Geographic tools

Practical tools using open and commercial sources. Ready to use online.

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Our tools are free to use and help you explore geographic questions quickly, from travel time to site analysis.

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Travel times & mobility

Travel times, distances and location analysis

Travel time analysis

Calculate travel times and distances between origin and destination locations. Car, bike, walk or public transport.

  • Multimodal transport.
  • Google Routes API; our postcode areas or Nominatim for geocoding.
  • Export CSV/JSON/GeoJSON.
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Site location analysis

Find the best site locations by analysing travel times between source locations and potential sites.

  • Google Routes API.
  • Our postcode areas or Nominatim for geocoding.
  • Export CSV/JSON/GeoJSON.
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Amenities analysis

From one address, find the nearest supermarket, school, hospital, pharmacy, station, park and restaurant – with travel times and map.

  • Overpass (OSM) for nearest POI per type.
  • Google Maps or OpenRouteService for routes.
  • Car, bike, walk; map view.
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Catchment area analysis

Travel-time areas on the map: where can you reach in 5–60 minutes? Car, bike or walk.

  • OpenRouteService (ORS).
  • Our postcode areas or Nominatim for geocoding.
  • Up to 5 start locations.
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NS disruptions

View NS rail disruptions and maintenance on an interactive map. GeoJSON from the NS SpoorKaart API.

  • NS SpoorKaart API.
  • Disruptions and maintenance as GeoJSON.
  • Export GeoJSON.
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OpenOV live public transport map

OpenOV: real-time bus, tram, metro and ferry. Open data via OpenOV/OVAPI.

  • Bus, tram, metro, ferry (no trains).
  • Open GTFS-RT data.
  • Refreshes every 30 sec.
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Live trains

Live train positions, NS disruptions and stations on one map. NS, Arriva, Blauwnet and other operators.

  • NS disruptions and stations.
  • Train positions (NS + OpenOV).
  • NS every 1s, PT every 5s.
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Geocoding & location

Geocoding, postcodes, address validation and place search

Geocoding

Real geocoding: address to coordinates or coordinates to address. Nominatim (OSM) and our postcode data, max. 5 at a time.

  • Address ↔ coordinates.
  • Max. 5 at a time.
  • Reverse geocoding.
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Postcode centroid

PC6 postcode to coordinates (centroid). Centroid lookup in our postcode area data. One or a few at a time.

  • PC6 → coordinates.
  • Our postcode area data.
  • No API costs.
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Address validation

Validate and standardise addresses for mailings and CRM. Uses Google Address Validation API.

  • Up to 10 addresses at a time.
  • Validated address + suggestions.
  • Export CSV.
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Search places

Search places (POI) in an area: restaurants, shops, schools. Overpass (OSM) for POI, our postcode areas or Nominatim for location. Max. 1 km radius, 5 results.

  • Overpass (OSM) for POI.
  • Our postcode areas or Nominatim for location.
  • Export CSV.
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Radius / buffer

Find which postcodes fall within a radius (km) of a point. Straight-line distance on PC6 centroids. Export list.

  • PC6 centroids (as the crow flies).
  • Our postcode data.
  • Export CSV, map.
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Coordinates

Coordinate conversion, elevation and timezone lookups

Convert coordinates

Convert Rijksdriehoek (RD) to WGS84 (GPS) and vice versa. For Dutch coordinates.

  • RD ↔ WGS84.
  • No API required.
  • Client-side.
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Elevation lookup

Look up elevation (m NAP) for an address, postcode or coordinates. Open-Meteo elevation, our postcode areas or Nominatim for location.

  • Open-Meteo elevation.
  • Our postcode areas or Nominatim for location.
  • Worldwide.
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Timezone lookup

Determine the timezone for an address or coordinates (WGS84). geo-tz + Nominatim.

  • Geo-tz timezone lookup.
  • Address or WGS84 coordinates.
  • Worldwide.
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Weather & environment

Weather, air quality and environmental indicators

Weather

Current weather, forecasts and history per location. Open-Meteo, our postcode areas or Nominatim for location.

  • Open-Meteo weather.
  • Hourly and daily forecasts.
  • Precipitation and wind.
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Historical weather

Historical weather data per location for a date or period. Temperature, precipitation and weather type. Open-Meteo Historical API.

  • Open-Meteo Historical API.
  • From 1940.
  • Daily temperature and precipitation totals.
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Air quality

Current and historical air quality per location (500×500 m). Open-Meteo, our postcode areas or Nominatim for location.

  • Open-Meteo air quality.
  • Forecast and history.
  • Health recommendations.
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Pollen

Pollen data per location (1×1 km). Open-Meteo, our postcode areas or Nominatim for location. UPI index.

  • Up to 5-day forecast.
  • UPI index.
  • Trees, grasses, weeds.
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Sustainability

Solar potential and energy per building

Solar potential

Solar potential of a building via Google Solar API. Location via our postcode areas or Google. Panel placement, yield and financial analysis.

  • Google Solar API.
  • Our postcode areas or Google for location.
  • Panel and ROI advice.
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