https://geotokyo.com/maps Maps, Datasets, Cartography and posts from Japan's Geo community and around the world. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2030-june-1 annular-eclipse-2030 timeanddate.com's path map and local times for the 1 June 2030 annular solar eclipse, whose path runs from North Africa across Russia and China to Sapporo. — visualization, japan · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://cadmapper.com/ cadmapper Turns OpenStreetMap, NASA and USGS data for any location on earth into organised 3D CAD files within minutes, for architecture and design programs. — 3d, tool · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dtool https://nagix.github.io/japan-eq-locator/ japan-eq-locator 3D map of earthquake hypocenters around Japan, showing how deep each quake struck, by Akihiko Kusanagi, creator of Mini Tokyo 3D. — 3d, visualization, japan · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dvisualizationjapan https://news.mongabay.com/custom-story/2024/11/indigenous-leaders-killed-as-narco-airstrips-cut-into-their-amazon-territories/ peru-narco-airstrips Mongabay and Earth Genome used AI on satellite imagery to find 67 clandestine drug airstrips in Peru's Amazon, 30 inside Indigenous communities where leaders were killed. — visualization · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://www.earthgenome.org/blog/visualizing-a-planet-of-embeddings earth-index-embeddings Earth Genome maps AI embeddings of Sentinel-2 imagery, then rearranges the planet by similarity so deserts and rainforests on different continents cluster together. — visualization, dataset · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdataset https://worldtrainmap.com/ world-train-map Interactive world map of notable passenger train routes, from high-speed and night trains to scenic, heritage and luxury lines, with facts about each one. — transit, visualization · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT transitvisualization https://metamaps.jp/d/tokyogameshow2026/public-opening-day tokyo-game-show-2026-map Interactive 3D multi-floor map of Tokyo Game Show 2026 at Makuhari Messe, with searchable exhibitor booths and zones in five languages, built on metamaps. — 3d, tool, japan · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dtooljapan https://chizutodesign.com/tokyo-danmenzu tokyo-danmenzu chizutodesign's 3D model of 13 Tokyo Metro and Toei subway lines at true depth below sea level, with cross-section panels and a cab-view ride mode. — 3d, transit, japan · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dtransitjapan https://maps.chizutodesign.com/edo-routing/ edo-journey-planner chizutodesign's route planner along Edo-period highways and post towns, estimating travel days on foot, by horse, by express palanquin or by relay courier. — historical, tool, japan · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicaltooljapan https://swokko.com/map/diff_ranking/ prefecture-inflow-ranking Click a prefecture on a tile map of Japan to rank its 2025 net migration with every other prefecture, from the national resident-register migration report. — visualization, dataset, japan · shared at #8 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdatasetjapan https://gsi-cyberjapan.github.io/gsi-3d-2025/#18.944/35.291597/135.132465/&b=-117.4&p=75.5&ls=std-vector,1.00|20250815rain_amakusa_0815do_sokuho,1.00,%E5%A4%A9%E8%8D%89%E4%B8%8A%E5%B3%B6%E5%9C%B0%E5%8C%BA%EF%BC%888%2F15%E6%92%AE%E5%BD%B1%EF%BC%89,https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.gsi.go.jp%2Fxyz%2F20250815rain_amakusa_0815do_sokuho%2F%7Bz%7D%2F%7Bx%7D%2F%7By%7D.png,10,18&disp=11&ter=1&d3d=1 gsi-3d-2025 GSI's open-source trial viewer for its 3D Digital Japan Basic Map, showing buildings, roads and railways in 3D over terrain in the browser. — 3d, basemap, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dbasemapjapan https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2026/iran-coastline-islands/ aljazeera-iran-coastline Mapbox-powered visual guide from the Strait of Hormuz to Kharg Island, touring 10 key islands, ports and energy hubs. — visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5-s6O8qyvE nasa-ocean-in-motion Beautiful ocean current maps — visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://mdelorme-ch.github.io/Dataviz-Webinar-Series/gallery/ ocean-data-stories Gallery of 15 ocean visualisations made for the UN Ocean Conference 2025: currents, sea ice, marine heatwaves, shipping traffic and a Spilhaus-projection sea temperature map. — visualization, 3d Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualization3d https://andywoodruff.com/posts/2026/boston-in-50-maps/ boston-in-50-maps Cartographer Andy Woodruff’s book of 50+ original maps exploring Boston from many angles. — illustration, visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT illustrationvisualization https://x.com/forestgeoinfo/status/2061769068081000804 forestgeoinfo-hazard-map ForestGeoInfo using MapLibre and Open-Meteo — visualization, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://book.opengeoai.org/ geoai-with-python Qiusheng Wu's hands-on book, with free runnable code, on training deep learning models for satellite and aerial imagery using open-source Python tools. — tool Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT tool https://geolibre.app/ geolibre Free, open-source, cloud-native GIS app for viewing and analysing geospatial data in the browser, on desktop, on mobile or inside Jupyter notebooks. — tool Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT tool https://perthirtysix.com/how-the-heck-does-gps-work how-gps-works Interactive explainer walking through how GPS finds your position, from light-speed timing and trilateration to clock errors and relativity corrections. — visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://mapped.earth/ mapped-earth Aaron Becker's live 3D wind globe plus short map films and essays on winds, currents, rivers and terrain, including a population density map of Japan. — 3d, visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dvisualization https://amsterdammetro.nl/ metro-amsterdam-live Live 3D map of Amsterdam's GVB metro, showing trains moving along the real track geometry with live trip updates and departure times per station. — transit, 3d, visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT transit3dvisualization https://mountainlab.vercel.app/ mountainlab 3D terrain viewer for ski areas worldwide, draping hourly Open-Meteo forecasts (freezing level, snow line, wind) and avalanche-angle slope shading over the mountain. — 3d, visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dvisualization https://www.c82.net/work/nyer nyer-railroad-diagram Nicholas Rougeux's redrawn, colourised posters of the 1855 New York and Erie Railroad chart, the first modern org chart, with the rail lines drawn as branching trees. — historical, illustration, transit Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicalillustrationtransit https://www.nycaiatlas.com/ nyc-ai-atlas Interactive 3D map of New York City's AI startups, explored block by block across Manhattan and Brooklyn. — 3d, visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dvisualization https://www.presentandcorrect.com/products/paper-trails-pre-war-tourist-maps-from-japan paper-trails In 2025 we found the maps rummaging in Tokyo's Jinbocho area before photographing & collating them into this 136 page paperback. — historical, illustration, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicalillustrationjapan https://x.com/XiuxiPan/status/2062032242004947222 plateau-creative-mcp Open-source MCP server that lets AI agents build editable 3D scenes from real Japanese city models in PLATEAU. — 3d, tool, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dtooljapan https://explore.ownprimland.com/ primland-explore Pan-and-zoom 3D render of the Primland resort estate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with its golf course, lodge and river, built to sell its residences. — 3d, illustration Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dillustration https://www.mlit.go.jp/links/open-data.html links-open-data Open datasets published by MLIT's Project LINKS for land, infrastructure and transport. — dataset, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT datasetjapan https://www.mapbox.com/blog/tour-osaka-in-3d-with-mapbox-standard mapbox-standard-osaka-3d Mapbox blog tour of Osaka's detailed 3D landmarks, Dotonbori billboards and dynamic lighting in the Mapbox Standard basemap style. — 3d, basemap, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dbasemapjapan https://github.com/BigBodyCobain/Shadowbroker shadowbroker Self-hosted open-source OSINT dashboard layering 60+ live public feeds, including aircraft ADS-B, ship AIS, satellites, earthquakes and GPS jamming, onto one MapLibre map. — visualization, tool Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationtool https://atlasofdesign.org/ atlas-of-design NACIS's book of beautiful and inspiring maps from around the world, published every two years and chosen by an expert panel from an international competition. — illustration, visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT illustrationvisualization https://www.instagram.com/p/DaQMIUKjOFX/ steinforth-tokyo-layers Steinforth Studio's six-layer map of Tokyo, separating dense building footprints, the rail network and green space to show the megacity's hidden structure. — visualization, illustration, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationillustrationjapan https://greggman.github.io/tokyo-trains/ tokyo-trains greggman's WebGPU x-ray 3D map of 147 Kanto rail lines with ~1,900 trains on mostly simulated timetables, diving into Shinjuku's layered station complex. — 3d, transit, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dtransitjapan https://www.trainjazz.com/ train-jazz A jazz combo played in real time by every active NYC subway train, reimagining Alex Chen's map-as-instrument idea from Google Creative Lab. — transit, visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT transitvisualization https://urbanistmap.org/project/3-4-12-w766541197#map=12.67/35.69094/139.58236 urbanist-map Crowdsourced world map of 500,000+ proposed and under-construction urban projects from OpenStreetMap tags, here showing a new road in Mitaka, Tokyo. — visualization, dataset, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdatasetjapan https://waratlas.org/#year=-2500 war-atlas Animated world map of 10,886 recorded wars and 442 shifting empire borders across 5,000 years. — historical, visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicalvisualization https://warming.watch/ warming-watch Short films of a warming planet built directly from ERA5 reanalysis and NASA and NOAA records, each with notes on the data and methods. — visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://yuinchien.com/population/ world-population World population browser on a 3D globe. — 3d, visualization Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dvisualization https://x.com/ShinagawaJP/status/2084602749489164531 yamase-airflow-tweet @ShinagawaJP animates a week of airflow over Japan, showing cold やませ (yamase) winds pouring out of the Sea of Okhotsk high toward Kanto. — visualization, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://www.tohge-project.jp/ japan-tohge-project Guide to 150+ mountain passes across Japan, each with its own calligraphy sticker sold only at shops near the pass, for drivers who conquer it. — japan, illustration Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT japanillustration https://swokko.com/map/ chizu-de-miru Maps the store locations and service areas of Japanese chains such as Starbucks, Gusto and Gyomu Super, with store counts, area sizes and several brands overlaid. — visualization, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://x.com/CChizu_FC gsi-maps-fan-club Volunteer fan club on X sharing fun ways to explore and use GSI Maps (地理院地図), Japan's official web map. — japan, basemap Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT japanbasemap https://info.tokyo-digitaltwin.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/ tokyo-digital-twin Tokyo Metropolitan Government's 3D digital twin viewer and point-cloud data. — 3d, dataset, japan Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3ddatasetjapan https://www.bu.edu/asian/resources/asia-map-collections/ bu-asia-map-collections Boston University's list of digitised historical map collections covering Asia. — historical · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historical https://motorcycleparadise.net/2017/07/best-motorcycle-roads-in-japan.html best-motorcycle-roads-japan Motorcycle Paradise's guide to Japan's best roads for riding. — japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT japan https://japanmaps.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/view/all david-rumsey-japan-maps The David Rumsey collection's archive of historical Japanese maps. — historical, japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicaljapan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om8ei-4g4pU john-nelson-satellite-poster-art John Nelson turns satellite imagery into cartoon-style poster maps in ArcGIS (video). — illustration · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT illustration https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1NWGYKwvGBawm0GyOLabd1CY_umk&femb=1&ll=35.964073231126534%2C139.07904547610985&z=12 japan-motorcycle-rides-mymap Google My Map of good riding roads, built over nine years and 110,000 km of touring Japan. — japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT japan https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=1152740&p=8413204 berkeley-japanese-historical-maps Guide to the C. V. Starr East Asian Library's digitised Japanese historical maps. — historical, japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicaljapan https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/jonniwalker/cmbt3limq001101s94rgy70wf.html?title=view&access_token=pk.eyJ1Ijoiam9ubml3YWxrZXIiLCJhIjoiY2loeG82cWplMDA4N3cxa3MzZXU2N2JpYSJ9.H6vPKI0UKLv733mSCXh2Lw&zoomwheel=true&fresh=true#12.01/38.80284/-78.46515/0/50 jonni-walker-messa Jonni Walker's detailed 3D Mapbox style of the Shenandoah Valley area, Virginia. — 3d, illustration · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dillustration https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/jonniwalker/cmlf2jrcm001t01sc0izegtr8.html?title=view&access_token=pk.eyJ1Ijoiam9ubml3YWxrZXIiLCJhIjoiY2loeG82cWplMDA4N3cxa3MzZXU2N2JpYSJ9.H6vPKI0UKLv733mSCXh2Lw&zoomwheel=true&fresh=true#10.44/46.8398/-121.7698/-94.1/19 jonni-walker-mount-rainier Jonni Walker's detailed 3D Mapbox style of Mount Rainier. — 3d, illustration · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dillustration https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/jonniwalker/cmdbxqd10001h01s80qsh32j5.html?title=view&access_token=pk.eyJ1Ijoiam9ubml3YWxrZXIiLCJhIjoiY2loeG82cWplMDA4N3cxa3MzZXU2N2JpYSJ9.H6vPKI0UKLv733mSCXh2Lw&zoomwheel=true&fresh=true#11.32/46.5415/8.0084/-15.3/38 jonni-walker-switzerland Intricately detailed 3D Mapbox style of the Swiss Alps by Jonni Walker. — 3d, illustration · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dillustration https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/jonniwalker/cmizvyunt004k01sedxii5p1i.html?title=view&access_token=pk.eyJ1Ijoiam9ubml3YWxrZXIiLCJhIjoiY2loeG82cWplMDA4N3cxa3MzZXU2N2JpYSJ9.H6vPKI0UKLv733mSCXh2Lw&zoomwheel=true&fresh=true#12.21/46.59269/8.14748/43.5/52 jonni-walker-switzerland-2 Another of Jonni Walker's detailed 3D Mapbox styles of the Swiss Alps. — 3d, illustration · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dillustration https://api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/jonniwalker/cl4gppuqd000915t54a6fcnxg.html?title=view&access_token=pk.eyJ1Ijoiam9ubml3YWxrZXIiLCJhIjoiY2loeG82cWplMDA4N3cxa3MzZXU2N2JpYSJ9.H6vPKI0UKLv733mSCXh2Lw&zoomwheel=true&fresh=true#2.95/39.83/-98.51 jonni-walker-us-light-map Jonni Walker's Mapbox style of the United States lit up at night. — illustration · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT illustration https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.or.jmc.jisoumaps.kansai kansai-jisou-maps The Kansai (Osaka) edition of the Jisou historical maps app. — historical, japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicaljapan https://www.medievalists.net/2026/02/medieval-maps-ryukyu-kingdom/ ryukyu-kuniezu The three huge 17th-century Ryukyu Kuniezu maps, now online in high resolution with zoomable detail of Okinawa. — historical, japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicaljapan https://noclip.website/#crazytaxi/dc1 noclip-website A digital museum of video game levels you can fly around in the browser. — 3d · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3d https://www.jugcerovic.com/works/one-metro-world-standard#tokyo one-metro-world Jug Cerovic's standardised schematic subway maps of the world's metros, including Tokyo. — transit, illustration · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT transitillustration https://blog.mapbox.com/painting-with-mapbox-studio-telling-stories-with-detail-48049da7bee5 painting-with-mapbox-studio Mapbox blog on building richly detailed, painterly map styles in Mapbox Studio. — basemap, illustration · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT basemapillustration https://rekichizu.jp/en rekichizu Edo-period historical maps in a modern map-app design, with comparison to today, 3D terrain and GPS. By @chizutodesign. — historical, basemap, japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicalbasemapjapan https://rekichizu.jp/map?center=139.085471%2C35.386391&zoom=9.92&pitch=0&bearing=0&base=rekichizu&appendix_nrct=true&appendix_owariya=true rekichizu-edo-map Edo-era roads, post towns and sights drawn in a Google Maps style, in the browser. — historical, basemap, japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicalbasemapjapan https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.or.jmc.jisoumaps.tokyo tokyo-jisou-maps Android app for browsing old historical maps of Tokyo. 'Jisou' means 'layers of time'. — historical, japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicaljapan https://x.com/CraigTaylorViz/status/2055232909699617086 vancouver-ais-map Craig Taylor and Jonni Walker's animated Vancouver ship traffic (AIS) visual on a detailed Mapbox map. — visualization · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://www.ndl.go.jp/exhibit/50/washo_3.html ndl-ino-maps National Diet Library exhibit of Ino Tadataka's large-scale survey maps of Japan's coast. — historical, japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicaljapan https://kensui-to-watashi.com/ kensui-pullup-parks A map of parks in Tokyo with bars you can do pull-ups on, visited stamp-rally style. — japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT japan https://lapis.nichibun.ac.jp/chizu/ nichibunken-map-database Database of historical maps held by the International Research Center for Japanese Studies. — historical, japan · shared at #7 Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicaljapan https://www.mlit.go.jp/plateau/ plateau MLIT 3D city models for every major Japanese city, as CityGML and 3D Tiles. — 3d, dataset, japan Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3ddatasetjapan https://nlftp.mlit.go.jp/ksj/ kokudo-suuchi MLIT's open GIS datasets for Japan — administrative boundaries, land use, rail, rivers, hazard areas. — dataset, japan Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT datasetjapan https://app.kumoy.io/public/map/1e61c4c9-6b74-4c05-b537-7359848af5a3#9.83/35.1568/136.8864 kumoy-railways-1950 Kumoy example map of Japan's 1950 rail network, built from 国土数値情報 railway time-series data. — historical, transit, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicaltransitjapan https://www.a-gent.tokyo/maps-aj/#itemId=603f35e2cd9a482d4c697ba1 a-gent-illustrated-maps Custom illustrated maps of Japan and other places. — illustration, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT illustrationjapan https://cartosvg.com/ cartosvg Packages maps as SVG so they can be styled and manipulated with CSS. — tool · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tool https://www.emoroute.com/ emoroute A 'feel' map that turns public transport journeys in Tokyo into a travel story, with 3D trains. — transit, 3d, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT transit3djapan https://github.com/geolonia/japanese-addresses geolonia-addresses Open dataset of every Japanese address with coordinates, maintained on GitHub. — dataset, api, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT datasetapijapan https://maps.gsi.go.jp gsi-tiles The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan’s basemap, relief and photo tiles. — basemap, dataset, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT basemapdatasetjapan https://front.geospatial.jp/ g-space-information-center Japan's hub for distributing geospatial data from government, industry and academia. — dataset, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT datasetjapan https://www.kumoy.io/ kumoy Japanese cloud service for QGIS: share GIS data with your team and publish QGIS maps on the web. — tool, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tooljapan https://x.com/forestgeoinfo/status/2027617257405465015 forest-mesh-larch-tweet @forestgeoinfo on spotting larch in Hokkaido, Iwate and Nagano and hiba in Aomori and Ishikawa using the forest mesh tiles. — visualization, dataset, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdatasetjapan https://github.com/Project-LINKS-mlitoss/LINKS-SOMA links-soma Project LINKS desktop app that estimates which buildings are likely vacant from municipal data and PLATEAU, shown on a map dashboard. — tool, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tooljapan https://github.com/Project-LINKS-mlitoss/LINKS-Veda links-veda Project LINKS prototype that uses LLMs and OCR to turn paper, PDF and Word government records into structured data, with no-code tools. — tool, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT tooljapan https://locanea.com/analysis/report/3ff86e22-f524-4a49-a281-f0b2d01cbea3 locanea-sample-report Example of a Locanea location analysis report. — visualization, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://locanea.com/ locanea Real estate location analysis: surroundings, transit access, disaster risk and zoning on a map, for the Tokyo area. — visualization, tool, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationtooljapan https://x.com/mrdoob/status/2038834001381818668 mrdoob-geospatial-clouds mrdoob shows off the new three.js example with @shotamatsuda's geospatial volumetric clouds. — 3d, visualization · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dvisualization https://neocarto.github.io/observable-notebooks2.0/ neocarto-observable Tools and experiments for visualising geo data in JavaScript with Observable Notebooks 2.0. — tool, visualization · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT toolvisualization https://overturemaps.org/ overture-maps Linux Foundation project publishing open map data built largely on OSM plus data donated by member companies. — dataset, basemap · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT datasetbasemap https://www.presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/paper-trails paper-trails-blog Present & Correct on the fifty early 20th-century pre-war Japanese tourist maps they found in Tokyo and made into a book. — historical, illustration, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT historicalillustrationjapan https://www.mlit.go.jp/links/ project-links MLIT's cross-sector project to build, use and open up data across land, infrastructure and transport. — dataset, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT datasetjapan https://shademap.app/@36.36043,139.63739,8.28821z,1760255422397t,0b,0p,0m shademap Simulates every mountain, building and tree shadow on Earth for any date and time. — 3d, visualization · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dvisualization https://threejs.org/examples/?q=map#webgl_loader_3dtiles threejs-3dtiles-example three.js example rendering Google Photorealistic 3D Tiles in the browser. — 3d, tool · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dtool https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/pull/33292 threejs-volumetric-clouds-pr Adds volumetric clouds and atmosphere to the three.js 3D Tiles example, using takram's three-atmosphere and three-clouds. — 3d, tool · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dtool https://triangle-buildings.web.app/ triangle-buildings Every triangle-shaped building in Japan, found in OpenStreetMap data. — visualization, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://x.com/machi_measure/status/2034940909012554038 machi-measure-kichijoji-mitaka @machi_measure maps where business names use 'Kichijoji' or 'Mitaka' to show the shape of each machi. — visualization, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://www.geospatial.jp/ckan/dataset/mesh_tile forest-resource-mesh-tiles Forestry Agency data on Japan's forest resources in 20m mesh cells, published as map tiles. — dataset, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT datasetjapan https://3dview.tokyo-digitaltwin.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/ tokyo-digital-twin-3d-viewer Tokyo Metropolitan Government's web viewer layering open data over 3D city models of Tokyo. — 3d, dataset, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3ddatasetjapan https://x.com/GMoushimasu/status/2036233172074307718 tantekko-3d-map 3D models of Hokkaido's coal, steel and port heritage sites on Re:Earth, overlaid with PLATEAU hazard zones. — 3d, historical, japan · shared at #6 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT 3dhistoricaljapan https://jstatmap.e-stat.go.jp/ jstat-map Census and statistics from e-Stat, mapped down to the chōme level. — dataset, visualization, japan Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT datasetvisualizationjapan https://chizutodesign.com/maximum-speed-train train-maximum-speed-map chizutodesign's nationwide map colouring every Shinkansen and JR limited express section by its top speed, banded from under 99 km/h to 500 km/h and up. — transit, visualization, japan Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT transitvisualizationjapan https://checkatoilet.com/ check-a-toilet Map of universal design toilets in Japan. — japan · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT japan https://tara.nullschool.net/?microbiomes#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-37.04,1.38,291 tara-nullschool A custom nullschool earth map showing ocean microbiome data, made for the Tara Ocean research foundation. — visualization, dataset · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdataset https://app.electricitymap.org/map electricity-maps Live map of where electricity comes from and its carbon intensity, by country and region. — visualization, dataset · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdataset https://manuelclaeysbouuaert.be/projects/ferrargis.html ferrargis Manuel Claeys Bouuaert styles OpenStreetMap data in QGIS to look like the 1777 Ferraris map of Belgium. — historical, illustration, tool · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT historicalillustrationtool https://github.com/tentone/geo-three geo-three Tile-based world map and 3D terrain rendering library for Three.js. — 3d, tool · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT 3dtool https://www.geoguessr.com/ geoguessr Geography game: work out where in the world you are from Street View. — visualization · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://youtu.be/sLqXFF8mlEU sebastian-lague-geographic-game Sebastian Lague builds a game from real-world geographic data (video). — 3d · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT 3d https://train-lines.liquidx.net/ japan-train-lines Alastair Tse's interactive maps plotting every train line in Japan. — transit, visualization, japan · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT transitvisualizationjapan https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220622/p2a/00m/0na/020000c manhole-cover-contest Mainichi on a contest where people photographed 660,000 manhole covers across eastern Japan to map infrastructure. — japan · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT japan https://maphub.net/ maphub Create, share and collaborate on interactive maps, and embed them on your website. — tool · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT tool https://www.mymizu.co/ mymizu Japanese refill app mapping places to fill your water bottle for free. — japan · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT japan https://twitter.com/quick_map quick-map A map-making Twitter bot that is also a Slack /quick-map command. — tool · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT tool https://twitter.com/studioyorktown/status/1529832917542764544 tesseract-marunouchi Studio Yorktown's special-edition generative artwork based on the Marunouchi Line, for #tezosjaponica. — transit, illustration, japan · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT transitillustrationjapan https://www.antennebooks.com/product/tokyo-35n/ tokyo-35n Photo book by Ami Sioux: 50 people drew hand-drawn maps to places in Tokyo that matter to them, and she photographed each one. — illustration, japan · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT illustrationjapan https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/ worldle Daily geography game: guess the country from its shape. — visualization · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT visualization http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/earthquake/201103-eastjapan/energy/electrical-japan/ electrical-japan NII's maps of Japan's power plants by generation type alongside night-light imagery, made after the 2011 earthquake. — dataset, visualization, japan · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT datasetvisualizationjapan https://share-map.net/ share-map Map-sharing service in Japan, discussed as a toilet map. — tool, japan · shared at #5 Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT tooljapan https://earth.nullschool.net/ earth-nullschool Animated global map of wind, weather, ocean and pollution conditions, updated every three hours. — visualization, dataset · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdataset https://ekolokal.com/ ekolokal Eco-map of shops in Japan that are organic, plant-based, plastic-free, zero waste or fair trade. — japan · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT japan https://twitter.com/chizutodesign/status/1509912570378948608 electrical-grid-japan-tweet @chizutodesign shares a nationwide power grid map two years in the making, all on one sheet. — illustration, japan · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT illustrationjapan https://equalentry.com/ equal-entry Thomas Logan's accessibility consultancy. He presented on making maps and spatial information accessible. — tool · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT tool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWTeWMSqjuk geodive-exa iPhone app linked to network RTK GPS for high-precision positioning (video, Japanese). — tool, japan · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT tooljapan https://www.surnamemap.eu/ surname-map-eu Map where a surname is found across Europe to trace its geographic origin. — visualization · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I7d1-7Pn3w iphone-lidar-surveying Surveyor Rami Tamimi maps terrain with the iPhone 13 Pro's LiDAR sensor (video). — 3d, tool · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT 3dtool https://viila.co/ viila Japanese real estate portal for finding homes on a map. — japan · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT japan https://labo.yamap.com/ yamap-labo YAMAP's lab of experimental hiking map features: foliage and snow maps, 3D trail replays, off-trail alerts. — tool, japan · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT tooljapan https://corporate.yamap.co.jp/news/archive/2022-03-28/ yamap-route-traffic YAMAP's hiking map draws routes thicker where more hikers walk them. — visualization, japan · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://chizutodesign.com/electrical-grid-japan electrical-grid-japan chizutodesign's map of Japan's transmission lines, substations, switching stations and power plants. — illustration, japan · shared at #4 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMT illustrationjapan http://learntoflyblog.com/2014/10/27/navigation-aeronautical-charts/ aeronautical-charts A primer on reading the aviation charts pilots navigate with. — illustration · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT illustration https://www.geospatial.jp/ckan/organization/agoop agoop-people-flow Agoop's smartphone-derived people-flow (人流) open data on G空間情報センター. — dataset, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT datasetjapan https://maps.darksky.net/@emoji dark-sky-emoji-map Dark Sky's weather map rendered in emoji. — visualization · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://twitter.com/MattDzugan/status/1395399160933883908 rotating-emoji-map Matt Dzugan's ObservableHQ notebook for rendering maps as emoji, with a write-up of how it works. — tool, visualization · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT toolvisualization https://www.instagram.com/p/BjisInHhERw/ erica-ward-station-illustration Illustrated train station map by Erica Ward. — illustration, transit · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT illustrationtransit https://twitter.com/geo_spatialist/status/1292168741841784832 geological-map-japan-1956 @geo_spatialist's 3D render of the 1956 geological map of Japan, made with ArcGIS Pro and Blender. — 3d, historical, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT 3dhistoricaljapan https://codepen.io/geolonia geolonia-codepen Geolonia's CodePen demos of what their Japanese maps and APIs can do. — api, basemap, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT apibasemapjapan https://twitter.com/ubilabs/status/1395488360672673794 google-maps-3d-api Ubilabs demo of the 3D Maps JavaScript API announced at Google I/O 2021. — 3d, api · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT 3dapi https://prty.jp/work/green-emoji-map green-emoji-map Emoji-styled map project from the Tokyo creative studio PARTY. — visualization, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://hoodmaps.com hoodmaps Crowdsourced city maps labelling neighbourhoods by who hangs out there. — visualization · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36E5JU7YUSA jungfrau-terrain-render 3D terrain video of the Jungfrau by Sean Conway. — 3d · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT 3d http://kentuckyroutezero.com/ kentucky-route-zero Video game that weaves maps into its storytelling. — illustration · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT illustration https://www.land.mlit.go.jp/webland_english/servlet/MainServlet land-general-information MLIT's database of real estate transaction prices across Japan. — dataset, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT datasetjapan https://www.futures.tokyo/memories-of-tsukiji/ memories-of-tsukiji Interactive archive of stories from Tokyo's old Tsukiji fish market. — historical, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT historicaljapan https://prakhar.users.earthengine.app/view/nox-in-time-of-corona nox-in-time-of-corona Earth Engine app comparing NOx levels before and after India's COVID lockdowns. — visualization, dataset · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdataset http://andywoodruff.com/blog/ohio-is-still-a-piano/ ohio-is-still-a-piano Playful cartography post by Andy Woodruff of Cartogrammar. — illustration · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT illustration https://pelias.io pelias-geocoder Open-source geocoder built on OpenStreetMap and other open data. — tool, api · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT toolapi http://radio.garden/visit/tokyo/eR8K4rBb radio-garden Spin the globe to tune into live radio stations around the world. — visualization · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://naogify.github.io/silhouette-guessr/ silhouette-guessr GeoGuessr-style GIS game: guess the place from its silhouette. By Naoki (naogify). Source: https://github.com/naogify/silhouette-guessr — japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT japan https://stanford.maps.arcgis.com/apps/PublicGallery/index.html?appid=1ed3022fc7884690a2f137bce9dfe4fe stanford-asia-old-maps Stanford's gallery of historical maps of Japan and Asia. — historical, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT historicaljapan https://www.strava.com/heatmap strava-heatmap Heatmap of the runs and rides logged on Strava worldwide. — visualization, dataset · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdataset https://pudding.cool/2021/04/music-bubble/ pudding-music-bubble The Pudding maps how local each city's music taste is. — visualization · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://turfjs.org/ turf-js Modular geospatial analysis library for JavaScript. — tool · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT tool http://code.waag.org/buildings/#52.3698,4.894,15 waag-amsterdam-buildings Every building in Amsterdam coloured by its construction year. — visualization, historical · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT visualizationhistorical https://wherecam.web.app/ wherecam Point your camera at a written place name and it finds the spot on Google Maps. — tool · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT tool https://machique.st/ machi-quest Walk-rally game with tens of thousands of location puzzles across Japan. — japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT japan https://kochizu.gsi.go.jp/ kochizu GSI's archive of historical maps of Japan. — historical, basemap, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT historicalbasemapjapan https://maps.gsi.go.jp/3d/index.html gsi-3d GSI's 3D terrain viewer, with models you can export for 3D printing. — 3d, dataset, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT 3ddatasetjapan https://kenkawakenkenke.hateblo.jp/entry/2021/03/31/224645 fuji-viewpoint-map Ken Kawamoto uses PLATEAU building models to find every Tokyo rooftop with a line of sight to Mt Fuji. — 3d, visualization, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT 3dvisualizationjapan https://www.jorudan.co.jp/eki/eki_%e6%96%b0%e5%ae%bf_kounaizu.html shinjuku-station-map Jorudan's floor map of Shinjuku Station. — transit, japan · shared at #2 Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT transitjapan https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 coronavirus-tracker-2020 Johns Hopkins' ArcGIS dashboard tracking COVID-19 cases worldwide. — visualization, dataset · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT visualizationdataset https://anvaka.github.io/city-roads/?q=tokyo&areaId=3601543125 city-roads-tokyo Every road in Tokyo drawn from OpenStreetMap, by @anvaka. — visualization, japan · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT visualizationjapan https://blog.mapbox.com/designing-the-treasure-map-style-4318390ad81c mapbox-treasure-map Mapbox's write-up on designing a hand-drawn treasure map style. — basemap, illustration · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT basemapillustration https://twitter.com/chizutodesign/status/1110552281676562432 edo-era-google-maps Tokyo in the Edo period rendered in Google Maps' style, by @chizutodesign. — historical, illustration, japan · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT historicalillustrationjapan https://www.justinobeirne.com/ justin-obeirne Wonderfully detailed articles comparing Google and Apple Maps' design. — basemap · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT basemap https://kepler.gl/ kepler-gl Uber's open-source tool for large-scale geospatial visualisation in the browser. — tool, visualization · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT toolvisualization https://www.facebook.com/zakaizakaizakai/ kyoukai-kyoukai A society for people fascinated by administrative boundaries (境界協会). — japan · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT japan https://nagix.github.io/mini-tokyo-3d/#12.23/35.65816/139.72469/0/60 mini-tokyo-3d Real-time 3D visualisation of Tokyo's trains, by nagix. — 3d, transit, visualization, japan · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT 3dtransitvisualizationjapan https://watabou.itch.io/medieval-fantasy-city-generator medieval-fantasy-city-generator Procedurally generated medieval city maps, by watabou. — illustration · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT illustration https://peatix.com/group/3257 osm-community-tokyo Tokyo OpenStreetMap meetups on Peatix. Other tech meetups are listed at tokyotech.com. — japan · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT japan https://anvaka.github.io/peak-map/#8.8/35.4243/139.1137 peak-map Ridgeline-style elevation maps of any area, by @anvaka. — visualization · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT visualization https://map.safecast.org/ safecast Crowdsourced radiation measurements mapped worldwide, started in Japan after 2011. — dataset, visualization, japan · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT datasetvisualizationjapan https://www.facebook.com/%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%81%E5%AD%A6%E4%BC%9A-244418162281909/ tokyo-suribachi Exploring Tokyo’s bowl-shaped valleys and micro-topography (東京スリバチ学会). — japan · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT japan https://tokyobikeshare.com/ tokyo-bike-share Live map of bike availability at Docomo bike share ports across Tokyo. — transit, japan · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT transitjapan https://twitter.com/transitmap transit-maps Twitter account collecting and reviewing transit map design. — transit, illustration · shared at #1 Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT transitillustration