Archive
Tools that were on this list and no longer are, with a date and a reason for each.
Tools that were on this list and no longer are. We keep them here, with a date and a reason, so that people who remember a tool can see what happened to it, and so that nobody adds it back by mistake. Dead sites are named without links.
Shut down, merged or gone
| Tool | What it was | Retired | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| FleetMon | AIS tracking site with a free tier | January 2024 | Kpler phased it into MarineTraffic; the domain no longer resolves (checked 2026-10-12). |
| Spire Maritime | Satellite AIS provider (including the exactEarth constellation data) | 25 April 2025 | Sold to Kpler for about $241 million and absorbed into Kpler AIS. |
| Sentinel Hub EO Browser | Free browser for Sentinel imagery | 20 March 2026 | Planet retired the EO Browser and the Sentinel Hub dashboard; the APIs continue under the Planet Insights Platform. Use the Copernicus Browser. |
| Copernicus Open Access Hub | The original Sentinel download portal | October 2023 | Replaced by the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem. |
| Planet NICFI basemaps | Free monthly tropical imagery | 24 January 2025 | The programme ended; access remained only for existing users for a period. |
| Global Fishing Watch API v2 | Earlier API version | 30 April 2024 | Switched off in favour of v3; the Python client tracks the current version. |
| Sourcemap Free Edition | Free supply-chain mapping tool | By 2026 | The site’s certificate now points at an abandoned development host; Sourcemap sells enterprise traceability only. |
| Shodan Ship Tracker | Shodan’s AIS map | By 2026 | The site stopped responding; AIS is now a paid bulk dataset at Shodan. |
| Travel With Drone | Map of drone videos | By 2026 | The domain was repurposed for a generic products page. |
| MarineTraffic Density plan | Low-cost plan with density maps | 2025 | Decommissioned; some features moved to the paid Mobile Pro plan. |
| TankerTrackers retail tiers | Individual subscriptions | By 2026 | Closed to new subscribers; corporate plans only. |
| Bing Maps for Enterprise | Developer API behind many map mashups | Free keys June 2025, paid June 2028 | Microsoft is retiring the API. The consumer Bing Maps site is unaffected. |
Renamed or moved
| Tool | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|
| Maxar Discover | discover.maxar.com | Vantor Discover, after Maxar Intelligence became Vantor in October 2025. |
| Maritime Optima | One app | Split into ShipAtlas (individuals) and ShipIntel (companies). |
| ITU ship station search | itu.int | mmsapp.itu.int |
| MarineCadastre AIS | marinecadastre.gov/ais | hub.marinecadastre.gov |
| Russia-Ukraine Monitor | maphub.net page | eyesonrussia.org, maintained by the Centre for Information Resilience. |
| PeakFinder | peakfinder.org | peakfinder.com |
| SubTel Forum cable map | /online-map/ | /submarine-cable-map/ |
| MSCHOA | Maritime Security Centre Horn of Africa (mschoa.org) | Maritime Security Centre Indian Ocean (mscio.eu), run by EU Naval Force. |
| Supply Chain Management Tools | A separate repository of ours listing open-source ERP software (Apache OFBiz, OpenBoxes, OpenLMIS, Odoo, xTuple) | Folded into this list in October 2026 and retired. They are operations software, not intelligence sources. xTuple has been closed source since 2019 and was bought by CAI Software in 2022; the other four are alive and well for people who need an ERP. |
Dropped as off-topic
Removed in the October 2026 rebuild because they are general tools with no maritime use beyond what the maps page covers, or because they add nothing. They are CrewLinker (a seafarer job board), DuckDuckGo Maps (a wrapper around Apple Maps), Satellites.pro (repackaged imagery from an unnamed operator), F4map (3D city views) and HERE WeGo (a general map).