A comprehensive digital map project designed to make navigation, discovery, and local business visibility easier for everyone in our city.
Fuvahmulah holds a special place in my heart, and I've watched it grow into the vibrant destination it is today. Spread across 8 villages with a dense population, our island is filled with countless points of interest—shops, restaurants, cultural sites, and hidden gems. Yet despite all this richness, navigating Fuvahmulah can be genuinely challenging, especially for visitors who might feel overwhelmed trying to find their way around.
With Fuvahmulah's recent transformation into a popular tourist destination, I saw an opportunity—and honestly, a responsibility—to build something that could help. This isn't my first time taking on a mapping project for our island. I've been involved in similar efforts since 2009, but those earlier attempts eventually became unsustainable for various reasons. This time, with FuvahmulahMap.com, my core intention is different: I want to create something self-sustaining that serves both our visitors and those of us who call Fuvahmulah home.
FuvahmulahMap.com is fundamentally a community-driven initiative to build the most detailed and accurate digital map of our island. Unlike generic global maps that treat Fuvahmulah as just another dot on the world, we focus on the local details that actually matter—house names (ge), small businesses tucked away in neighborhoods, shortcuts known only to locals, and landmarks that define our daily lives.
Whether you're looking for a specific house address, searching for a reliable café, or trying to find the quickest route across the island, our goal is to put that information at your fingertips. This level of detail simply doesn't exist on mainstream mapping platforms, and that's exactly the gap we're filling.
House names, shortcuts, and landmarks that matter to locals.
Find houses, businesses, and government offices instantly.
Get accurate directions to any point on the island.
Information is reviewed to ensure accuracy and reliability.
The platform is designed to help businesses showcase what they offer. If you run a restaurant or café, you can display your menu, highlight your space, and attract customers in ways that make discovery intuitive.
Shops and showrooms can present their products and atmosphere directly to potential customers.
For a small premium fee—just enough to cover operating costs—businesses can feature their listings more prominently, ensuring sustainability while keeping the barrier to entry low.
Add high-quality photos of your products, interior, or upload your full menu. Let customers see what you have to offer.
Full control over GIS datasets with our project management capabilities.
Import GeoJSON to visualize survey data and export your mapping projects for use in other GIS tools.
Access our comprehensive database of Fuvahmulah addresses, query specific bounds, and use precise vertex coordinates.
Beyond basic discovery, I wanted to build something useful for people working with geographic data. The premium features include project management capabilities where you have full control over GIS datasets.
The system lets you query addresses within specific bounds, copy survey data in different metric units, and even manually enter vertex coordinates when precision matters beyond what the drawing mode offers.
None of this works without accurate, up-to-date information, and that's where our community comes in. I want to take this opportunity to genuinely thank everyone who has contributed by geotagging locations, updating information, and helping keep FuvahmulahMap.com reliable and useful for everyone. Your contributions are what make this truly comprehensive and valuable.
"This project is my way of giving back to the island that shaped me, while creating something practical that can grow with our community."
— Ammadu