GeoCanvas

Interactive map projections

$1.99 · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Every flat map of a round world distorts something: area, shape, distance or direction. You cannot avoid it, only choose what to give up. GeoCanvas lets you watch that choice being made. Switch between 55 projections, turn the globe, and see exactly what each one gives away. EXPLORE • The familiar: Mercator, Robinson, Winkel Tripel, Equal Earth, Mollweide, Natural Earth, Albers • The rarely rendered: Waterman butterfly, Peirce Quincuncial, Airocean, Berghaus star, tetrahedral Lee, interrupted Mollweide • Cylindrical, pseudocylindrical, azimuthal, conic, polyhedral and interrupted families, side by side • Rotate and re-centre a projection, and watch the distortion follow the viewpoint • Search any place, or jump to where you are with My location BUILD • Vector, raster and terrain layers, as many as you like on one map • Colour a layer by category or by value in a few taps, with ready-made colour ramps • Draw on the map directly with parametric tools • Symbology, labels and legends • Isolines and relief shading IMPORT • Bring your own GeoJSON or zipped Shapefile • The coordinate system is read from the .prj and converted for you, with an honest note on how exact the conversion is EXPORT • PNG, JPEG, TIFF, SVG and GeoJSON • Print sizes up to A3 at 300 dpi, or set your own dimensions • CMYK separation for press work, from a measured profile rather than a guess • Leave the geocanvas.app wordmark off: only the data credits stay WHO IT IS FOR Geography teachers explaining why Greenland is not the size of Africa. Cartographers prototyping a layout. Students, journalists, designers, and anyone who has looked at a world map and felt something was off. One purchase, no ads. Optional: an auto-renewable monthly AI subscription for more and longer conversations with the map assistant. GeoCanvas runs on open data, including Natural Earth. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Ratings & Reviews

  • This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.

• New: AI subscription. More and longer conversations with the GeoCanvas map assistant, on a larger AI model • 5 million tokens per month, no GeoCanvas account needed, cancel at any time • Find it in the menu under “AI subscription”. The AI Chat still includes a free allowance • New launch screen

Version 1.3.1

The developer, Kai Raschke, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

  • Data Linked to You

    The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:

    • Purchases
    • Contact Info

  • Data Not Linked to You

    The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

    • Identifiers
    • Usage Data
    • Diagnostics

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Accessibility

The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More

Information

Seller
Kai Raschke
Size
11 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
© Kai Raschke
  • Privacy Policy

    • You Might Also Like