Help - BBBike Map Compare

BBBike Map Compare shows you different maps from OpenStreetMap, Google, and others side by side. Use the drop down menus over the maps to choose the map type for each map. You can move and zoom any map as usual and the other maps will follow. Hold down the shift key and move the mouse to zoom in to that area.

BBBike Map Compare showing several maps side by side

You can save the link named Permalink to always return to this page with the same map types and position.

Map Profiles

You can use one of the pre-configured map profiles:

Berlin and Brandenburg: BBBike, Berlin, Berlin Historical, Berlin Aerial, Berlin Aerial Infrared, Berlin Aerial Black/White, Berlin Public Transport, GDI Berlin Water, GDI Berlin Verkehr, BVG, LGB Brandenburg, LGB Brandenburg Aerial
Berlin historicmaps: 1698-1871, 1874-1900, 1903-1913, 1914-1928
HistoMap Berlin Kartenblatt: 4236 (Mitte), 4223 (Friedrichshain), 4338 (Reinickendorf)

A: Apple, Austria
B: Belgium, Brazil, Black/White, Boundaries
C: Carto, Clockwork, Commercial, Cycle, Czech
D/E/F: Esri, France
G: Geodatenzentrum, Geofabrik, Germany, Google
H: High Resolution (Retina), Hillshading
I/J/K/L: Japan
M: Mapnik, Michelin
N: Night, Norway
O: OpenRailwayMap, OpenStreetMap, Outdooractive
P/R: Public Transport, Polish, Russian
S: Safecast, Satellite, Serbia, Skobbler, Slovakia, Sorbian, Stamen, Strava, Street View Coverage, Sweden, Switzerland
T: Thunderforest, TomTom, Topo, Tracestrack, Traffic
U/W/Y: USA, USGS, Waymarkedtrails, Waze, Welsh, Windy, Yandex

Admin Console

For experts: you can configure the default number of maps, zoom level, preferred maps, map order or add your own tile server in the BBBike Map Compare Admin Console

Keyboard Shortcuts

Here are some shortcuts:

Press 'f' or ESC to toggle fullscreen (shift: no map name, CTRL: white map name)
Press '+' or '-' to zoom in or out
Press arrow left, arrow right, arrow up, arrow down, or h, j, k, l to navigate
Press '1','2','3','4','6', '8', 5=15, 7=24, 9=all    to show that number of maps
Press 'p' to create a permalink / share a link
Press 'g' to jump to the current geo location
Press 's' to open address search
Press '?' or '/' to get this help

BBBike & OSM maps

BBBike BBBike data rendered with Mapnik for Berlin from BBBike.org server
OSM Mapnik, Mapnik (b/w), Hike&Bike OpenStreetMap.org data rendered with Mapnik from the official tile server, or in the German style
OSM Belgium OSM Belgium NL/FR by openstreetmap.be
OSM Public Transport OpenStreetMap data rendered with public transport style, by öpnvkarte.de
OSM FR OSM France by openstreetmap.fr
OSM CH OSM Switzerland by osm.ch
OSM IE OSM Ireland by openstreetmap.ie
OSM Cymru/Welsh OSM Cymru/Welsh by openstreetmap.cymru
AllRailMap (OSM) AllRailMap, by AllRailMap.com
OpenInfraMap (OSM) OpenInfraMap, by OpenInfraMap.org
OSM OpenSeaMap OSM OpenSeaMap, by OpenSeaMap.org
OSM OpenSnowMap OSM OpenSnowMap, by OpenSnowMap.org
OSM OpenRailwayMap OSM OpenRailwayMap, by OpenRailwayMap.org
ÖPNVmap Brandenburg ÖPNVmap Brandenburg, by map-oepnv.de
SLUB OSM SLUB OSM, by slub-dresden.de/
Sorbian OSM in Sorbian, by openstreetmap.de and lausitz.la
Wanderreitkarte Wanderreitkarte Ride & Hike, based on OSM data
Waymarkedtrails OSM Waymarkedtrails for hiking, cycling, MTB and skating, by waymarkedtrails.org
overlays OSM based overlays: ADFC Radwegenetz, Velo-Layer, Parking, Power Map, Bicycle Network
MTB map (OSM) free map for mountain biking (MTB) and hiking by mtbmap.cz

Commercial OSM services

BVG (OSM), BVG Stadtplan Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), by bvg.de
Carto Carto OSM map, by carto.com
Clockwork Micro Clockwork Micro Streets (OSM), by clockworkmicro.com
F4map F4map map, by f4map.com
Floodmap Floodmap Basic, by floodmap.net
Freemap Slovakia Freemap Slovakia (OSM), by freemap.sk
Geofabrik Geofabrik OSM map, by Geofabrik.de
Kartogiraffe Kartogiraffe by kartogiraffe.de
Mapilion Mapilion Kurviger Liberty, by mapilion.com
mappy OpenStreetMap data rendered with mappy style, by mappy.com
Optitool Optitool Truck (OSM) map, by optitool.de
Outdooractive Outdooractive, by Outdooractive.com
S-Bahn Berlin S-Bahn Berlin, by sbahn.berlin
Sigma Sigma OSM map by sigmasport.com
Skobbler Skobbler maps, based on OSM data
Stamen Toner Toner, Watercolor, Terrain, based on OSM data, by stamen.com & stadiamaps.com
Hausnummern Berlin TS (OSM) Hausnummern Berlin, based on OSM data, by tagesspiegel.de
Thunderforest Landscape, Transport, Outdoors, Transport Dark, CycleMap Thunderforest maps, by thunderforest.com
Tracestrack (OSM) tracestrack, based on OSM data, by tracestrack.com
VBB (OSM) Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB), by vbb.de

Other commercial services, government or non-OSM

Apple Apple.com iPhoto maps, based on OSM data
BalticMaps BalticMaps, by balticmaps.eu
basemap.at basemap.at by basemap.at
Bergfex Bergfex by bergfex.at
Berlin Historical Berlin Historical by jochenklar.de and Geoportal Berlin
Berlin historicmaps by Wikimedia Toolforge, Historische Berliner Karten
Esri street map, topographic map, by Esri.com
Geodatenzentrum Geodatenzentrum map, by geodatenzentrum.de
Geoportal Berlin (GDI) Geoportal Berlin water maps, by gdi.berlin.de
GSI Gov. Japan Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, by gsi.go.jp
Google Google street map, satellite and aerial photos, and physical map, by Google.com
Imagico Imagico satellite and aerial photos, by imagico.de
LGB Brandenburg LGB (Landesvermessung und Geobasisinformation Brandenburg), historic data and aerial photos by GeoBasis-DE/LGB, by geobasis-bb.de
Lightningmaps LightningMaps.org, by lightningmaps.org
MapFan MapFan roads for Japan, by mapfan.com
Meteo Meteo maps, by mapy.meteo.pl
Safecast Safecast.org, by Safecast.org
Serbiamap Serbiamap.net, by serbiamap.net
Strava Strava maps by strava.com
TomTom TomTom Basic, Dark, Satellite, Hybrid, Labels, Hillshade, by TomTom.com
UMP-pcPL UMP, by ump.waw.pl
USGS USGS - The National Map, by usgs.gov
ViaMichelin ViaMichelin by viamichelin.com
Visitnorway Visitnorway, by Visitnorway.com and geodataonline.no
Waze Waze map, by Waze.com
WiGLE WiGLE WI-FI map, by wigle.net
Windy Windy, by windy.com
Yandex street map, topographic map, by yandex.com

SRTM, hillshading

Maptoolkit Topo Maptoolkit topographic map, based on OSM and SRTM data, by Maptoolkit.net
OpenTopoMap OpenTopoMap topographic map, based on OSM and SRTM data, by OpenTopoMap.org
Relief SRTM Relief topographic map, based on SRTM data, by maps-for-free.com

External map providers

BBBike Map Compare has a plugin system to integrate map configuration from other services, such as osmlab. Due to the high number of maps (more than 600), these are not enabled by default. You can filter the maps by id or name, or show them all in the menu. Here are some example links:

Other map providers

Copyright and Terms of Service

Copyright (c) 2011 Geofabrik GmbH
Copyright (c) 2012-2026 BBBike / Wolfram Schneider

All map tiles are copyrighted by their respective providers!

Comparison with Google Maps is for informational purposes only. Do not use information from Google Maps to edit OpenStreetMap data!

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Contact

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