WhereTo

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About this app

DISCLAIMER: WhereTo is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representing the U.S. government or any government agency. WhereTo does not provide or facilitate any government service. All government-related information comes from publicly available official sources and is provided for informational purposes only.

WhereTo is a civic and environmental map intelligence app that helps you understand places through public data, infrastructure context, environmental layers, and AI-assisted exploration.

FEATURES:
- Public Data Map Layers — civic, environmental, infrastructure, and community data in one map
- EPA Superfund Areas — nearby Superfund sites and environmental cleanup areas
- Environmental Context — air quality, lead exposure, USDA hardiness zones, weather, and more
- Infrastructure & Hazards — levees, bridges, FEMA natural-hazard risk, and flood zones
- Data Centers Map — U.S. data center locations
- Civic and Political Context — local civic patterns and public-interest geography
- Safety Context — neighborhood safety and crime data where supported
- Wikipedia Context — nearby places, landmarks, communities, and regions
- Address Search — search addresses and locations with autocomplete
- AI Map Assistant — ask questions about a location and get contextual answers

FREE ACCESS:
WhereTo makes many public data layers available for everyone, including EPA Superfund areas, natural hazard risk, flood zones, levees and bridges, political context, data centers, crime data, lead exposure, air quality, hardiness zones, Wikipedia context, OpenStreetMap data, real-time weather, and address search.

WHERETO PRO:
WhereTo Pro unlocks enhanced AI-assisted exploration and premium features that have ongoing usage costs, including expanded AI chat, voice features, advanced analysis, and other metered capabilities.

DATA SOURCES (official sources for the government information shown in the app). Full list with links: https://www.ideasquantified.com/whereto-data-sources/
- EPA Superfund: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — https://www.epa.gov/superfund
- Air Quality: U.S. EPA AirNow — https://www.airnow.gov
- Lead in Drinking Water: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) — https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/safe-drinking-water-information-system-sdwis-federal-reporting
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: U.S. Department of Agriculture — https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov
- Natural Hazard Risk: FEMA National Risk Index — https://hazards.fema.gov/nri
- Flood Zones: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer — https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps
- Levees: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Levee Database — https://levees.sec.usace.army.mil
- Bridges: U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration National Bridge Inventory — https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bridge/nbi.cfm
- Crime / Safety Data: FBI Crime Data Explorer — https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov
- Political / Election Context: MIT Election Data and Science Lab — https://electionlab.mit.edu/data
- Data Centers: IM3 Data Center Atlas (PNNL / U.S. Department of Energy) — https://data.msdlive.org/records/p147s-4h760
- Weather: Open-Meteo (https://open-meteo.com) with U.S. NOAA data (https://www.noaa.gov)
- OpenStreetMap data: © OpenStreetMap contributors — https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
- Wikipedia content: Wikimedia — https://www.wikipedia.org

WhereTo is built for people who want to look beyond a standard map and better understand the public data shaping the places around them.

Terms of Use: https://www.ideasquantified.com/tos/

What’s new

-FEMA hazard risk, flood zones, levees, and bridge condition layers.
-New Hazards & Safety and Infrastructure sections in Area Briefing.
-Collapsible layer groups and clearer Settings.
-Color-coded places, clusters, and interactive briefing topics.
-Improved climate/detail tiles, saved areas, area comparison, and AI map controls.