Growth · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to OWM AIS (beta)

Global map of vessel traffic

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. OWM AIS (beta) launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Is Hormuz open yet?▲484

   I built this because I was interested in the data. Didn't fully get it to what I wanted, but thought I'd share it nonetheless. Maybe someone has better data sources they could share! Turns out live ship tracking APIs are expensive so I manually just copied the json from https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:57.4/cente... I'll probably have an ai agent do the same thing on some cron interval, if this gets any fanfare. To actually know if the port is open without live ship tracking I found…

   Apr 2026 · ishormuzopenyet.com · its alternatives →

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   Experiential Labs▲136

   Open source AI gateway turning traffic into a better model

   Sep 2026 · experientiallabs.ai · its alternatives →

3. 3
   IQnautics▲61

   The marine traffic application powered by the community

   2020 · iqnautics.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Ventusky▲148

   Real-time weather mapping

   2016 · ventusky.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Map of the Internet▲83

   Journey through/over/across the world wide web by Quartz

   2016 · qz.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   shipmap▲3

   Movements of the global merchant fleet in 2012

   2016 · shipmap.org · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Geofeedia▲80

   Location-based social media monitoring

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   MapJam▲137

   Beautiful personalized map sharing

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Distill▲200

   An interactive, visual journal for Machine Learning research

   2017 · distill.pub · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Daily Attack Map▲90

    Real-time map of daily worldwide DDos attacks

    2014 · digitalattackmap.com · its alternatives →

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    Carmera▲77

    Real-time 3D maps & navigation data for autonomous vehicles

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Revolver Maps▲67

    A collection of real-time visitor statistics widgets

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Mapped In Israel▲155

    An Interactive map of the Israeli startup community

    2014 · mappedinisrael.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Shipbeat▲95

    Logistics As A Service

    2014 · shipbeat.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Mapsense▲61

    The API for data-driven mapping

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Terrapattern▲77

    A visual search tool for satellite imagery

    2016 · terrapattern.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    WhatTheFIsML▲110

    An illustrated guide to understanding Machine Learning

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Transitland▲11

    An open source mapping and routing tool

    2016 · transit.land · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Mapfight▲67

    Compare the Sizes of Countries and States

    2014 · mapfight.xyz · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Scout▲73

    Your Daily Personal Navigator (with Open Source Maps)

    2014 · scoutgps.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Marine Traffic▲2

    Live ships map and tracking

    2015 · marinetraffic.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Dot▲78

    Social maps for groups of friends

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Urban Engines Maps v3.0▲26

    Single- & mixed-mode routing. Offline Maps. Xray-Mode

    2015 · urbanengines.com · its alternatives →

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    Routific▲72

    Route Optimization/Logistics API

    2014 · routific.com · its alternatives →

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