About Geo Map Tools
Geo Map Tools is a small collection of free, single-purpose map tools. Each one does exactly one job — measure a distance, calculate an area, find an elevation, estimate a population — without an account, a paywall, or a bloated interface in the way.
Who makes this
Geo Map Tools is built and maintained by Mitja Kočevar, an independent developer based in Slovenia. It is a personal project rather than a company — one person writing the code, choosing the data sources, and answering the email.
That is worth stating plainly, because it tells you what to expect. The tools are maintained in spare time, so fixes are not instant. There is no support team behind the contact address, just me. And when a tool has a limitation, the page for it says so directly rather than quietly rounding the problem away — which is easier to do honestly when nobody has to sign off on the wording.
Why this exists
Most full-featured map platforms bury simple calculations behind logins, subscriptions, or unrelated features. Geo Map Tools is built the other way around: pick a tool, use it, get an answer. Every tool runs directly in your browser and is designed to be fast on a phone with a weak connection, not just on a desktop.
What's available
- Radius Around Point — Draw a circle of any radius around a point on the map.
- Elevation Where I Am — Find the elevation above sea level at your location.
- Find Population on Map — Estimate the population living within an area.
- Measure Distance — Click points on the map to measure the distance between them.
- How Far Is It Between — Get the straight-line distance between two places.
- Area Calculator — Draw a shape on the map to calculate its area.
- Elevation Profile — See the elevation change along a path you draw.
Where the data comes from
I don't maintain a map or terrain database of my own. Instead, each tool calls a small number of established, transparent sources:
- Map tiles — OpenStreetMap contributors
- Elevation data — Open-Meteo
- Place search / geocoding — Geoapify
- Population estimates — WorldPop, University of Southampton
Straight-line distance, area, and radius calculations are computed directly in your browser and don't call any external service at all.
Independent and ad-supported
Geo Map Tools is independent and ad-supported — not part of a larger platform, and not funded by any of the data providers listed above. Advertising is what pays for the domain and hosting and keeps the tools free and account-free. See the Privacy Policy for how that works and what data is collected.
No tool here recommends a product, and nothing on the site is a paid placement. Where a page names a dataset or a service, it is because that is genuinely what the tool calls.
Get in touch
Found a bug, or a tool you'd like to see added? Contact me— corrections to the explanations on these pages are as welcome as bug reports.