The short version
- No accounts, no sign-up. We never ask for your name, email or a password to use anything.
- What you do stays in your browser. Measurements, points, address batches and your quiz scores are calculated and stored on your device; we never receive them. Files and photos you open in the tools are read in your browser and never uploaded.
- Some tools ask public services. To get the elevation of a point, its address or a driving route, your browser sends that coordinate or address to the service that works it out (OpenStreetMap, the US Census Bureau, Spain’s IGN…). They’re all listed below.
- Analytics cookies. In Europe, Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity load only if you accept them in the cookie notice; outside Europe they load without a notice. Either way, you can change your mind at any time under “Cookies” at the bottom of the page. We also count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which uses no cookies. No ads, for now.
Who is responsible
The data controller for All Map Tools is the owner of All Map Tools, the independent project that runs this site. For anything about your data, use our contact form.
What we don’t collect
All Map Tools has no user database and no server of its own receiving what you do. We don’t store your location, the addresses you look up, the shapes you draw or your results. With analytics cookies (in Europe, only if you accept them), Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity link the pages you view on All Map Tools to count visits, but we don’t build profiles or use anything for advertising. We don’t sell personal information to anyone.
What stays on your device
A few preferences are saved in your browser’s local storage (localStorage) so the site remembers them next time. They never leave your device:
| What | Why |
|---|---|
web.locale | The language you picked, so the site opens in it. |
web.unidad.altitud | Whether you prefer elevation in feet or meters. |
web.unidad.distancia | Whether you prefer miles or kilometers. |
web.mapa.ajustes | Your map settings: style, shaded relief, place-name language and flat or globe view. Only saved if you change something. |
web.juego.marcas | Your best score in each map quiz. |
web.direcciones.modo and web.direcciones.lote.en / .es | “Address to coordinates”: single or batch mode, and your last batch, so you don’t lose it on reload. |
web.chinchetas.v1, .titulo and .nombres | “Map with pins”: your pins, the map title and whether labels show, so they’re still there when you come back. |
web.dibujo.v1 and .titulo | “Draw on a map”: what you drew and its title, so it’s still there when you come back. |
web.azar.historial | “Random location generator”: the last points you got. |
web.google.clave | “Google Maps embed code”: your Maps Embed API key, only if you check “Remember it in this browser”. |
web.consent | Your answer to the cookie notice (accept or reject) and its date, so we don’t ask again for 12 months. |
You can clear it at any time in your browser settings (site data). Address batches, pin maps, drawings and the random location history also have their own delete button in the tool.
Your location
Tools like “What is my elevation?” or “What county am I in?” offer to use your location. It’s only requested when you press the button, and your browser asks you first. Your position is used right then for the calculation: it’s sent only to the service that needs it (for example, the one that returns the county) and it isn’t stored. If you share a link, the point is part of the page address.
Services that receive data when you use a tool
To draw the map and run some calculations, your browser connects directly to these services. Like any internet connection, they receive your IP address and the technical details of the request, plus whatever they need to answer (the map area you’re viewing, a coordinate, an address or the points of a route). Each one handles that data under its own policy:
| Service | Provided by | What it receives, and when |
|---|---|---|
| OpenFreeMap | The OpenFreeMap project | The map tiles for the area you’re viewing, in every tool with a map. |
| Terrain Tiles | Amazon Web Services (US) | The terrain and elevation tiles for the area you view or the points you measure. |
| Photon | Komoot GmbH (Germany) | What you type in the address search boxes, what you type in the place search boxes only if our own search finds nothing, the addresses in the lists you paste to calculate distances (those that aren’t coordinates, ZIP codes or places our own search knows), and the coordinates of points whose name or address you ask for. |
| TIGERweb | U.S. Census Bureau (US) | The coordinates of US points whose county, city or ZIP code you ask for, and the circle or the area you draw or open to get its ZIP codes (its vertices; the file itself isn’t sent). |
| OSRM and Valhalla | FOSSGIS e. V. (Germany) | The points of driving, cycling and walking routes, distance tables, one-to-many and bulk distances you request by road, drive-time areas and meeting points (each person’s position and the candidate spots). FOSSGIS keeps requests in its server logs. |
| Overpass API (Private.coffee) | Private.coffee, a non-profit association (Austria) | In “Places within a radius”, when you press “Find places” or open a link with a search: the coordinates of the center, the radius, the categories and any name or brand you type. Under its terms, it keeps part of your IP address, the time, the referring page and your browser for 48 hours. |
| Aerial imagery: The National Map, EOX and other countries’ official services (listed in the methodology) | U.S. Geological Survey (US), EOX IT Services (Austria) and the mapping agencies of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and its states, Czechia, Poland, Portugal, Estonia and Japan | The aerial imagery tiles for the area of the map you’re viewing, if you switch them on in the area calculator, measure distance, the Spanish cadastral parcel tool or the radius map. Each service only gets the tiles for its own country or region; EOX may get them for anywhere. |
| Catastro | Directorate General for Cadastre (Spain) | In the Spanish cadastral parcel tool: the reference you type or the coordinates of the point you tap, without cookies. |
| Google Maps or OpenStreetMap | Google LLC (US) or the OpenStreetMap Foundation (UK) | Only in “Google Maps embed code”, and only if you press “Show the preview”: the map you set up. Google may set its own cookies in your browser. A Maps Embed API key you type isn’t sent anywhere until you ask for the preview, and then only to Google. |
| IGN and CartoCiudad | Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain) | Coordinates of points in Spain whose elevation you measure and the area of elevation profiles you draw in Spain, Spanish addresses you look up, PNOA aerial imagery tiles if you switch them on, and postal code boundary tiles (the part of the map you’re viewing) if you turn them on. |
When you search for a place by name, the search runs in your browser with our own gazetteer: what you type doesn’t leave your device. Your browser only downloads a small piece of the index from All Map Tools (chosen by the first letters), the same for everyone. Only if we find nothing (for example, a very small village) is the text sent to Photon.
They only receive what’s needed to answer your request, and we don’t send it: your browser requests it when you use the tool. If you’d rather not use them, the tools that only calculate (converters, straight-line measurements, blank maps) work without them.
All Map Tools maps embedded on other sites
Other websites can embed our widgets (radius, distance, blank maps and thematic maps). These widgets set no cookies, store nothing in your browser, and carry no analytics, ads, place search or location requests. When you view one, your browser loads the widget page from All Map Tools and, for the radius and distance widgets, map tiles from OpenFreeMap; both receive your IP address, as with any website. The code we provide uses referrerpolicy="no-referrer", so we aren’t told which page the widget is on, and its settings sit after the “#” in its address, which never reaches a server.
Technical data when you visit
The site is served by Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc., US), which receives your IP address, your browser and the page you request in order to deliver it quickly and protect it from attacks. In the EU and UK, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in keeping the site working and secure (GDPR art. 6(1)(f)). Cloudflare participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.
Visitor statistics
We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics (Cloudflare, Inc., US), which uses no cookies and stores nothing in your browser. Its script records the page you’re viewing (without anything after the “?” or “#”, which is where some tools keep the point you pick), the site you came from, your type of browser, operating system and device, your country (which Cloudflare works out from your IP address) and how long the page takes to load. It doesn’t identify you or follow you across sites, and we only see totals. Cloudflare keeps the detailed data for 7 days and then a summary, available for 6 months.
In the EU and UK, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in knowing which pages are used and whether they load fast (GDPR art. 6(1)(f)). Cloudflare participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The widgets other sites embed don’t include it.
We also use these two tools, which set cookies. In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland (in practice, if your browser is set to a European time zone) they load only if you accept them in the notice; elsewhere they load without a notice and you can turn them off under “Cookies” at the bottom of the page:
| Tool | What it receives | How long it’s kept |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics 4 Google LLC (US) and Google Ireland Ltd. | The pages you visit on All Map Tools (without anything after the “#”), where you came from, how long you stay, whether you scroll to the bottom and which outbound links you click, along with your type of device and browser and your approximate city or country, which Google works out from your IP address without storing it. It uses a random number in a cookie to count visitors. Google signals and ad features are off. | 14 months for data about each visit; after that, only totals. |
| Microsoft Clarity Microsoft Corp. (US) and Microsoft Ireland Operations Ltd. | How the page is used: clicks, mouse movements, scrolling and how it looks, to build heatmaps and session recordings, along with your type of device and your country (from your IP address). Text in the tools, search boxes and forms is masked, so Clarity never receives it. It doesn’t load on tool pages, because many of them keep the point you pick, or your location, after the “#” in the address. | Recordings for 30 days (some for up to 9 months); heatmaps for up to 9 months. |
In the EU and UK, the legal basis is your consent (GDPR art. 6(1)(a) and the ePrivacy rules): without it, neither one loads. Elsewhere, it’s our interest in knowing which pages are used. Either way, you can withdraw consent or opt out at any time, just as easily, under “Cookies” at the bottom of every page or right here. Google and Microsoft participate in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which covers the transfer of this data to the US.
If you write to us
Through the contact form we receive the type of message, what you write and, if you add them, your name and email. For bug reports, also the page and, if you tick the box, technical details about your browser (browser, screen size and language). We use them only to handle your message and reply, and delete them once it’s resolved, within a year at most. The legal basis is your consent when you send it (GDPR art. 6(1)(a)).
Your message travels through a Cloudflare service to our inbox, and the form uses Cloudflare Turnstile to tell people from bots, usually without asking you anything (at most, ticking a box): it looks at technical signals from your browser on that page.
Children
The tools, blank maps and quizzes don’t ask for any personal information, so they’re fine to use in class. The contact form is optional: if you’re under 13, ask a parent, guardian or teacher to write to us for you.
Your rights
For any data we hold about you (in practice, only a message you sent us) you can ask for access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection and portability through the contact form. California residents: we don’t sell personal information or share it for targeted advertising. In the EU you can complain to your data protection authority, and in the UK to the ICO.
Changes to this policy
If anything on this page changes (a new service, analytics or advertising), we’ll update it before the change reaches the site, with the date at the top.