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24 alternatives to Tile38 – A geolocation DB with spatial index and realtime geofencing

Real-time Geospatial and Geofencing. Contribute to tidwall/tile38 development by creating an account on GitHub.

Tile38 is a geolocation database that stores spatial data and enables real-time geofencing capabilities. It uses a spatial index to quickly process location-based queries and monitor when objects enter or leave defined… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Tile38 – A geolocation DB with spatial index and realtime geofencing launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Tile38 – Realtime geofencing and geospatial index▲130

   Real-time Geospatial and Geofencing. Contribute to tidwall/tile38 development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

   2018 · geonames.tile38.com · its alternatives →

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   DataMonkey▲676

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

   2024 · datamonkey.tech · its alternatives →

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   Flatmap – a new tool to make vector tiles from OpenStreetMap data fast▲158

   Flexible tool to build planet-scale vector tilesets from OpenStreetMap data fast - onthegomap/planetiler

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Tiny, fast, and free API to geolocate IP addresses▲144

   Lightweight API service to get geolocation data from IP addresses. - risk3sixty/geoapi

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Atlas.new▲524

   The AI agent for maps and spatial data

   Jan 2026 · atlas.new · its alternatives →

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   A geofence-based social network app 6 years in development▲78

   My name is Adrian. I'm a Software Engineer and I spent 6 years developing a perimeter-based geofence-based social media app. What it does: - Allows you to load a custom perimeter anywhere on the geographic map (180° E and W longitude and 90° N and S latitude), to cover area any area of interest - Chat rooms get loaded within the perimeter - You can chat with people within the perimeter I developed a mobile app that uses an advanced geofence-based networking system from 2013 to 2019. My goal was to connect users within polygon geofences anywhere in the world. The app is capable of loading…

   Jan 2026 · localvideoapp.com · its alternatives →

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   LatticeDB – Like SQLite but for graph databases▲190

   We have been using graph DBs more and more at work. I found them painful to work with locally and decided to try and build something better.

   Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Maplist Beta▲282

   The reddit of maps

   2019 · maplist.co · its alternatives →

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    A Spatial Environment for Python▲169

    Hi all! A little background: I've been working on natto.dev, a spatial environment for JavaScript. I'm really excited about new interfaces for code (leveraging metaphors we're good at, spatial reasoning, making state visible, design tools, etc). With all the buzz around PyScript, I discovered Pyodide and got it working inside natto. This Python version is a stripped down version of https://natto.dev (eg interactive outputs, multiplayer) so please check that out if this interests you. I'm excited to share this spatial environment for Python. Imagine Jupyter cells arranged on a 2D…

    2022 · python.natto.dev · its alternatives →

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    Maps and Splats – Mashup of 3D tile maps with Gaussian Splats▲87

    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 →

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    Atlas – GIS and interactive maps in the browser▲161

    Atlas is the AI-native GIS. Build maps, dashboards, and spatial workflows from a conversation — GIS-grade analysis, accessible to your whole team. Trusted by energy developers, asset managers, and field operations teams.

    2024 · atlas.co · its alternatives →

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    Self-Hosted Maps Stack▲213

    Over the past week I built a project to let people self-host an entire maps stack so they don't have to send data to the big G. Right now it includes a base map, geocoder and directions server. Currently only bicycle directions are supported, and I'm only hosting tiles for Seattle because I'm unemployed and can't afford to host data for the whole planet. Check it out! https://maps.ellenhp.me/ https://github.com/ellenhp/headway Ultimately I'd like to really focus on transit routing (not implemented) but I'll probably throw a driving mode in there too.

    2022 · maps.ellenhp.me · its alternatives →

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    A New, Clean Geolocation API▲167

    Lookup the location of any IP Address with ipdata

    2017 · ipdata.co · its alternatives →

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    Improved passive TCP/IP geolocation▲78

    2016 · sheerun.gitlab.io · its alternatives →

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    A5▲95

    Pentagonal geospatial indexing system DGGS. Contribute to felixpalmer/a5 development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Tilemaker – DIY vector tiles from OpenStreetMap data▲112

    2021 · tilemaker.org · its alternatives →

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    GeoPeeker▲100

    A tool for viewing sites from different geographic locations

    2015 · geopeeker.com · its alternatives →

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    Stadia Maps, reasonably priced map tiles, static maps, and routing▲105

    Maps, geocoding, search, routing, and navigation APIs built on transparent pricing and privacy-first infrastructure.

    2018 · stadiamaps.com · its alternatives →

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    Geoblink▲68

    Geo-spatial intelligence platform.

    2017 · geoblink.com · its alternatives →

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    Offline tiles and routing and geocoding in one Docker Compose stack▲102

    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 →

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    ProximityHash – Geohashes in Proximity▲36

    Geohashes in proximity. Contribute to ashwin711/proximityhash development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    OpenStreetMap▲63

    Hey HN, jvaclavik here from OpenClimbing team! We are thrilled to release version 2.0 of our fully opensource/opendata climbing guide. Based on OpenStreetMap for map-data and Wikimedia Commons for images, we created a (hopefully) user-friendly app which completely uses these open databases, thus contributing data back to commons. We designed a simple and powerful notation for drawing climbing routes directly over the Wikimedia pictures: - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:wikimedia_commons:pa... Check out the release article for a ton of new features, or go…

    2014 · openstreetmap.org · its alternatives →

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    InstantGeo▲71

    Geolocation as a script

    2022 · instantgeo.info · its alternatives →

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