Aerial view of a braided glacial river weaving across a wild valley - the kind of living-world landscape conservation work maps every day.
For conservationFree to open - commercially-clean data

Make the case for a place with maps people can trust

Cartian builds maps of the living world on commercially-clean open data, with visible provenance on every layer - so a map you publish is a map others can cite.

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A credible mapping toolkit, free to open

These are shipped and free the moment you open the map - no license traps, no attribution guesswork.

  • Open ecological and geographic layers

    Available now

    Turn on curated land-cover, terrain, imagery, water, and nature layers - all vetted as commercially-clean.

  • Provenance on every layer

    Available now

    The Cartouche travels with the map: each dataset shows its source and licensing, so anyone can check your work.

  • Intelligent search

    Available now

    Ask in plain language and watch the map move, surface the right layers, and answer - including species-range overlays.

  • Share any view

    Available now

    Send a link to exactly what you are looking at - the map opens right there, layers and all.

  • Commercially-clean by design

    Available now

    We exclude non-commercial and credit-metered sources, so your reports, campaigns, and grants are safe to publish.

  • Cited, reproducible exports

    Early access

    Cited-map exports with a short Map Code let others reopen the exact same view and sources - rolling out in early access.

Why it holds up

Every layer shows its source

Provenance built in, not bolted on

Available now

Conservation arguments get challenged. Cartian keeps each layer's dataset, source, and license visible through the Cartouche, so a funder, reviewer, or reporter can see exactly what your map is built on - and trust it.

  • Commercially-clean sources only - no CC-BY-NC, no credit-metered data
  • Correct attribution attached to each layer automatically
  • Open land-cover, terrain, water, and species-range data
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Aerial map of layered farmland, wetland ponds, and tree cover, illustrating the mixed habitat data conservation groups map.
What is coming

Maps others can reopen and cite

A citable map, with a Map Code

Early access

The North Star of Cartian: a published map that anyone can reopen exactly as you made it - same view, same layers, same sources - by a short Map Code. Think of it as a DOI for a map. It is the credibility standard conservation reporting has been missing.

  • A short, shareable code resolves to the exact map
  • View, layers, and sources are pinned and reproducible
  • Built for reports, campaigns, and peer scrutiny
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Aerial view of undeveloped green open land meeting the edge of a growing town - the kind of land-use boundary a conservation map documents.
How it works

From a question to a map you can defend

  1. Open the map

    Available now

    Start free in the browser - no install. Pan and zoom to the place you are working to protect.

  2. Layer the evidence

    Available now

    Turn on commercially-clean land-cover, terrain, water, and species-range layers, or ask the search to surface them for you.

  3. Check the provenance

    Available now

    Open the Cartouche to see each layer's source and license - the receipts that make your map credible.

  4. Publish a citable map

    Early access

    Share a link today; cited-map exports with a Map Code that others can reproduce are in early access.

See it for yourself

What a Cartian map looks like

The living-world surface itself, framed on a protected habitat - built on commercially-clean data.

Example map
Everglades National Park, FloridaCommercially-clean layers with visible provenance - a map others can cite.
Questions

Common questions

  • Is Cartian free for conservation groups?

    Opening and exploring the interactive map is free, including the open ecological and geographic layers and the intelligent search. Deeper cited-map exports for reports and campaigns are in early access - join the program and we will onboard your team.

  • Can I use Cartian maps commercially, in a published report or a fundraising campaign?

    Yes. Cartian is built on commercially-clean open data - we deliberately exclude non-commercial and credit-metered sources so the maps you make are safe to publish, print, and share without a licensing surprise. Each layer still shows its source so you can attribute it correctly.

  • How does Cartian show where its data comes from?

    Every layer carries visible provenance through the Cartouche: the dataset, its source, and its licensing travel with the map. A reviewer, funder, or journalist can see exactly what a map is built on, which is the whole point for credibility-sensitive work.

  • Do you have species range or habitat layers?

    Cartian includes open, commercially-clean nature and land-cover layers, and species-range overlays that the intelligent search can surface onto the map. We source these from openly-licensed datasets; we do not use credit-metered or non-commercial range data that would limit how you can publish.

  • Can other people reproduce a map I publish?

    Reproducible, citable maps are the core of what we are building. Cited-map exports with a short Map Code - so anyone can open the exact same view, layers, and sources you did - are rolling out in early access. Request a demo to be part of the first group.

  • Can I embed a Cartian map on our website or in a story?

    Sharing a link to any exact view is live today. Embeddable interactive maps for your site or a story are shipping - tell us your use case and we will point you to the current embed path.

  • How do I join the early-access program?

    Email the team through the request-a-demo link on this page. We onboard conservation organizations and agencies in small groups so every partner gets hands-on setup for their datasets and campaigns.

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Made for every audience

Credible maps for the classroom, the museum floor, the content you publish, and the newsroom.

Map the living world, and let others cite it

Open the interactive map free today, or request a demo of the cited-map exports and Map Code built for conservation reporting.

Open the mapRequest a demo

The map and its commercially-clean layers are free to open. Cited-map exports are in early access.