Curated map atlas
Interactive maps and live trackers by topic
Live lightning, flights, satellites, wildfires, earthquakes, light pollution, and historical borders: curated maps grouped by topic, each with a short guide to what it shows and when to use it.
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85 maps · 9 atlas lanes · 18 subtopics
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The maps people open most
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Browse the atlas by topic
Space & sky
Orbits, auroras, satellites, and sky maps.
Orbits & satellites · Sky maps · Auroras & light
Earth imaging & terrain
Fresh imagery, 3D globes, timelapses, and shade.
Earth observation · 3D globes · Timelapses & shade
Climate & water futures
Projections, sea level, hydrology, and change over time.
Climate scenarios · Water change · Sea level
Weather, hazards & alerts
Live weather, quakes, fires, storms, and global alerts.
Radar & wind · Quakes & volcanoes · Fire & storms
Environment, oceans & wildlife
Forests, biodiversity, fishing, and conservation.
Forests & land · Species & biodiversity · Oceans & fishing
Life sciences & health
Genomics, anatomy, molecules, and air quality.
Genomics & cells · Anatomy & molecules · Air & health
Mobility, travel & logistics
Flights, ships, roads, travel cams, and fares.
Flights & ships · Roads & traffic · Travel cams & prices
Data stories, sims & history
Interactive data, simulations, citizen science, and history.
Simulations · Data stories · History & society
Conflict, crisis & security
Conflict monitoring and accountability-focused maps.
Conflict maps · Evidence & media · Critical incidents
Map directory
Every map in the atlas, by topic
The complete list, grouped by atlas lane. Each page explains what the map shows and links to the source.
Space & sky
- Aladin Lite
- Aurora Forecast (NOAA)
- ESASky
- Gaia EDR3 Sky Map
- Hubble Skymap
- Light Pollution Map
- Map of satellites in real time
- NASA Eyes on Asteroids
- NASA Eyes on Exoplanets
- NASA Eyes on the Earth
- NASA Eyes on the Solar System
- NASA Solar System Treks
- Satellites forecasted position
- Stellarium Web
- WorldWide Telescope
Earth imaging & terrain
Climate & water futures
Weather, hazards & alerts
- Bseed Wildfire Monitoring
- earth.nullschool
- Earthquakes
- GDACS Global Alerts
- Global Volcanism Program Map
- IRIS Earthquake Browser
- Lightning Maps (live strikes)
- NASA FIRMS Fire Map
- NASA GPM IMERG Viewer
- NOAA NCEI Natural Hazards Viewer
- NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer
- USGS Latest Earthquakes
- USGS National Water Dashboard
- Volcanoes
- Weather
Environment, oceans & wildlife
Life sciences & health
- Air Quality Index
- Allen Brain Atlas (Interactive Atlas Viewer / 3D Viewer)
- BioDigital Human
- CZ CELLxGENE Discover
- Dust Mass
- Ensembl Genome Browser
- Hantavirus Tracker
- Human Cell Atlas Data Portal
- MolView
- NCBI Genome Data Viewer
- NCBI iCn3D
- Ptable
- PubChem Periodic Table (NIH)
- RCSB PDB Mol*
- RSC Periodic Table
- Sand storms
- UCSC Genome Browser
- Visible Body