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24 alternatives to Mapipedia: Platform to show your data on maps and sharing with others

Mapipedia is a web platform I've created to make it easy for people to share goespatial time series data and display it on animated maps. There's also a social media component that allows you to write comments, follow, share and like data sets. You can also download the CSV data and embed animations into your own websites. I initially posted about Mapipedia in March 2019. I've taken a lot of the feedback on board and done a major overhaul of the site as well adding a lot of new features. I'd appreciate some feedback on overall look and feel (on mobile and desktop - there were problems on…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mapipedia: Platform to show your data on maps and sharing with others launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A web platform I've written to make it easy for people to share goespatial time series data and display it on animated heatmaps. There's also a social media component that allows you to write comments, follow, share and like data sets that you want to engage with. You can also download the CSV data and embed animations into your own websites. People uploading datasets can also choose to make money by accepting donations. Please check out the home page for more details: https://mapipedia.com Here are some samples of things created with the platform (press the play button to start…

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    The easiest way to show your geotagged photos and CSV data on a map.

    2020 · mapipedia.com · its alternatives →

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    Explore and contribute to a world of stories

    2014 · maptia.com · its alternatives →

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    The reddit of maps

    2019 · maplist.co · its alternatives →

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    MapHub allows you to create, share and collaborate interactive maps online.

    2016 · maphub.net · its alternatives →

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    Mapme▲517

    Medium for maps

    2016 · mapme.com · its alternatives →

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    Turn Google Maps URLs into stunning map animations.

    Jan 2026 · travelanimator.com · its alternatives →

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    Mapus▲619

    An open source map tool with real-time collaboration

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Share your travel adentures

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Snap Map▲504

    A whole new way to explore the world, by Snapchat

    2017 · snap.com · its alternatives →

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    Your GeoAI to combine in-house with public map-based data

    2024 · datamonkey.tech · its alternatives →

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    Tell stunning stories through maps

    2016 · mapme.com · its alternatives →

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    Snap Map, now on the web 🌎

    2018 · snapchat.com · its alternatives →

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    A data aware UI components library for building realtime maps - reactivemaps/README.md at master · appbaseio/reactivemaps

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The simple and open source user story mapping tool. - amborle/featmap

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    React components for building geolocation apps

    2018 · opensource.appbase.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN I’ve been working on Super Map World, a creative mapping platform and just launched a new animation feature. Try it: https://supermap.world/tools/map-animation What it does: The feature lets you animate maps directly in your browser with a few clicks. You can animate routes, regions, or just simply see a globe in your chosen style rotate from point to point. It’s designed for people who want to make short visuals e.g. social clips, or storytelling maps without needing to figure out GIS tools. Under the hood: Everything runs client-side. I'm using d3.js to render the…

    2023 · supermap.world · its alternatives →

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    MapBoard▲128

    Map + whiteboard ~ real time multi user doodle map

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    The API for data-driven mapping

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Tasmap▲111

    Hi there, I just saw a cool city map project (https://github.com/originalankur/maptoposter) gaining some attention on Hacker News. I'm building a similar product so I want to share it with you. If you're interested in beautiful maps, maybe give Tasmap a try. It's not just a static, beautiful map; it's dynamic and interactive, and connected with articles. There are 20+ well designed themes, and if you're not good at design, you can even have AI design it for you. You can embed it in your site or install it as an app on your phone. You can create a beautiful and useful map.…

    2020 · tasmap.app · its alternatives →

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    Data visualisation library

    2015 · vizipedia.com · its alternatives →

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    Each moving arrow represents one real bike ride out of 291 million, and if you've ever taken a Citi Bike before, you are included in this massive visualization! You can search for your ride using Cmd + K and your Citi Bike receipt, which should give you the time of your ride and start/end station. Everything is open source: https://github.com/freemanjiang/bikemap Some technical details: - No backend! Processed data is stored in parquet files on a Cloudflare CDN, and queried directly by DuckDB WASM - deck.gl w/ Mapbox for GPU-accelerated rendering of thousands of…

    Jan 2026 · bikemap.nyc · its alternatives →

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    Maptia▲104

    A beautiful way to tell stories about places.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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