Social Source Commons

Ammap is an interactive flash map creation software.

Arc2Earth was created to convert and publish your ArcGIS data to view in Google Earth, Google Maps or Virtual Earth

Mapping and diagramming tool.

This software makes it possible to create vector maps which can be uploaded to Garmin GPS receivers.

Virtual globe application with social layers.

OpenGIS-based mapping and interoperable crisis management software.

ForwardTrack is a new system created by Eyebeam R&D designed to track and map the diffusion of email forwards, political calls-to-action, and online petitions. It can trace email forwards, map the impact of blogs, and facilitate web-based sign-ups and soc

Geobytes' free City Distance Tool allows you determine the distance between two international cities with the click of a button.

Full-featured GIS tool

The Google Earth Plug-in and its JavaScript API let you embed Google Earth, a true 3D digital globe, into your web pages

Online utility that creates maps and profiles from GPS data (tracks and waypoints), street addresses, or simple coordinates.

The Yahoo! Internet Location Platform provides a resource for managing all geo-permanent named places on Earth. Our purpose in creating the Internet Location Platform is to provide the Yahoo! Geographic Developer Community with the vocabulary and grammar to describe the world's geography in an unequivocal, permanent, and language-neutral manner.

JOSM is the "Java OpenStreetMap Editor", a desktop application originally developed by Immanuel Scholz and currently maintained by Dirk Stöcker. Currently it supports loading stand alone GPX tracks and GPX track data from the OSM database as well as loading and editing existing nodes, ways, metadata tags and relations from the OSM database.

Maps and directions.

MapTube is a free resource for viewing, sharing, mixing and mashing maps online.

Software for GPS maps creation

Java-based Internet mapping server for deployment of mapping applications.

Tools to help organize tasks, thoughts and sometimes even files visually so you can get them done in a logical way. An alternative to the old school "check box list" route.

Based on an NTEN Discussion thread.

The Minimap Addon gives you a suite of in-built maps and mapping tools for Firefox.

NoteMind helps you to collect and to organize information centrally in one single place.

Portal for creating and uploading geological maps.

OsmAnd (Open Street Maps Automated Navigation Directions) is a map and navigation application with access to the free, worldwide, and high-quality OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. All map data can be stored on your device's memory card for offline use. Via your device's GPS, OsmAnd offers routing, with optical and voice guidance, for car, bike, and pedestrian. All the main functionalities work both online and offline (no internet needed).

Service that enables people to tag and share real time environmental data from objects, devices and spaces around the world.

Personal Brain is a mind mapping tool allows you to organize not only your tasks and to-dos, but also your contacts and files in a visual, logical setup that you design.

Create interactive maps using a vector architecture base.

Prune is an application for managing coordinate data from GPS systems.

Web-based service for organizations to publish their online member directories using clickable maps.

Combine Google Street View with Google Earth for a dual map control that lets you view locations simultaneously on the map and from the ground and air.

tangoGPS is an easy to use, fast and lightweight mapping application for use with or without GPS.

Cross-platform (Win/Mac/Lin), open source, full-featured desktop geographic information system (GIS)

The Ushahidi Engine is a platform that allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline.

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes

Open source brainstorming and mind mapping software tool developed by XMind Ltd. It helps people to capture ideas, organize to various charts, and share them for collaboration. Supporting mind maps, fishbone diagrams, tree diagrams, org-charts, logic charts, and even spreadsheets.

Website that provides a quick summary of demographic data for any US Zip Code.