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Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Offline Map Data Generator

Easily download geospatial data mapping services & tiles

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

  1. 1OO

    Hi HN, After 9 years of running my own OpenStreetMap tile server infra for MapHub (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11389989), I've open-sourced it and launched OpenFreeMap. You can either self-host or use our public instance. Everything is open-source, including the full production setup — there’s no 'open-core' model here. Check out the repo (https://github.com/hyperknot/openfreemap). The map data comes from OpenStreetMap. I also provide weekly full planet downloads both in Btrfs and MBTiles formats. I aim to cover the running costs of the public…

    2024 · openfreemap.org · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    Create Your Map App in Minutes—No Code, Just a CSV file

    2024 · its alternatives →

  3. 3FA
  4. 4GA

    Google released an API in May to get fetch 3D Tiles of anywhere on Earth. Using this in standard 3D engines like Blender is tricky because (1) the tiles are in a geographic coordinate system (2) you get a lot of little tiles at varying quality levels I wanted to simplify this so all you need to do is get an API key, select a map region and a zoom level, and get one combined glTF file that you can throw into any engine. Especially if you're just prototyping and want to see how this data looks in your engine before investing in figuring out all the nuances of the API & coordinate system. (Note…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Design beautiful map interfaces with Google Maps & Mapbox

    2017 · its alternatives →

  6. 6
    FATMAP▲88

    Global 3D map and adventure guidebook for the outdoors!

    2018 · its alternatives →

  7. 7G3

    I made a web app to generate 3D models of real places on earth from land cover and elevation data. Click anywhere on the map to get a polygon, and then click "generate". It should work at most scales, but if your watershed or region selection is too large, the result can be less exciting because it's so flat. As a warning, the 3D models can sometimes be too much for my phone. It's nicer on desktop. I'm still working better on mobile support. The land cover data I'm using gives a cool effect, but at some point I'd like to add in global imagery and clouds. The backend is a Python thread…

    2025 · topography.jessekv.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Tell stunning stories through maps

    2016 · its alternatives →

  9. 9
    Maps.me▲84

    Fast, detailed & completely offline maps for mobile devices.

    2015 · its alternatives →

  10. 10TD
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    Gis.XL▲98

    Online maps in Excel

    2016 · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Open source toolset for custom maps in iOS apps

    2015 · its alternatives →

  13. 13
    MapHub▲142

    Create interactive maps

    2016 · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Powerful mapping & field data collection for iPhone & iPad

    2019 · its alternatives →

  15. 15FD
  16. 16

    Download-less apps & next-gen chronological heat maps

    2017 · its alternatives →

  17. 17
    Fatmap▲133

    Mobile 3D ski maps for every adventure

    2016 · its alternatives →

  18. 18OT

    Hi HN, I’m building Corviont, a self-hosted offline maps appliance (tiles + routing + search) for edge/on-prem devices. Hosted demo (no install): https://demo.corviont.com/ Self-host (Docker Compose repo): https://github.com/corviont/monaco-demo Docs: https://www.corviont.com/docs What’s inside: - Vector tiles served locally (PMTiles) - Routing served locally (Valhalla) - Offline geocoding/search + reverse (SQLite Nominatim-based index) - MapLibre UI wired to the local endpoints After the initial image + data pulls, it runs fully…

    Jan 2026 · corviont.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19
    MapFig▲97

    The open source mapping tool for websites

    2015 · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    High performance tile server and geospatial map data server

    2025 · its alternatives →

  21. 21SU
  22. 22

    New maps product that also works offline and has cool x-ray

    2015 · its alternatives →

  23. 23MA

    Hello HN! I’m excited to share this open-source community mashup showing the power and possibility of combining 3D Gaussian splat scans with traditional mesh-based 3D tiles maps in the browser. As you've probably seen on HN a bunch lately, Gaussian splats are a new method to allow custom 3D scans of scenes and objects [1] and Google Maps 3D Tiles API are the same 3D buildings and street views your familiar with in Google Earth or Google Maps, and recently they’ve been made available for inclusion in web apps. Combining splats + 3d map mixes highly detailed real-world custom micro-scans with…

    2024 · maps-and-splats.glitch.me · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    Make a custom map with your own colors and descriptions.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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