See the world. Understand how it connects.
Godwana is a free interactive atlas for learning geography. Zoom from the globe to a single valley, switch on real data layers, and practice countries, capitals, and regions with map quizzes.
Ask the atlas
Type a request and the atlas moves, switches layers, and marks what you asked about.
Sign in to try the map assistant. It uses your monthly AI allowance.
Ask for a mountain range and the atlas flies there and switches to the physical layer, so relief and valleys stand out.
Try it in the atlasWhat you can do
Zoom from continents to cities on one continuous world map, so every place stays connected to its neighbors and its region.
Switch between relief, rivers, climate, population, and night lights to see how land, water, and people shape each other.
Find and name countries, capitals, and regions on the map itself, read why each answer is right, and let spaced review bring back the places you are about to forget.
Your geography workspace
Search any place, switch data layers, measure distances, and pin what you find.
Guided lessons in five levels, with maps, vocabulary, and the sources behind every fact.
Collect places, pins, and notes into lists you can come back to and study later.
Progress
A world worth understanding
A capital, a river, or a climate zone is easier to remember when you can see where it sits and what surrounds it. Godwana keeps every fact on the map: you explore a place in its region, compare it with its neighbors, and practice recalling it in the same view.
Begin with the whole picture
Start on the globe and zoom continuously to a country, a region, or a single city. Neighbors, coastlines, and mountain ranges stay visible as you go, so you always know where you are. Moving between scales builds a mental map that holds up long after you close the atlas.
Read the layers together
Switch between relief, rivers, climate, population, and night lights on the same map. Where do people live, and why there? Which rivers cross borders? Comparing layers turns observations into questions, and questions into explanations you can check against published data.
Follow a question
Search for a place, ask the map assistant, or open a lesson, and let one question lead to the next. Save the places and notes you want to keep and pick up where you left off. Exploration stays open, with a clear next step whenever you want one.
Practice in place
Quizzes ask you to find and name places on the map itself, and every answer comes with a short explanation. Spaced review brings back what you are about to forget, and Progress shows which regions you know well and which need another round.
Build a living atlas
Pins, notes, and saved places add up to your own atlas. Revisit a region with a new layer or a new question and your earlier discoveries are still there. Over time the map becomes a record of what you have explored, ready for the next trip, lesson, or exam.
Built on open data
The atlas draws on published scientific and public datasets, and every lesson names the evidence behind its facts.
Questions
Yes. The atlas, lessons, map quizzes, spaced review, and progress by region are free, and no payment details are needed. Some features, such as the AI map assistant and offline map regions, have usage limits.
See what is includedNo. You can explore the atlas and take map quizzes right away. A free account keeps your saved places, progress, and review schedule across devices.
Countries and capitals, continents and regions, physical geography such as mountains, rivers, and climate, and patterns like population and urban growth. The lessons cover five levels in 48 units, from places of the world to geographic methods.
You find and name places such as countries, capitals, and regions on the map itself. Every answer comes with a short explanation, and spaced review brings back the places you are about to forget.
From published scientific and public datasets, including Natural Earth, NASA Earth observations, WorldPop, Copernicus Sentinel-2, GEBCO, NOAA, and the World Bank. Every lesson names the sources behind its facts.
Yes. Teachers create a class, share its class code, assign map quizzes and lessons, and see which regions and topics students still find hard.
Godwana for schoolsYes. Godwana runs in the browser on phones, tablets, and computers, and you can download map regions to use offline.
Start exploring
Start with a country you know, or one you have never looked at closely.
