ludo.earth (Latin ludo — I play) shows every playground on Earth that is recorded in OpenStreetMap: 1,006,246 at the moment, in 225 countries, with 266,433 pieces of equipment assigned to them.
The idea is simple: parents want to know before they leave whether a playground is fenced, whether there is shade, a toilet, water to play with, and whether it suits a two-year-old or a ten-year-old. All of that is in OpenStreetMap — scattered over many objects. We collect it, join it by location and show it on one map.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL) — playgrounds, equipment, fences, trees, facilities nearby. Queried through QLever.
- GeoNames, CC BY 4.0 — nearest town and region.
- Natural Earth, public domain — country borders.
- Map background: OpenFreeMap / © OpenMapTiles, served through our own server so your browser never talks to a third party.
What the data can and cannot tell
“Unknown” is the most common value for fence, shade and accessibility — because nobody has mapped it yet, not because it is missing. Where we derive something (shade from trees, age from equipment) we say so. Data as of 2026-09-07.
Family
ludo.earth is one of three free world maps by schimanski IT, Wobbenbüll: lido.earth — every swim spot on Earth, and fiesta.earth — every festival on Earth.