5. 5FO
   Free Online GIS Viewer and Format Converter▲8

   Jun 2026 · geodataviewer.com

6. 6SU
   Serverless USGS historical topographic map tiles▲134

   2021 · kylebarron.dev

7. 7FO
   Free & Open-Source GeoGuessr▲5

   2024 · worldguessr.com

8. 8FO
   Free, open-source site for finding beautiful hikes▲145

   2014 · hike.io

9. 9GV
   Globe visualizations in Golang▲258

   2017 · github.com

10. 10GI
    Geo-Info – A Simple Geocoding API▲8

    2019 · geo-info.co

11. 11OF
    OpenTimes – Free travel times between U.S. Census geographies▲207

    Hi HN! Today I'm launching OpenTimes, a free database of roughly 150 billion pre-computed, point-to-point travel times between United States Census geographies. In addition to letting you visualize travel isochrones on the homepage, OpenTimes also lets you download massive amounts of travel time data for free and with no limits. The primary goal here is to enable research and fill a gap I noticed in the open-source spatial ecosystem. Researchers (social scientists, economists, etc.) use large travel time matrices to quantify things like access to healthcare, but they often end up paying…

    2025 · opentimes.org

12. 12
    MapJam▲137

    Beautiful personalized map sharing

    2014

13. 13TA
    Tile38 – A geolocation DB with spatial index and realtime geofencing▲82

    2016 · github.com

14. 14M1
    Mapping 11M points with Tile38 – Mapbox/Geonames▲51

    2018 · geonames.tile38.com

15. 15TA
    TheBigDB - A simpler open database of facts▲133

    2013 · thebigdb.com

16. 16TD
    Tilemaker – DIY vector tiles from OpenStreetMap data▲112

    2021 · tilemaker.org

17. 17GA
    Geodata API for country and city select drop-downs▲78

    2019 · github.com

18. 18TS
    The simplest geohash implementation under the sun▲24

    2021 · mro.name

19. 19IM
    I made a site to create learning road maps▲66

    2020 · edanswers.io

20. 20
    GeoPeeker▲100

    A tool for viewing sites from different geographic locations

    2015

21. 21GI
    Geo-info A dead simple reverse geocoding API▲6

    2020 · geo-info.co

22. 22OS
    Open Source GIS – An Interactive Infographic▲22

    2020 · makepath.com

23. 23RG
    Reverse Geocoding Offline Database▲5

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24. 24AA
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