Explore the World
Orthographically.
A serverless WebGPU/GL2 map engine built from scratch
— zero dependencies, no tile servers.
Explore the family of open-data maps it powers.
V2 · WebGPU · OPFS
Flagship
ortho-japan
Japan's government publishes PLATEAU — remarkably advanced open 3D city data. Rendered on a real sphere with the latest browser tech: WebGPU-accelerated cities that rise as you zoom. Zero dependencies.
Enter the 3D map →
V1 · WebGL2
Global · Open data
GIS-HUB
A universal Web GIS workstation. Fetch, decode and render any open dataset — Natural Earth, US Census TIGER — at full resolution, right in the browser.
Launch →
V1 · WebGL2
Japan · Open data
GIS-HUB Japan
Japan's open datasets on the same engine — national census small-area statistics, choropleths, and more.
Launch →
Flagship
ortho-japan
Japan's government publishes PLATEAU — remarkably advanced open 3D city data. Rendered on a real sphere with the latest browser tech: WebGPU-accelerated cities that rise as you zoom. Zero dependencies.
Enter the 3D map →
V1 · WebGL2
Global · Open data
GIS-HUB
A universal Web GIS workstation. Fetch, decode and render any open dataset — Natural Earth, US Census TIGER — at full resolution, right in the browser.
Launch →
V1 · WebGL2
Japan · Open data
GIS-HUB Japan
Japan's open datasets on the same engine — national census small-area statistics, choropleths, and more.
Launch →
Data format · MIT
GeoPBF
A Protocol Buffers geospatial binary format extending GeoJSON — about 1/10 the size, with bidirectional converters to common GIS formats. Can even carry icons.
Overview
日本語
Elevation · MIT
AltPBF
Protocol Buffers raster elevation tiles — 3-tier zoom LOD, GEBCO + ALOS sources, Int16 delta with deflate, zero-copy worker transfer for high-throughput terrain.
Overview
日本語
Renderer · GPL-3.0
OrthoMap
A WebGL framework for the orthographic globe — composites base map, vector (Gint) and terrain through a worker pipeline. Reads GeoPBF / AltPBF natively.
Overview
日本語
Vector engine · GPL-3.0
Gint
Geographic Interleaved Binary — a 64-bit format pairing Morton spatial indexing with Visvalingam–Whyatt LOD weighting. GPU Culling and Stencil Tessellation, straight on the GPU.
Overview
日本語
Interactive demos
Morton Order
GPU Culling
Stencil Tessellation
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