One living map, made for how you teach, show, publish, and report
Cartian is a citable atlas of the real world. Explore it free today, and step into the classroom, kiosk, and newsroom experiences as they ship.
Built for five kinds of work
Every audience gets a dedicated experience - and an honest picture of what is live now versus in early access.
Cartian for teachers
A free interactive map for the classroom - with whiteboard mode, class pairing, and review quizzes on the way.
Cartian for museums
Turn a big screen or kiosk into an explorable, hands-on map of your collection and its world.
Cartian for creators
Shareable, embeddable interactive maps for your videos, blogs, and group chats.
Cartian for newsrooms
Cited maps with visible provenance - every layer sourced, every view reproducible.
Cartian for conservation
Credible, citable maps of the living world, built on commercially-clean open data.
What you can do right now
These are shipped and free to use the moment you open the map.
Explore the interactive map
Available nowPan, zoom, and dive into a fast, beautiful map of the real world on any device.
Open-data layers
Available nowTurn on curated, commercially-clean layers - terrain, imagery, nature, and more.
Intelligent search
Available nowAsk in plain language and watch the map move, surface layers, and answer for you.
Share any view
Available nowSend a link to exactly what you are looking at - the map opens right where you left it.
Provenance on every layer
Available nowEvery dataset shows its source, so a map you share is a map others can trust.
Classroom, kiosk, and cited exports
Early accessPairing, lock, quizzes, kiosk mode, and citable snapshots are rolling out - join early access.
What a Cartian map looks like
One living surface, whatever your work - here framed on a landscape everyone knows.
Common questions
What can I use Cartian for right now?
The interactive map is live and free to open: explore open-data layers, use the intelligent search that controls the map for you, and share a link to any view. Some audience-specific modes - classroom pairing, museum kiosk mode, and cited-map exports - are rolling out in early access.
Is Cartian free?
Opening and exploring the map is free. Verified teachers get free access to the education features as they ship. Early-access programs for schools and museums are free to join while we onboard partners.
Which audience page should I read?
Pick the one that matches your work: teachers for the classroom, museums for kiosks and big screens, creators for embeddable shareable maps, newsrooms for cited maps with provenance, and conservation for credible maps built on commercially-clean open data.
How do I join an early-access program?
Each persona page has a request-a-demo or join-the-program link, or you can email the team directly. We onboard schools, museums, and newsrooms in small groups so every partner gets hands-on setup.
Find the experience made for you
Open the live map now, or request a demo of the classroom, kiosk, and newsroom modes.
The interactive map is free to open. Classroom and kiosk modes are in early access.