Transport
ADS-B Exchange
Live flight tracker (including many miltiary aircraft). Live data available for the past month. Historical data available for purchase by request.
Free
Airfleets
Database for aircraft details.
Free
Airframes
A database of aircraft details
Free
AirNav RadarBox
Live flight tracker.
Free
Aviation Safety Network
Aircraft incident database; can be searched by country, registration, year, etc.
Free
Carnet.AI
"API which is capable of recognizing the Make, Model and Generation of most cars built since 1995, with 97+% accuracy."
Free
Chronotrains
Chronotrains is a free interactive map designed to explore the reach of Europe’s extensive rail network. Enter a starting point and travel time to see reachable destinations by train.
Free
Equasis
Equasis provides vessel ownership and safety records, as well as shipping company fleet information.
Free
Federal Aviation Administration
Nationwide Plane Registry. Search by N-Number (a.k.a. callsign). Comprehensive list of privately owned planes in the US.
Free
FlightAware
FlightAware is a global flight-tracking platform that provides real-time data on aircraft movements. It offers live tracking, historical data, and predictive analytics via its website and apps.
Partially Free
Flightradar24
Flightradar24 is a real-time flight tracking service that provides detailed information about aircraft positions, flight numbers, origins, destinations, historical data, and aircraft information.
Partially Free
GPSJam
GPSJam.org is a daily map that visualizes the GPS/GNSS disruptions on aircraft worldwide. It collects and presents 24-hour data showing areas experiencing interference.
Free
Icarus Flights
Flight tracking platform with 2 years free historical data; highly customizable search parameters
Free
Illegal, unreported, unregular fishing Vessels List
A combined list of known illegal, unreported, unregular fishing vessels
Free
IMO Registry
Ship/shipping-related information from the IMO
Free
License Plate Mania
collection of license plate pictures across the world.
Free
License Plate Map (Americas)
Map of North & South America with pictures of license plates
Free
License Plate Map (Asia & Middle East)
Map of Asia & Middle East with pictures of license plates
Free
License Plate Map (Europe)
Map of Europe with pictures of license plates
Free
License Plate Maps
Collection of tools and maps for discerning license plates by country
Free
Live ATC
Audio from air traffic control towers in the United States. Aircraft have to identify themselves to ATC towers, so in cases where aircraft are trying to obscure their information from other sites, it might be another way to grab tail numbers or just generally track flights. More complicated to use than e.g. Flightradar24.
Free
MarineTraffic
An open, community-based project, providing (near) real-time information on the movements of ships and their locations in harbours and ports.
Partially Free
OpenRailwayMap
a detailed online map of the world's railway infrastructure
Free
OpenSanctions
Open-source international database of sanctions data, persons of interest and politically exposed persons.
Partially Free
OpenSky-Network
Community, open source flight tracking network.
Free
PlaneFinder
Live flight tracker.
Free
ShipSpotting.com
Community website for uploading pictures & details of vessels spotted around the world.
Free
Tokyo MOU
Ship inspection/history database (PSC Database)
Free
Transit Visualisation
(public) transit routes visualized - near global
Free
VesselFinder
Live marine vessel tracker.
Partially Free
WikiRoutes
Public transport database.
Free
Winward
Platform which combines maritime-related data.
Paid
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