mapping tools

tier 1:

growth lab app (atlas of economic complexity, atlas (nomic) (nomic AI), head start (open knowledge maps), juggl (in obsidian), kumu, softspace (in XR 1).

not tested, but look promising: sigma.js, gephi & gephi lite, graphext, yworks...

tier 2:

neo4J, d3.js, infranodus, metamaps (kumu-like), datasette

layer - geographic/demographic data only.

communities: https://twitter.com/icaviz, dataisbeautiful...

initiatives such as https://twitter.com/_Matters_Global, focused on building a collaborative virtual problem map open for everyone interested in searching answers to humanity's big questions.

note that mapping is different from map-making tools, which are often used for 2d/3d gaming/RPG purposes.