About the atlas
Interactive World Map and 3D Globe
Explore the Earth as a globe, a 3D landscape or a flat map. Spin the globe, tilt the camera over mountains, or zoom in from continents to single cities. Switch views at any time: the place you are looking at and your layers stay as they are.
Data layers
Turn on relief and ocean depth, rivers and drainage basins, climate zones, population density, night lights, tectonic plates, earthquakes, volcanoes and economic indicators. Some layers show change over time, and each one has a legend that explains its colours.
Search and compare
Go to any place by name or coordinates. Select countries and features for profiles and details, and compare two places, two layers or two years.
Measure, pin and draw
Measure distances, place pins with your own notes, and draw routes or study areas. Everything you save is collected on your Saved page.
Map assistant
With a free account, ask the AI map assistant questions such as which rivers in Africa are the longest. It answers and changes the map for you, within a usage allowance.
Share and save
Share a link to the exact view, download a high-quality image of the map, or save a region for offline use so the map works without a connection.
Open sources
Data layers name their sources, including Natural Earth, the World Bank, NASA, USGS, GEBCO and SoilGrids.