Unmapped
Unmapped is a browser-based map studio for making and publishing videos, interactive stories, or maps.
What Unmapped is
Unmapped is a browser-based map studio for making and publishing videos, interactive stories, or maps. It runs in a modern desktop browser without installation. Its timeline lets users arrange places, labels, routes, and effects into clips, scenes, and transitions, with looping and frame-accurate scrubbing. Imports include CSV, GeoJSON, zipped Shapefiles, and GeoTIFFs; live feeds cover earthquakes, wildfires, and weather alerts. Data can be displayed as points, heatmaps, hexbins, or 3D columns, then styled, timed, and animated. Users can add 3D models such as landmarks, people, or storm systems along a route, and an AI assistant can build scenes from a description. Exports include MP4 films up to 4K in landscape or vertical orientation, interactive stories, and still images from any frame. Stories may be public, unlisted, or private, and public stories may appear in discovery surfaces. The free plan includes manual 2D editing and previews.
Good
- Imports CSV, GeoJSON, zipped Shapefiles, and GeoTIFFs.
- Supports live feeds for earthquakes, wildfires, and weather alerts.
- Exports MP4 films up to 4K.
- Free plan includes manual 2D editing and previews.
Watch out
- Runs in a modern desktop browser.
- Free plan limits users to three branded published stories.
- Free plan includes 500 MB of storage.
Who it suits
Unmapped may suit newsrooms, creators, classrooms, analysts, and NGOs making map-based presentations or visualizations. It is designed for people comfortable working in a modern desktop browser.
Verdict
Unmapped combines map data, timeline editing, and multiple publishing formats in a browser studio. The free plan covers manual 2D editing and previews, while paid plans add larger capacities and integrations.
Plans and prices
From Unmapped's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 branded published stories · 500 MB storage · Manual 2D editing and previews · $0 forever |
| Pro | $29 a month | 10 published maps · 10 GB storage · Terrain and 3D buildings · MCP support · ChatGPT app integrations · 500 monthly credits for AI and Google Photorealistic 3D · $29/month |
| Studio | $79 a month | 50 published maps · 50 GB storage · 3 editor seats · MCP support · ChatGPT app integrations · 3,000 monthly credits for AI and Google Photorealistic 3D · White-label publishing · $79/month |
The facts
Each one read from Unmapped's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 3D features
- Users can add landmarks, people, or storm systems as 3D models and send them along a route.checked 8 Oct 2026
- AI
- The studio includes an AI assistant that builds scenes from a description.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The site identifies newsrooms, creators, classrooms, analysts, and NGOs as audiences for Unmapped.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Credit limits
- Credits cover AI work and first-time Google Photorealistic 3D scene activation; editing, playback, previews, publishing, and exports do not consume credits.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data imports
- The studio accepts CSV files, GeoJSON, zipped Shapefiles, and GeoTIFFs, and supports live feeds for earthquakes, wildfires, and weather alerts.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data visualization
- Data can be shown as points, heatmaps, hexbins, or 3D columns, and can be styled, timed, and animated.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Unmapped says users can export MP4 films up to 4K in landscape or vertical, interactive stories, and still images of any frame.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The Pro and Studio plans include MCP support and ChatGPT app integrations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Unmapped is a map studio in a browser for publishing maps as videos, interactive stories, or maps.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- Published stories can be public, unlisted, or private, and public stories may appear in discovery surfaces.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support contact
- The site lists [email protected] as its contact email.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Timeline editing
- Places, labels, routes, and effects can be edited as clips on a timeline with scenes, transitions, looping, and frame-accurate scrubbing.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser requirement
- The site says Unmapped runs in any modern desktop browser and requires no installation.checked 8 Oct 2026
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