uMap

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uMap
Umap logo.svg
Author: yohanboniface GitHub
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3
Platform: Web
Status: Active
Version: 2.5.1 releases (2024-07-12)
Language: multiple languages
Website: https://umap-project.org
Source code: umap-project/umap GitHub
Programming languages: Python and JavaScript

Create your own map, add marker and much more

uMap lets you create maps with OpenStreetMap layers and embed it in your site. All within a few minutes. You can create custom maps (see the examples at the instances' front pages). It is powered by open source, AGPLv3-licensed software.

Instances

Tutorials/Help

On Wiki

Outside Wiki

French

https://docs.framasoft.org/fr/umap/

FR:UMap#Articles_tutoriels_et_billets_de_blogues

English

  1. Create an always up to date map with Overpass (en)
  2. blog post about new features in uMap (2014-08-25) (en)
  3. Using overpass queries in uMap (2020-11-23) (en)

Italian

  1. Creare una mappa online con fotografie in uMap aggiornabile con EtherCalc (it)
  2. come creare una mappa web in stile Open – Video tutorial (it)
  3. come caricare un layer da remoto su uMap con overpass-api – Video tutorial (it)

Screencasts

Showcase

Some of the more expressive maps made with uMap:

Pseudo-maps using custom locations, not real geolocations on Earth:

Development

Built using Django (Python) and Leaflet (JavaScript). It also uses the modules django-leaflet-storage and Leaflet.Storage.

Translations are available on Transifex: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/umap/

Developers news and release notes

Feedback and help

See also

  • geojson.io offers drawing geometries, displaying markers according to coordinate tables, overlay GPX or KML data, and finally share your map even privately.
  • https://mapifator.com/ by Geoapify. Custom maps for embedding on your website. Commercial with free tier.
  • http://maps.inkata.com was a similar web service (now broken?)
  • A Russian interview with the founder of the public movement "Anti-borschevik" (anti-hogweed) about how they use uMap.