About
Every place has lore.
Maplore is a map studio in Goa, founded and run by Parth Suthar. We turn open data into maps of India that people can act on.
Each map reads one place closely: a district, a panchayat, a stretch of coast. Some forecast what's coming. Others draw what's already there and never made it onto a map.
- 11
- atlases on the map
- 10
- questions in this Gazette
- 50
- open sources, each one named
On the map now
11 atlases, each on one subject, and a gazette of questions answered from orbit.
Gazette · India from above
Ten questions a satellite can answer.
- Is anything moving through Hormuz?38hulls
- Is crude still arriving at Jamnagar?86hulls
- How busy is Mundra?67hulls
- How many ships are in Kandla creek?5hulls, a floor
and 6 more · newest pass 8 November 2026
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Dengue, malaria, chikungunya
Machharमच्छर
Every district in India
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Desert locust
Tiddiटिड्डी
12 districts, Rajasthan and Gujarat
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Carbon, khazan and coast
Goencheगोंयचे
Every panchayat in Goa
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Seaweed and mangroves
Blue Gold
India's coast
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Antibiotic resistance
Pratirodhप्रतिरोध
Four cities' drains
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The Pacific and India's rain
ENSO
Every district in India
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Heat the body cannot sweat off
Garmi
Every district in India
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Rice, watched from space
Dhaan
Every district in India
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Sacred groves
Devraiदेवराई
All India
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Lighthouses
Deepstambh
India's coasts and islands
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India's waters
Lehar
India's seas and islands
Written down
Behind every map sits a small model or dataset you can open, written out with where it's weak, and a plain guide to what the map is about.
| Atlas | Guide | Method | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| MachharDengue, malaria, chikungunya | – | Method | Data |
| TiddiDesert locust | Guide | Method | Data |
| GoencheCarbon, khazan and coast | Guide | Method | Data |
| Blue GoldSeaweed and mangroves | Guide | Method | Data |
| PratirodhAntibiotic resistance | Guide | Method | Data |
| ENSOThe Pacific and India's rain | Guide | Method | Data |
| GarmiHeat the body cannot sweat off | Guide | Method | Data |
| DhaanRice, watched from space | Guide | Method | Data |
| DevraiSacred groves | Guide | Method | Data |
| DeepstambhLighthouses | Guide | Method | Data |
| LeharIndia's waters | Guide | Method | Data |
How we work
Open by default
The maps, the data and the methods are free.
Sources on everything
Every figure says where it came from and when. Stale data looks stale.
Honest limits
A model is not a field survey. The map says so.
How we sustain the studio
The maps stay free. This is what pays for them.
Prints and wall maps
Your village, district or coast, printed large enough to hang.
Commissioned maps
Custom maps and models for government, NGOs, research and business.
Maps for brands
Where your ingredients grow and your customers live, for packaging and campaigns.
Briefings
A forecast for your area, on a set day.
Newsrooms
Stills, clips and the day's numbers from any map, sourced, same day.
Grants and patrons
Funders and people who back open public data keep it free.
The studio
Where
Maplore®
Goa
India
Founder
Work with us
Thanks
Stamen Design, whose open Toner and Watercolor designs draw some of our base maps; amche.in for Goa's open atlas; CSIR-CCMB for publishing its wastewater data openly; the CPREEC ENVIS centre for the sacred-grove registers.
Maplore® is a registered trademark.