World Go Clubs Maps

This page lists various websites or pages offering maps of Go clubs, players and organisations.

Table of contents On Open Street Map On Google Maps WhereToPlayGo.com Defunct map sites

On Open Street Map

This database of go clubs is free for you to edit: http://goclubdb.herokuapp.com/

As of 2019-04-23 it includes some 553 clubs including 75 in the UK, 74 in the US, 70 in Italy, 46 in Russia, 27 in Canada, 23 in Switzerland, and 21 in the Netherlands.

It feeds into this map: http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/go-clubs_76310

Map started by David Richfield because he loves OpenStreetMap and wants a pretty go clubs map.

On Google Maps

Intended to be a map of all the go clubs in the world, but it also has layers for individual Go players, national Go associations, and internet Go servers.

As of 2019-04-23 it shows approximately 8 servers, 20 individuals and 120 organisations, of which approximately 70 are in Europe, 13 in North America, 7 in South America, 7 in Africa, 15 in Australasia, 5 in the Near East and 8 in the Far East.

Interactive Google map - https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zUFqP7eRibjg.k9aPlMDK_TPM

Map started by Dylan Carter because he “liked the old igolocal”.

WhereToPlayGo.com

First launched in 2019, wheretoplaygo.com was built to serve as the definitive map for Go clubs, Go players, and eventually Go events. It aims to differentiate itself by being up-to-date and accurate.

As of 2019-09-30 it shows some 61 clubs and 15 Go players, of which 2 clubs are in South America, 2 are in Asia, 12 are in Europe, and the rest in North America.

Club data was first populated by hand, but soon club organizers and players were able to add the information themselves. The site automatically emails organizers to ensure the information is current and it will soon give visitors the chance to mark information as out-of-date or inaccurate.

WhereToPlayGo is only the start of The Go Hub at Baduk Club with much more functionality to come. The site also provides club admins data on how often their listing was viewed and when. And it also allows meetup attendees to record their games against one another.

The map was created by Devin Fraze and Derek Meer to help empower Go organizers to better serve their community and to help new players find the game.

Defunct map sites

• Igolocal — Announced 2010-07-30, defunct as of 2012-04-26
• Real World Go Map — Part of GoDiscussions.com, which lapsed in July 2010