List of online map services

Online maps can be basically divided by the covered area (global or local) and by the representation of this area (classic drawn or orthophoto).

Global on-line maps

These maps cover the world, but may have insufficient details in some areas.

• OpenStreetMap
• ArcGIS Online (Esri)
• Google Maps
• Yandex Maps
• Bing Maps
• ViaMichelin
• MapQuest
• WikiMapia
• Here
• Mappy
• Collection of Soviet Military Country National Maps 1:200,000 Scale and other useful maps
• Navionics WebApp
• Interactive index to scanned paper maps of the world at scales 1:50,000 to 1:125,000
• Interactive index to scanned paper maps of the world at scales 1:200,000 to 1:253,440

Europe online maps

• map1.eu - Touristic Map of Europe

Local online maps

Local maps cover only part of the earth surface, and may be more detailed than the global ones.

Afghanistan

• Afghanistan Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Angola

• - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Australia

• Live Search Maps - covers the whole country, with business listings specific to Australia.
• Whereis.com - Australian maps, up to date Street Directory and interfaced to the Australian Whitepages and yellowpages
• NearMap - Australian Aerial PhotoMaps with periodic updates to images with paywall.
• Metromap - Metromap is an Australian online subscription-based aerial imagery delivery service to provide historical and current aerial imagery over Australian capital and regional cities.

Austria

• AMAP Austria - tourist map which covers the whole country

Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh)

• Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian

Belarus

• Geoportal of Belarus - national geoportal. Covers territory of the republic, interactive orthophoto, land and cadastral maps.
• Maps for Belarus territory - detailed interactive map of Belarus.

Belgium

• Geoportaal van het Brussels Gewest / Géoportail de la Région Bruxelloise - Maps from the Brussels regional authorities
• Géoportail de la Wallonie - Maps from the Walloon regional authorities
• Geopunt Vlaanderen - Maps from the Flemish regional authorities

Bulgaria

• Roads and City's Maps - covers the whole country.
• Maps for Bulgarian territory - Google, Yahoo, OSM, Topomaps.

Canada

• Geogratis - Government of Canada free map portal (from Natural Resources Canada)
• MapSherpa - Custom Topographic and Terrain Maps for the whole country.

Cambodia

• Cambodia Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:50,000 (US Military)
• Cambodia Mosaic - National Topo Map 1:100,000 (JICA 2001)
• Cambodia Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

China

• Baidu Maps - covers Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
• Tencent Maps - covers Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau
• Sogou Maps - owned by Sohu; covers Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
• Gaode Maps - by AutoNavi; owned by Alibaba
• Qihoo 360 Maps
• Tianditu Map World - government-owned
• ChinaSo Maps - government-owned
• MapABC - by AutoNavi; covers Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
• City8 - the world's first project introducing street view service earlier than Google Street View, covering 41 cities of Mainland China, as of October 2009.
• Edushi Maps - provides 2.5D virtual images for 48 cities of Mainland China and Hong Kong, as of October 2009.
• O.cn Maps - owned by www.hi-target.com.cn; provides 2.5D virtual images for 26 cities of Mainland China, as of October 2009.
• CITYLR Maps - by CITYLR TECHNOLOGY; provides 2.5D virtual images.
• Mapbar - covers Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
• 51ditu - covers Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau.
• U2MAP - covers Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.
• Go2Map - owned by Sohu
• 591map - Hefei Edraw Network Technology Co., Ltd.
• ishowchina Map
• Sina Map

Colombia

• IGAC - covers Colombia, ortophoto, topographic and cadastral maps provided by the Geographic Institute Agustín Codazzi.

Croatia

• Geoportal DGU - covers Croatia, interactive ortophoto, topographic and cadastral maps provided by the Croatian State Geodetic Administration (SGA).
• HAKmap - covers Croatia, an interactive map provided by the Croatian automobile club.
• ARKOD - covers Croatia, an interactive ortophoto map provided by the Croatian Paying Agency for Agriculture Fisheries and Rural Development.
• Karta - covers Croatia, set of Google Maps customized for Croatian territory.

Czech Republic

• Mapy.cz - topographic maps, historical maps and ortophotos, covers Czech Republic and Slovakia
• Cykloatlas on-line - topographic maps with cyclotourist content, covers Czech Republic and Slovakia, in English
• Geoportál ČÚZK - very precise topographic (up to 1:10 000), cadastral and ortophoto maps
• Touristic Map of Prague - covers the Prague

Denmark

• De gule sider - covers the most of Europe
• Krak - covers Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Poland.
• Vis Stedet. (Geodatastyrelsen)

Estonia

• Estonian Land Board - covers the whole country
• Regio Ltd & Delfi.ee - covers the whole country
• EOMAP Ltd & Postimees.ee - covers the whole country

Finland

• Citizen's MapSite - topographic maps covering all Finnish regions
• retkikartta.fi - Detailed topographic map of Finland, hiking paths (winter, summer), tourist lodges. Language: Finnish, Swedish and English.
• Complete map page, Ortophotomaps, topography maps, elevation models, and more (to download). Finnish, Swedish and English language.
• Contains geographic information and information about geographic information in Finland and the rest of the world.

France

• Mappy Maps
• Géoportail - covers the whole French territory

Georgia

• Georgia Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)
• Pinpoint - covers the whole country, includes a Georgia-specific business listing. Largest database of POI. Streeview option coming soon.

Germany

• HERE Maps - co-owned by German automotive companies Audi, BMW, and Daimler

Greenland

• Greenland - Topographic map 1:250,000, 1:500,000, 1:2,500,000

Hong Kong

• Centamap

India

• India Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)
• MapmyIndia - covers most parts of India, almost all cities included. No satellite images available. For satellite images, see Google Maps
• Bhuvan - covers the whole country. A Geoportal of Indian Space Research Organisation.
• BIS- Biodiversity Information System of ISRO- http://bis.iirs.gov.in
• RiverineGiS - covers the entire rivers of Kerala, southern state of India . RiverineGiS is a Geoportal of Organization for Earth and Planetary Informatics ORGIN.

Iran

• GeoMapServer - covers the whole country
• Jamasp - General overview of the country, plus detailed map of Tehran
• Tehran.ir - Tehran City has street view.
• Esfahan Interactive map - Greater Esfahan Region

Ireland

• see Maps of the UK and Ireland

Italy

• Geoportale Nazionale - covers the whole country

Israel

• Walla! Maps
• Mapa Maps
• Ynet Maps
• Amud Anan topographic maps
• Israel Hiking Map
• Israel MTB Map
• Israel governmental maps
• Systematics emap

Japan

• Yahoo! Japan Maps
• goo Map
• 国土地理院 Geospatial Information Authority of Japan
• Mapion
• MapFan - covers the whole country

Kuwait

• Kuwait Electronic Guide / Kuwait Municipality
• Kuwait Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Laos

• Laos PDR Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:100,000 Russian (Soviet Military)
• Laos PDR Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Latvia

• Vietas.lv
• Viss.lv
• Kurtuesi.lv
• Ikarte.lv

Libya

• Libya Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Lithuania

• Maps.lt - Very detailed maps, include aerial photo, hybrid and relief. Covers the whole country.

Luxembourg

• Geoportal of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg - The official national platform for governmental geodata and services. Includes maps of transport network (including cycling paths), touristic information and many other points of interests.

Mali

• Mali Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

México

• Web Map Service - Geographic Information Web Service (INEGI)

Moldova

• HartaMD - Indie Map

Myanmar

• Myanmar Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Mozambique

• Mozambique Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

New Zealand

• Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) - Toitū te whenua - Topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland and Chatham Islands at 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale.
• Department of Conservation (DOC) - Te Papa Atawhai - Tramping, Huts and campsites in New Zealand

North Korea (DPRK)

• North Korea Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Norway

• Finn.no (Norkart) - Very detailed maps, include street view, 3D, aerial photo (including historical photos), hybrid and one other, covers the whole country. Language: Norwegian.
• 1881.no - Detailed maps, include aerial photo, hybrid, and birds eye, covers the whole country. Language: Norwegian.
• GodTur.no - Detailed Topographic map, including mountain hiking paths and tourist lodges. Language: Norwegian
• Norgeskart - Very detailed topographic map, including orthofoto. Language: Norwegian
• Gule sider - kart - Topographic map. Language: Norwegian.
• TopoJanMayen – Detailed topographic map of Jan Mayen. Language: Norwegian and English.
• TopoSvalbard - Detailed topographic map of Svalbard, with aerial photos and 3D maps. Language: Norwegian and English.
• Norge i bilder - Detailed aerial photo, historical aerial photo, topography. Language: Norwegian
• Arealis - Extensive map service covering just about anything that can be organized geographically. Language: Norwegian
• Norges geologiske undersøkelse - Lists a wide variety of technical maps that covers areas like bedrock, risk of landslides, geophysics, marine geology, permafrost, radon etc. Language: Norwegian
• Ut.no - Detailed topographic map of Norway, hiking paths (winter, summer), tourist lodges. Language: Norwegian and English.

Peru

• - Detailed map for major cities and tourist locales.

Poland

• - Polish Geoportal Site provided by government
• - Planeta Gór - Mountain Turistics Map

Portugal

• Sapo Mapas
• Infoportugal

Romania

• INIS Viewer - map of the Romanian National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration;
• Micromapper.ro - detailed and up to date map that covers the whole country. See whole map here;
• Harta-turistica.ro - detailed map of Romanian locations, based on Micromapper.ro data;
• JudeteOnline.ro - various maps of communes, cities and counties in Romania (see left panel); maps built by Stiefel;
• Map.cimec.ro - fairly detailed map that covers the whole country;
• Official county maps - county maps made by Schubert & Franzke;
• Official city maps - city maps made by Schubert & Franzke.

Russia

• Yandex.Maps (Russian: Яндекс.Карты) - has Street view feature and covers the whole world map.
• Rosreestr Maps - provided by the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography
• LoadMap (Russian: Карты Ген.штаба и ГГЦ всего мира) - topographic worldwide map from USSR General Staff
• maps.mail.ru (Russian: Карты@Mail.Ru)
• Geocentre consulting (Russian: Геоцентр-Консалтинг) - Map data provider for many online maps in Russia. Also has own oline map.

Serbia

• Serbiamap.Net - detailed interactive map of Serbia, most places covered to the street level

Singapore

• OneMap - integrated map system for government agencies to deliver location-based services and information.

Slovakia

• mapy.atlas.sk/
• Hiking.sk - high resolution hiking maps with trails covering the whole country
• freemap.sk - osm based online maps including detailed hiking and cycling layers covering the whole country. (exports available for tomtom, garmin and many more)

Slovenia

• Geopedia.si - covers the whole country with maps, digital model of elevation and digital orthophotos
• Najdi.si zemljevid - covers the whole country

Somalia

• Somalia Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

South Korea

• Daum Map
• Naver Map
• Talkyple Map (토끼플 지도)
• Konest Map
• Inavi Map

Spain

• geoEuskadi - covers Basque Country
• Gipuzkoa Institutional Portal - covers province Guipúzcoa, Basque Country
• SITGA - covers Galicia.
• Geoportal IDEC - covers Catalonia
• ICC - covers Catalonia
• IBERPIX - covers all of Spain
• SIGNA - covers all of Spain
• Geoportal IDECyL - covers Castile and Leon

Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Switzerland

• Federal Office of Topography swisstopo - List of thematic publicly available WebGIS-applications - covers the whole country
• Schweizmobil - Scalable topo map of Switzerland incl. marked walking trails as overlay
• geo.admin.ch federal geoportal - All official Swiss gov maps with a wide range of overlays (historic maps, nature, walking trails, ...)
• search.ch - Orthophotos with useful overlays (public transport, shopping...)

Sweden

• Sweden - covers Sweden

Syria

• Syria Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Taiwan

• Taiwan Map - covers the whole country
• Urmap

Thailand

• Thailand Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Turkey

• Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

United Arab Emirates

• Abu Dhabi Geospatial Portal and Map Viewer
• Environmental Geospatial Portal of Abu Dhabi

United Kingdom

• see Maps of the UK and Ireland

http://www.plangis.co.uk

• Environment Agency/OGL

Datasets provided under the Open Government License as well as under the NE-OS OGL. Choose datasets you want, and a WMS link will appear at the bottom of the page.

http://www.geostore.com/environment-agency/WebStore?xml=environment-agency/xml/inspireDataWms.xml Digimap - Ordnance Survey, British Geological Survey, SeaZone, Historical Ordnance Survey, and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology maps and map data for Academic Use.

Ukraine

• http://mapia.ua
• Яндекс.Карты - has Street view feature
• http://freemap.com.ua/ - Ancient and military maps (photos and GPS files)

United States

• TerraServer-USA - covers the whole country
• Roadtrippers - covers the whole country

Vietnam

• Vietnam Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

West Bank

• West Bank Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe Mosaic - National Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian (Soviet Military)

External links

• paintmaps.com Color Maps with Statistical Datas
• Google maps with GIS overlays

References