Archub: Travel
Maps & Navigation
★ Open Street Map - a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
★ Awesome OpenStreetMap is a list of projects using OpenStreetMap data for creative purposes, as well as projects dedicated to improving OpenStreetMap.
★ Organic Maps - a foss privacy-focused offline maps & GPS app. Powered by OpenStreetMap data. Supports 100% of features without an active Internet connection.
✦ Else-Where.App - Leave your mark on the world. Share emotions and moments tied to real places.
✦ Use-It.Travel - maps made by young locals, not commercial, free and up-to-date
✦ Framacarte.org - Create you own maps online.
Lodestone Compass [video - inv] - by HTME
✦ Navit-Project.org - car navigation system
✦ Native-Land.ca [website] - Maps and information on indigenous peoples and their territories
✦ ÖPNVKarte - Every train, tram, subway, ferry and bus line in the world.
✦ OpenTripPlanner - an open source platform for multi-modal and multi-agency journey planning.
✦ OneBusAway - transit route and scheduling software
Satellite Navigation in the 18th Century [article]
✦ Urban Exploration & Abandoned Places Map [website]
The Ultimate Guide to Navigating without a Compass [ebook]
✦ Wheelmap - Wheelchair-accessible places.
Rest & Hospitality
❤ BeWelcome.org - the largest free hospitality community
❤ Sleepy.Bike - Sleepy Bike is a community of bicycle touring travellers and those who want to host them.
❤ WarmShowers.org - A global community of touring cyclists. Tour. Host. Support
❤ TrustRoots.org - Travellers' community. Sharing, hosting and getting people together.
❤ OpenHospitality.Network - designing a protocol to connect different hospitality platforms to unify the community while enabling greater diversity and long term sustainability of all together.
Open Camping Map - World map of camping sites.
❤ r/Homeless - Homeless Assistance Subreddit
International Travel
✦ Expatistan.com - Cost of Living Calculator
Travel Guides
How to use public transport [video]
WikiVoyage.org - free travel guide
Vehicles
Transportation [ebook] - by DK
Anarchy & the Art of Hitchhiking
Electric Vehicle Battery Systems by Sandeep Dhameja
Air
✦ Escape - Find the cheapest flight destinations.
✦ FlightConnections - Overview of all flight routes worldwide.
✦ SkyVector - Worldwide Aeronautical Charts.
✦ Flightradar24 - Real time flight tracker map.
Building and Flying an Aeroplane [ebook] - by Charles B. Hayward
Bike
✦ OpenCycleMap - Global cycling map for overview and planning.
✦ CyclOSM - Beautiful open cycle map.
ⓘ The Chainbreaker Bike Book [ebook] by Ethan Clark and Shelley Lynn Jackson
IBike.org bicycle share - Decentralized on-demand bicycle rental systems
❤ Sleepy.Bike - Sleepy Bike is a community of bicycle touring travellers and those who want to host them.
❤ WarmShowers.org - A global community of touring cyclists. Tour. Host. Support
⚒ Modular Cargo Cycle [article]
Making Bikes Sustainable Again [article]
Why Dutch Bikes are Better (and why you should want one) [video - yt] by NotJustBikes [patreon] [yt] [mastodon] [tv]
Testing The Viral 'Apocalypse Bike' [video - yt]
How is a Bike Tunnel this Freak'n Great!? [video - yt] by NotJustBikes [patreon] [yt] [mastodon] [tv]
Tactical commuter bike build [video]
The Amazingly Burly ‘Buffalo Bicycle’ [video]
The Car-Replacement Bicycle (the bakfiets) [video - yt] by NotJustBikes [patreon] [yt] [mastodon] [tv]
⚒ Studded Bicycle Tires and Chains [pdf]
Cable & Rope
Aerial Ropeways [article] - automatic cargo transport for a bargain
Water Powered Cable Trains [article] - automatic cargo transport for a bargain
Car
Complete Car Care Manual [ebook] - by DK
Early Electric Cars [article] from 1895-1925
Citroen 2CV [article] - cleantech from the 1940's
Electric Cars Then vs Now [article]
Electric Velomobiles pt 1 [article] pt 2 [article]
Rail
Ridin Dirty - A Basic Reference for Freight Hopping
The Train Book [ebook] - The Definitive Visual History by DK
Water
OpenSeaMap - Free nautical chart.
Marine traffic - Real time ship locations.
The Complete Sailing Manual [ebook] - by DK
⚒ Making a Stone Age Dugout Boat with Fire
⚒ 23 BOATS You Can Build - by Popular Mechanics (1950)
The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America [ebook] - by Adney and Chapelle
Boat-Building and Boating [ebook] - by Daniel Carter Beard
Trolley Canal Boats [article] - Get Wired Again