World fog

Clear the fog of the world, together.

Every place on this map starts fogged. As MapScore explorers choose to share the ground they have covered, the fog lifts wherever enough of them have been. No names, no routes, no times. Just the world, slowly coming into view.

Now open

The whole world is still fogged.

Sharing is an opt-in choice in the MapScore app. As explorers turn it on, a square here clears when at least 10 different people have been there.

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  • 10explorers needed to clear a square
How it works

Many explorers, one map.

Your own fog map stays in MapScore on your phone, in full detail. The world map only ever sees coarse squares, and only from people who opt in.

  1. You choose

    MapScore asks once, the first time you open the World view on its Lifetime screen. Sharing stays off unless you say yes, and you can change it in Settings at any time.

  2. Squares, not trips

    Your phone sends only which squares of about 1 km you have covered. Never your routes, times, the order you went in, or who you are.

  3. Cleared by the crowd

    A square clears for everyone only once at least 10 different explorers have it. The map refreshes a few times a day, never live.

  4. Take it back

    Turn sharing off and delete everything you shared, in one step, whenever you like.

Private by design

The world sees squares, never you.

Shared, only if you opt in

  • A random code made on your phone, so you can delete what you shared later. It is not linked to a name, an account, your phone or your purchases.
  • The squares of about 1 km you have covered.

Never shared

  • Routes, tracks or the order you went in
  • Dates or times
  • The squares around your home, work and the places you stop often or stay the night
  • Your name, email, account or device identifiers
  • Your diary, places, photos or statistics

A square appears only once at least 10 explorers share it, so one person’s squares never show on their own. Details are in the Privacy Policy. The map usesOpenStreetMap data; your browser loads its tiles from OpenFreeMap.

Start with your own map

Lift your own fog today.

MapScore clears a private fog map of everywhere you go, on your phone. Open the World view on its Lifetime screen to see this map in the app and choose whether to share.