Interactive world atlas
Explore the World One Tile at a Time
World100K maps the entire globe into unique, claimable land tiles. Entries added to open tiles appear on the live map. Capital cities and major cities are also built into the atlas so important locations stand out naturally while you explore.
How the World100K map works
The atlas is not only a world tile grid. It also highlights capital cities and major cities as built-in map landmarks.
Discover
Navigate the live world grid, inspect coordinates, and discover capital cities and major population centers while exploring whether a land tile is open or already claimed.
Claim
Secure an open land tile with an entry name, country, optional website, and uploaded image. Your claim goes live on that tile instantly.
Return
Revisit claimed tiles to view their current public entry, including its name, image, country, and optional link.
How map tiles work
Empty land tiles can be claimed right away and turned into public map entries.
They remain visible on the board, but users cannot claim them.
A claimed land tile displays its current public entry on the live board.
Map standards
The atlas is designed to keep harmful content off the map and protect the quality of what appears live.
Graphic violence, gore, and disturbing imagery are not allowed on the map.
Nudity, sexual imagery, and adult content are not allowed in live entries.
Extremist symbols, racist imagery, and hateful content are not permitted on the atlas.
Updates
A compact log of user-facing map improvements and release notes. New entries appear here with the latest changes first.
August 2026
Update 2Step inside World100K
World100K is no longer only a map viewed from above. You can now enter the atlas as your own grid being and explore the same world in 3D.
Choose where your journey begins, move through the tile grid, discover claimed entries from ground level, and use the minimap to navigate across the wider world. The environment follows a changing day-and-night sky, and the map and 3D controls now work across desktop and mobile devices.
Your World100K accountWorld100K now has an account system built without email addresses or passwords.
When you create a grid being, you receive an Account Key that gives you access to your account again. Your account connects your grid being, claimed tile and entry under one identity. You can also add an optional passkey for easier sign-in and account recovery.
Create your grid being, choose its name and appearance, and select where it begins. If you already own a tile, that tile becomes its home. You can also claim an available tile while standing on it inside the 3D world.
April 2026
Update 1First major update after MVP launch
This update sharpens how the atlas reads at both world and local scale. It increases tile detail in areas that benefit from more fidelity, improves zoom behavior, adds important world cities as first-class map landmarks, and tightens the overall quality of the experience.
Included in this release- More tile detail: the atlas now uses a denser tile layout so crowded regions render with better local separation.
- Improved zooming: moving between full-world and close-up inspection now feels smoother and easier to control.
- Capital and major cities: important world cities now stand out more clearly as map landmarks.
- Safer submissions: harmful entries are kept off the atlas more reliably.
- Bug fixes and polish: claiming, search, and tile interactions have been tightened up for a more reliable experience.
Result: dense areas are easier to inspect, navigation feels steadier, important places are faster to recognize, and the overall atlas feels more reliable to use.