terrain 3D sceneBase map Light (Positron) Detailed (Liberty) No base map A detailed map style: streets, places, buildings and more labels.
info Inspect mapAvailable once the base map has loaded.
terrain 3D terrain AWS / Mapzen elevation
Terrain exaggeration 1.3×
location_city 3D buildings OpenStreetMap and Overture
place San Juanforest El Yunqueplace Poncepublic Island
map ReferenceMunicipal boundaries Census 2020 help
Barrios Census 2020 help
bar_chart Columns by municipality
Population 2020
Population change 2010 → 2020 (%)
Housing: affordability ratio
Housing: median home value
Housing: median gross rent
Housing: % cost-burdened renters
Housing: % vacant units
Housing: % seasonal / recreational units
Housing: rent change 2012 → latest
Land use: % Suelo Urbano
Land use: % especially protected
Transit: % of residents within a 400 m walk of a stop with a current timetable
Transit: % of residents within a 400 m walk of a scheduled stop (incl. expired timetables)
Transit: % of residents within 400 m (straight line) of a stop with a current timetable
Transit: % of residents within 400 m (straight line) of a scheduled stop (incl. expired timetables)
Transit stops & stations
Uber lists service (yes/no)
Any dataset…
Tourism places
% of places in flood hazard area
Places in flood hazard area
Places inside protected areas
Places with a website
% of places within a 400 m walk of a stop with a current timetable
% of places within a 400 m walk of a frequent stop (20+ weekday departures)
% of places within an 800 m walk of a stop with a current timetable
% of places within 400 m (straight line) of a stop with a current timetable
% of places within 400 m (straight line) of a frequent stop (20+ weekday departures)
% of places within 400 m (straight line) of a stop with Saturday service
% of places within 400 m (straight line) of a stop with Sunday service
% of places near only an expired or unscheduled stop
% of places within 400 m of any mapped stop
Places per 1,000 residents
Places per km²
Height Colour Year
home_work HousingPublic housing developments HUD help
Tax credit housing projects HUD LIHTC help
school EducationPublic libraries USAC E-Rate help
forest Environment and climateSurface heat, summer mornings and nights USGS Landsat help
Reservoir levels USGS help
Illegal dumping sites FPR field survey help
Land and protected areas
Protected areas USGS PAD-US
Land use 2015 Junta de Planificación
Soils USDA NRCS SSURGO help
flood HazardsFlood zones FEMA help
Landslide susceptibility USGS help
Sea level rise NOAA 3 ft help
Set the year and scenario in the
Time tab.
commute Infrastructure and mobilityMobility and transit
Transit routes ATI, municipal systems, OpenStreetMap
Municipal routes mapped by FPR FPR help
Transit stops ATI, OpenStreetMap help
Stations, terminals & airports ATI, OpenStreetMap, FAA
Taxi stands & EV charging OpenStreetMap help
help Scheduled vehicles GTFS timetables (replay) help
Safety and emergencies
Fire and EMS stations USGS help
Police stations OpenStreetMap help
groups CommunitiesComunidades Especiales Junta de Planificación, 2006 help
WCRP communities FPR help
Plan approved by the Puerto Rico Department of Housing
Plan in progress
City halls OpenStreetMap help
Historic places NPS, National Register help
place Visitor economyTourism places Overture help
Render as Heat at island scale, points when zoomed Points Heat
directions_bus A day of transitEvery scheduled trip of the chosen day in the ATI and municipal feeds (Tren Urbano in red, ATI buses in yellow, municipal buses in green, ferries in teal) replayed on the map, along each route's line. Speed is 1 minute per second by default. This is the timetable, not GPS.
Clock 07:00
play_arrow Play30× 60× 180× 600×
Timetable Weekday Saturday Sunday
bar_chart Service at this hourThe scheduled service in the hour on the clock, for the chosen day. Move the clock or play the day to see where and when there is service, and where there is none. Públicos are in no timetable.
waves Sea level by yearYear 2050
NOAA 2022 scenario Intermediate-Low Intermediate Intermediate-High High
Scenarios are the NOAA 2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report global mean curves, rounded to the nearest foot that the NOAA viewer maps (1–10 ft). Local values for Puerto Rico differ slightly; use this as a planning what-if, not a forecast.
cyclone Hurricanes 1851–2025 help
Minimum category near PR All (incl. tropical storms) Hurricane (Cat 1+) Major (Cat 3+) Cat 4+
play_arrow Play through the years
directions_bus Existing routesChoose a route to see its service hour by hour, the wait between departures in each direction, its stops, and the routes of any operator that stop within 250 m of it. From the published timetables.
Route Choose a route…
tune Planning layershelp
help
route Plan a routeName where a route starts, where it ends and any stops between (a town, street, landmark, stop or PR route number), or choose them on the map. The route follows roads and is scored against the open data. Then fly along it.
3D + Time
The immersive view of the PR Data Observatory : Puerto Rico with real terrain and building heights, and three clocks. Watch a day of transit, see sea level rise by year, and replay hurricane tracks since 1851.
Developed by Foundation for Puerto Rico as a tool for public use and benefit. It uses public data. Most sources have an open license, but some, such as the municipal transit feeds and the Junta de Planificación's maps, state none. The Data management page gives the license class of every file.
How to use it
Move around. Drag to pan, right-drag (or Ctrl-drag) to rotate and tilt, scroll to zoom. The buttons at the right do the same, and a help button lists the keyboard shortcuts.Pick a clock. The time bar at the bottom switches between a day of transit, sea level by year and storms; the Time tab explains each. Press play to animate it.Turn layers on and off on the Layers tab: flood zones, municipality columns, transit and more.Plan a route. On the Route tab, name a start, an end and any stops (or choose them on the map). The camera can fly along it.See it in 2D with the Map button for layers, economy data and the chat, and the Housing page for the 2023 State of Housing study.
Sources, licenses and how to cite
Every source behind this view, with its license, the credit line to use and how to cite it, is in the data dictionary . It also explains each layer and measure. Base maps and terrain come from OpenFreeMap, OpenStreetMap and Mapzen/AWS terrain tiles; hazards from FEMA and NOAA; transit from ATI and municipal feeds.
The Data management page lists every published data file with its size, records, fields and values, when it was first published and last updated, and its compliance review.
