DaedalMap

Place identity and data

Places line up.Everything connects.

DaedalMap connects data through one place identity model. Geometry, maintained datasets, live feeds, and tools can then meet on the same map without losing their sources or meaning.

Place identities and sources

Start with geography. Keep the source attached.

Places have names, borders, codes, and histories that rarely line up across sources. DaedalMap maintains an administrative spine, separate geometry families, and the relationships between them. Data packs declare their place identities, and crosswalks connect compatible geographic systems.

PLACE IDENTITIES

Geometry

Reusable shapes and place identities across the world, with deeper country coverage where available.

Browse geometry
MAINTAINED DATA

Data packs

Source-backed datasets prepared against the same place model, with coverage and provenance visible.

Browse packs
MAPS AND TOOLS

Your workflow

Maps, MCP tools, compatible downloads, and local software all build on the connected layer.

See developer tools

Public data across systems

Useful data should travel farther than its original portal.

Public data arrives in different file formats, time ranges, and geographic systems. Connecting it repeatedly costs time and makes findings harder to check.

DaedalMap carries the geography, crosswalks, source records, and licensing context alongside the data. You can start with your own rows or explore what is already connected.

Community ProjectsSee what people have built with DaedalMap.Source mapSee current coverage and source relationships.Discontinued dataSee an example of preserving evidence with provenance.

Built by

Bryan Hellard

DaedalMap is built by Bryan Hellard, with a background in robotics and systems engineering and a focus on disaster impacts, response, and usable geographic data. Bryan is vice chair of STAR-TIDES, a global resilience and disaster-response network coordinated through George Mason University.

Start with your rows or ours.

Resolve a sample, browse the maintained data, or connect through MCP tools.

Try Your Data