What is this?

If you're a science geek, and if you like to go to geeky places, in real life or on a map, this site may be for you. Here we map many such places worldwide, and for each we provide information about them and link to other sites for more details.

This project was inspired by the book “The Geek Atlas” by John Graham-Cumming. I wanted to improve on the idea in the following way:

  • bring it online, on an interactive map,
  • add many places more,
  • harness the power of Web 2.0 to add even more.

Have fun!

Browse places

Recently added places

Michael-Adrian Observatory
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:50:09 AM by Flo)

Zoological Museum and Botanical Museum of the University of Hamburg
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:37:42 AM by Flo)

Museum for Communication, Hamburg
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:34:38 AM by Flo)

University of Hamburg
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:24:52 AM by Flo)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:01:17 AM by Flo)

Planetarium Hamburg
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 09:55:22 AM by Flo)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(submitted on April 19, 2011 - 10:29:25 PM by admin)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
(submitted on April 19, 2011 - 07:51:18 PM by Christine Sætre)

Ötzi, the iceman
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 09:05:32 PM by admin)

South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 08:58:40 PM by admin)

Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 08:51:14 PM by admin)

Chicxulub crater
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 08:37:32 PM by admin)

Barringer Crater, Arizona
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 03:12:26 PM by admin)

Neumayer-Station III
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 02:54:17 PM by admin)

Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 02:38:42 PM by admin)

Burgess Shale
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 01:52:52 PM by admin)

Badwater, Death Valley
(submitted on April 15, 2011 - 09:14:10 PM by admin)

Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crash
(submitted on April 15, 2011 - 08:29:11 PM by admin)

Airbus Toulouse
(submitted on April 15, 2011 - 08:23:59 PM by admin)

University of Padua, Italy
(submitted on April 15, 2011 - 06:06:43 PM by admin)

Van Leeuwenhoek's grave
(submitted on April 15, 2011 - 05:46:23 PM by admin)

Channel Tunnel (English end)
(submitted on April 14, 2011 - 08:03:27 PM by admin)

Channel Tunnel (French end)
(submitted on April 14, 2011 - 07:59:50 PM by admin)

DESY, Hamburg
(submitted on April 14, 2011 - 02:47:01 PM by admin)

PS20 Solar Power Plant
(submitted on April 13, 2011 - 07:48:26 PM by admin)

Stanford University
(submitted on April 13, 2011 - 07:39:07 PM by admin)

Mount Everest
(submitted on April 13, 2011 - 07:19:51 PM by admin)

Challenger Deep
(submitted on April 13, 2011 - 07:11:10 PM by admin)

Horn Antenna, New Jersey
(submitted on April 12, 2011 - 09:27:04 PM by admin)

Natural History Museum, London
(submitted on April 12, 2011 - 09:17:44 PM by admin)

Jodrell Bank Observatory
(submitted on April 12, 2011 - 09:07:35 PM by admin)

Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley
(submitted on April 12, 2011 - 09:01:22 PM by admin)

Einstein Haus, Bern
(submitted on April 12, 2011 - 08:55:22 PM by admin)

Pasteur Institute
(submitted on April 12, 2011 - 08:49:42 PM by admin)

Mount Washington Observatory
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 08:40:06 PM by admin)

Tiktaalik
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 08:34:15 PM by admin)

Lascaux caves
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 08:30:19 PM by admin)

Field Museum of Natural History
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 08:22:24 PM by admin)

Royal Society of London
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 08:16:51 PM by admin)

New Museums Site, University of Cambridge
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 08:13:09 PM by admin)

Lucy
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 08:07:28 PM by admin)

Neandertal man
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 07:39:04 PM by admin)

Archaeopteryx
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 07:19:07 PM by admin)

University of Göttingen, Germany
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 07:09:02 PM by admin)

The source of the Nile river
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 07:00:12 PM by admin)

Discovery of Uranus
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 06:53:53 PM by admin)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(submitted on April 07, 2011 - 09:30:55 PM by admin)

Poldhu, Cornwall
(submitted on April 07, 2011 - 09:17:31 PM by admin)

Signal Hill, St. John's
(submitted on April 07, 2011 - 09:10:58 PM by admin)

FRM-II Research Reactor
(submitted on April 07, 2011 - 09:04:35 PM by admin)

There are 106 places in the database.

Recently updated places

Michael-Adrian Observatory
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:50:09 AM by Flo, updated July 25, 2011 - 07:18:25 PM)

Zoological Museum and Botanical Museum of the University of Hamburg
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:37:42 AM by Flo, updated July 25, 2011 - 07:09:36 PM)

Museum for Communication, Hamburg
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:34:38 AM by Flo, updated July 25, 2011 - 07:06:55 PM)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:01:17 AM by Flo, updated July 25, 2011 - 07:03:59 PM)

Planetarium Hamburg
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 09:55:22 AM by Flo, updated July 25, 2011 - 06:59:13 PM)

University of Hamburg
(submitted on July 25, 2011 - 10:24:52 AM by Flo, updated July 25, 2011 - 10:31:15 AM)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
(submitted on April 19, 2011 - 07:51:18 PM by Christine Sætre, updated April 19, 2011 - 09:00:32 PM)

Ötzi, the iceman
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 09:05:32 PM by admin, updated April 18, 2011 - 09:10:03 PM)

South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
(submitted on April 18, 2011 - 08:58:40 PM by admin, updated April 18, 2011 - 09:07:50 PM)

University of Padua, Italy
(submitted on April 15, 2011 - 06:06:43 PM by admin, updated April 15, 2011 - 06:07:31 PM)

Lucy
(submitted on April 08, 2011 - 08:07:28 PM by admin, updated April 08, 2011 - 08:07:50 PM)

Signal Hill, St. John's
(submitted on April 07, 2011 - 09:10:58 PM by admin, updated April 07, 2011 - 09:18:23 PM)

Discovery of Pluto
(submitted on April 06, 2011 - 09:17:30 PM by admin, updated April 06, 2011 - 09:18:56 PM)

St Thomas's Abbey, Brno
(submitted on April 05, 2011 - 08:45:55 PM by admin, updated April 05, 2011 - 08:46:17 PM)

Peenemünde Army Research Center
(submitted on April 05, 2011 - 07:39:06 PM by admin, updated April 05, 2011 - 07:41:04 PM)

Nuremberg Transport Museum
(submitted on April 05, 2011 - 07:34:03 PM by admin, updated April 05, 2011 - 07:34:54 PM)

Cape Canaveral launch complex
(submitted on February 25, 2011 - 07:40:37 AM by admin, updated April 04, 2011 - 08:49:04 PM)

Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
(submitted on April 03, 2011 - 09:28:05 AM by admin, updated April 03, 2011 - 09:28:40 AM)

Tevatron
(submitted on April 03, 2011 - 08:46:40 AM by admin, updated April 03, 2011 - 08:47:14 AM)

Radio Telescope Effelsberg
(submitted on April 03, 2011 - 08:33:37 AM by admin, updated April 03, 2011 - 08:34:14 AM)

Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 6
(submitted on March 05, 2011 - 08:31:43 AM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 02:48:24 PM)

Baikonur Cosmodrome
(submitted on February 23, 2011 - 07:24:11 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 02:41:19 PM)

ESA launch site, Kourou
(submitted on February 23, 2011 - 06:33:44 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 02:36:40 PM)

Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin
(submitted on February 22, 2011 - 09:36:15 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 02:28:18 PM)

London Science Museum
(submitted on February 22, 2011 - 09:27:59 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 02:03:31 PM)

Hoover Dam
(submitted on February 20, 2011 - 05:34:38 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 02:00:07 PM)

Very Large Array, New Mexico
(submitted on February 20, 2011 - 05:01:54 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 01:53:00 PM)

Panama Canal
(submitted on February 20, 2011 - 04:08:37 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 01:40:39 PM)

McMurdo Station
(submitted on February 19, 2011 - 09:28:49 AM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 01:35:36 PM)

CERN Large Hadron Collider
(submitted on February 18, 2011 - 11:13:18 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 01:24:53 PM)

ESO Very Large Telescope
(submitted on February 18, 2011 - 11:01:47 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 01:14:43 PM)

W. M. Keck Observatory
(submitted on February 18, 2011 - 06:43:30 PM by admin, updated March 27, 2011 - 01:08:07 PM)

Surtsey, Iceland
(submitted on February 26, 2011 - 06:38:24 PM by admin, updated March 09, 2011 - 05:00:16 PM)

William Herschel Telescope, La Palma
(submitted on March 05, 2011 - 08:18:21 AM by admin, updated March 09, 2011 - 04:53:19 PM)

How can I contribute?

You can contribute to this site by suggesting new places, or by suggesting updates for existing places. To do this use the link below or use the “suggest update” link in the info bubble of a marked place on the map.

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Latest news

November 18, 2011 - 07:05:26 PM:

After maintenance the database was unreachable. It's fixed now.

April 15, 2011 - 07:27:33 PM:

The info windows on the map are now created and filled as needed. This should reduce some load on the browser when loading the page.

April 14, 2011 - 07:33:58 PM:

On the browser page the places marked on the map are now also listed to the left of the map.

March 22, 2011 - 09:14:05 PM:

Some more changes to the site. Now really need to add more content.

March 04, 2011 - 09:06:39 PM:

The basic design is complete. Now I start filling in some more content.

February 17, 2011 - 08:11:00 PM:

Work on the site design has begun.

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