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What travel websites are using maps?

Looking for UX examples and inspirations
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Co-founder of TravelerMap.net

I'm doing a small research on websites that are using maps. Do you know any cool examples that you like to use? Or maybe you have ideas about an ideal map website with travel content?

I'm doing this to improve the UX of my current project. I'm also playing with an idea of creating a map builder. There are quite a few solutions like that on the market but I would like to focus on travel and outdoor activities. If this sounds interesting, let's connect :)

17 days ago (edited)
Ian
Founder, Travel Massive

👉 Check out the Map topic for some ideas: travelmassive.com/topic/map

Take a look at Travellerspoint (travellerspoint.com) which provides a free itinerary builder, created by @daamsie (he also helped me build TM).

Here's an interview: travelmassive.com/posts/travellerspoints-journey-to-1-million-members-and-beyond-201652156

Stay22 (www.stay22.com) are a leader in map-monetization and created a very clever widget and WordPress plugin for bloggers to embed and show nearby accommodation.

17 days ago (edited)

Also check out Proxi, a map builder for any kind of use, not specifically travel
www.proxi.co

17 days ago
Purchase Manager

you could check this one, but guess only in italian lang x

experience.arcgis.com/experience/805005081da841bfb40120cd96290bcd

17 days ago
Co - Founder of Textomap.com, Textomap

Hey Kacper, check out felt.com if you're looking for UX inspiration for maps.

16 days ago (edited)
Ian
Founder, Travel Massive

Felt looks awesome. Map UX is a rabbit hole for product designers because it can get complex, very quickly. These guys seem to have addressed some common map use-cases with style. Thanks for sharing!

16 days ago (edited)
Co-founder of TravelerMap.net

I've played with it and it's really great product. But it's probably not something that you would use if you would like to collect hiking trails and interesting places. I mean, you totally can but Felt it's not CMS for geo data.

16 days ago
Co - Founder of Textomap.com, Textomap

These guys do trails: www.komoot.com. What they do well is they also send you every friday recommendations for the weekend close to you. Maps have a million uses in many industries. It's a matter of what data is important for your users and how to best display it

16 days ago

That's an amazing product, thank you Dario !

16 days ago
Co-founder of TravelerMap.net

Right now, I'm displaying information about national parks and will be showing some hiking trails soon.

The problem with maps is that even a simple base map is pretty dense with data. It's tricky to display extra information and provide UX.

I've just checked Textomap and it looks really cool.

16 days ago
Co - Founder of Textomap.com, Textomap

As a UX designer I feel you. Checking out how others are handling the issue is important, but at the end of the day you need to decide what is important for your users and what is just extra clutter. Thanks for the kind words on Textomap :)

16 days ago
Ian
Founder, Travel Massive

I did some research on map use on websites of Travel Massive members:

• 4,000 member websites use Google Maps
• 315 member websites use Mapbox
• 93 member websites use OpenStreetMap

Of course this data only attributes profiles that provided a website, so the numbers above are likely to be higher.

Here's a few more map websites for your list, who are TM members of course :)

www.roadgoat.com
eightydays.me
www.rome2rio.com

16 days ago (edited)
Co-founder of TravelerMap.net

I'm really surprised that OSM usage is so low.

16 days ago

We use Apple Maps on Tripsy (tripsy.app), but we have native apps (no web for now). They also have an SDK for the web: developer.apple.com/maps/web/.

16 days ago

Hi Kacper!
In mapmelon.com we use leaflet and mapbox.
The app has locations with maps and a big map with different filters on it. Maybe it can help :)
If you have any issue let me know!

15 days ago (edited)
Ian
Founder, Travel Massive

Oh, I didn't consider leaflet in my research. Thanks for sharing!
~400 TM member websites use leaflet (see my earlier comment).

14 days ago
entrepreneur, manyways

another editor I used before mapcreator.io

12 days ago
Founder & CEO, Trip.Social

We build the entire website (trip.social) and an app (placely.app) around maps and travellers social sharing.

10 days ago