What's new in Kartradar
What has been added and fixed on the map, with dates.
Kartradar is developed continuously by one person. This is what has been added or fixed, with dates, newest first. Small adjustments to colours and text are not included.
29 October 2026
- New guide: Electricity price by price area: why north and south pay so differently.
- More accurate trains from Bane NOR. Trøndelag commuter trains, the Dovre line, the Salten shuttle and freight trains have no GPS, so their position is calculated along the track. It now uses the actual and expected passing times instead of the timetable, and updates twice as often. A delayed train is therefore shown where it really is, and the delay appears in the panel. Upcoming stops show the expected time.
28 October 2026
- 3D button on the map. The “3D” button on the right of the map, below the megaphone, turns 3D buildings and 3D vehicles on and off. It does the same as the button under Map in the menu.
26 October 2026
24 October 2026
- Trains, trams and buses follow the track in 3D. With 3D on, trains, metro and trams are placed on the railway track and buses on the road, with the front pointing in the direction of travel. Before, they could cut across fields on curves or sit slightly beside the track.
- No more grey squares at sea. The satellite image has no detail over open sea when you zoom far in, for example with “Follow in 3D” on a ship. The map showed grey squares saying “Map data not yet available” there. Now the closest available image is enlarged instead.
23 October 2026
- More horizon in “Follow in 3D”. The camera now sits lower behind the vehicle, so you see the road and landscape ahead.
- Coastal Express ships in their own colours. In 3D, Hurtigruten and Havila now have colours like the real ships: dark blue and red hull, white superstructure and funnel.
- Ships in 3D. With 3D buildings on, ships are shown as 3D models on the sea surface when you zoom in, at the size they report in AIS. Moving ships leave a wake, and “Follow in 3D” also works for ships.
- Buses, trams and metro in Oslo. Ruter does not publish GPS positions, so its vehicles were missing from the map. Their position is now estimated from Ruter's real-time timetables along the route, including delays. Estimated vehicles are slightly transparent and marked in the panel.
- Buses in 3D and smoother movement. With 3D buildings on, buses, trams and trains are shown as 3D models when you zoom in. Buses now glide smoothly between positions instead of jumping, and a selected vehicle turns lighter instead of darker.
- 3D map and “Follow in 3D”. Turn on “3D buildings” under “Map” to see the cities in 3D. Tap a bus, tram, train or ferry and choose “Follow in 3D”, and the map follows the vehicle at an angle from behind along its route.
22 October 2026
- New guide: Helicopters over Norway: ambulance, rescue and offshore.
- Choose countries. Under “Layers” you can switch Norway, Sweden, Finland and other countries on and off separately. Aircraft, ships and other layers without borders are always shown.
- Photos of Swedish and Finnish trains. The train panel now shows a photo of the train type for the most common operators, including SL, SJ, Pågatåg, Mälartåg, Öresundståg, Norrtåg and VR.
- All trains in Sweden and Finland. The map now shows every train in both countries, with operator, route, delay and next stops, alongside the Norwegian ones.
- Swedish road reports. Accidents, roadworks and road closures in Sweden are shown on the map and included in the alerts for “My routes”, for example on the E6 towards Gothenburg.
- Swedish and Finnish road cameras. About 1,500 cameras in Sweden and 800 in Finland are now on the map alongside the Norwegian ones, including at the border crossings on the E6, E14 and E18. Many have several views, for example each direction of travel and the road surface, which you switch between in the panel.
20 October 2026
- Share Kartradar. New share button in the menu, and links to the map now show a picture and a description when shared on Messenger, Facebook or by text message. Friends who open your link get 30 minutes free instead of 10.
- Queue and accident alerts for your route. Save a driving route, for example from work to home, with a time and weekdays. The map checks the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s travel times and road reports along the route, and alerts you on your phone and with a popup when there is a queue or an accident. For subscribers.
19 October 2026
18 October 2026
- More people get the free trial. Many people on mobile networks share an internet address with other customers of their operator, and were sent straight to the payment window without the free minutes. This is fixed.
- The trial picks up where you left off. If you close the browser or a private window during the free minutes, you continue with the rest the next time you open the map.
- Search by ship type. Type for example “military”, “tanker” or “fishing” in the search box to highlight all such vessels in the current map view.
- Room for 30 favourites. The favourites list shows five at a time, and you scroll to see the rest.
16 October 2026
- Larger ship and aircraft photos. Tap the photo of a ship, ferry or aircraft in the panel to open it full size, just like the road cameras. The photographer is credited below.
15 October 2026
- New guide: Ferries in real time: two sources and why some crossings are missing.
- Favourites on all your devices. If you are logged in, your favourites (★) are stored on your account. Add a bus or a ship on your phone and you will find it on your tablet too, and the other way round.
- More accurate flight routes. Departure and arrival for aircraft now come first from a more reliable route database. Routes like "TRD → TRD" are fixed, and the share of wrong routes went down from about 10% to 1% in our measurement.
14 October 2026
- A tidier start. Ocean buoys, Argo floats, volcanoes, fires, radio stations and "other" are now off by default. Turn them on under Layers in the menu when you want them. If you have chosen layers yourself, your choice is kept.
- Radio and live broadcasts. New layer with about 250 radio stations in the Nordics: tap a station and listen live on the map. Rocket launches now have a button to the broadcast, marked "LIVE NOW" while it is on.
- Listen to air traffic control. The airport panel for Gardermoen, Bergen, Stavanger, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Torp, Bodø, Evenes and Tromsø now links to the air traffic control audio at LiveATC.
- Navigational warnings. New layer with the Norwegian Coastal Administration's warnings to mariners: unlit lights, danger areas (for example at Andøya Space) and work in the fairway. Tap the lighthouse for the full warning. The danger area is drawn on the map.
- More small boats. The map now also shows leisure boats and smaller vessels that transmit AIS class B, not just larger ships. That means noticeably more boats along the coast.
- AIS safety messages. If a ship sends or receives a safety message over AIS, it is shown in the ship panel. Such messages are rare, and pure equipment tests are not shown.
13 October 2026
- All layers from the start. The map now shows all layers right away, including buses, trams, platforms and buoys, however far out you are. If you prefer fewer layers when zoomed out, turn on "Automatic by zoom" under Layers in the menu.
12 October 2026
- New guide: The departure board at the stop, explained.
- Production on the platforms. Tap a platform on the Norwegian shelf to see how much oil and gas the field produces per day, the last 12 months, its share of all Norwegian production and how much remains. You can also ask the AI advisor, for example "how much oil does Johan Sverdrup produce?".
- Two devices per account. An account can be logged in on two devices at once, for example a phone and a tablet. If you log in on a third, the oldest is logged out and told why.
11 October 2026
- Ask Kartradar about departures and flights. The AI advisor can now tell you when the next bus, tram, train or ferry leaves from a stop, and where a specific flight is (for example "where is SK4108 now?"), with altitude, speed, route and arrival time.
- One-time purchase. Instead of a subscription, you can now buy access to the whole map with a one-time purchase of 799 NOK. No renewal, no further charges.
- Subscription. Kartradar now has a subscription: 49 NOK a month or 490 NOK a year. You can try the whole map free for 10 minutes first. The guides and the other pages are still free. Cancel at any time under "My subscription" in the menu. Thank you to everyone who has supported the project so far.
10 October 2026
- Discussion forum. The chat is now called the discussion forum, and you can correct your own posts with "Edit". Corrected posts are marked "edited".
- Easier to read and tap. Larger text in the menu and info panels, and a new "Text size" switch (A, A+, A++) under Map in the menu. You no longer need to hit a marker exactly: a tap close by selects the nearest one. Buttons are larger on mobile, and speed and altitude are now shown in km/h and metres, with knots and feet in brackets. "ETA" now reads "arrives".
- The map starts where you are. The first time you open the map, it starts over your own city (approximate, from your IP address, which is not stored). Next time it starts where you left off, with the layers you chose.
- Layers by zoom. Zoomed out, the map shows aircraft, ships, trains, ferries and major events. Buses, trams and metro appear as you zoom in. If you choose layers yourself, your choice applies at all zoom levels, and the "Automatic by zoom" switch in the menu turns it back on.
- More in the panel on mobile. When the panel is collapsed, it now shows the next stop with time and delay for buses, and destination, arrival time and speed for ships.
- Favourites. Tap ☆ in the panel to follow a ship, an aircraft, a bus or a stop. Your favourites are at the top of the menu, showing whether they are on the map now, and one tap takes you straight there. They are stored only in your own browser, with no login.
- Share a link. Tap 🔗 in the panel for a ship, aircraft, vehicle or stop and send the link on. Whoever opens it goes straight to the same place on the map, with the same object selected.
- Ferry departures at the quays. Ferry quays now have their own turquoise map pin that is easy to tap, even when the ferry is at the quay. The departure board shows the ferry departures for the next 12 hours at the top, and the buses at the quay below.
9 October 2026
- Hurtigruten, Havila, the Coast Guard and rescue boats marked. Ships on the coastal route get a yellow ring, the Coast Guard a blue one and the Norwegian Sea Rescue Society's boats an orange one, and the panel says who they are. Can be turned off under "More layers".
8 October 2026
- New guide: How to follow your bus in real time.
7 October 2026
- Give by card. Alongside Ko-fi, you can now make a contribution in Norwegian kroner by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, on a payment page from Stripe. You choose the amount.
4 October 2026
- The volcano layer is back. The Smithsonian now blocks automated access to the weekly volcano report, so the layer has been empty since 2 October. The map instead shows the ongoing eruptions from the Smithsonian volcano database, with the date the data was last updated.
3 October 2026
- Anyone can read the chat. Open the chat and you see the messages straight away. You only need to log in to write yourself. Each message now shows both the date and the time.
- The pages in English. When the map is set to English, the links in the menu and the guide links in the panels go to English versions of About, Guides, Sources, Contact and What's new. Every page has a button to switch language. The privacy policy and terms in English are on the map, under "Privacy and terms" at the bottom of the menu.
1 October 2026
- Departure boards at the stops. Zoom in on the map and every stop in Norway appears. Bus stops have their own symbol, a map pin with a bus, while train, tram and ferry stops are shown as coloured dots. Tap one and you get the next departures: line, direction, platform and time, in real time and with the delay where the company provides it. The board updates every 30 seconds.
30 September 2026
- Explanations right in the panel. The panels for aircraft, ships, public transport and the police log now have a link at the bottom to the guide that explains the numbers you see, for example how a delay is calculated.
- A tip when you come from Facebook or Instagram. If you open Kartradar inside one of those apps, you get a small tip to open the map in your normal browser, so you can save it to your home screen. The tip can be closed and does not come back.
29 September 2026
- Ticket button. Tap a bus, tram, ferry or train and you get a link to the company that sells tickets for that particular line, for example AtB, Skyss or Vy. The link goes to the company's own site, as the company itself has registered it. Norway first; Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands follow when the timetable data is updated.
- Install as app. A new button in the menu on Android adds Kartradar to the home screen with one tap, and a new guide shows how to do it on Samsung, Chrome and iPhone.
28 September 2026
- Public transport in Sweden is back: buses, trams, metro, trains and ferries from 16 Swedish transport companies, with positions every minute.
27 September 2026
- Navigation follows you all the way. Fixed a bug where the map stopped following the car after one second. The same bug switched "Follow me" off by itself, so the screen could go to sleep.
- The overview of the whole route is now also shown on narrow phones.
26 September 2026
- Driving route. Search for an address or a place and get the fastest car route drawn on the map, with distance and estimated driving time. The route can start from your own position. The driving time is based on speed limits, not on current traffic.
- Follow me (🧭). The map stays on your position, and the screen is kept awake while it is on.
- Navigation. When the route starts where you are, the map tilts and turns with your direction of travel, with you at the bottom of the screen.
- Automatic rerouting. If you drive off the route, a new route is calculated from where you are.
- App icon. Kartradar can be added to the home screen and opened full screen, like an app.
25 September 2026
- The links to About, Guides, Sources and Contact have moved to the top of the menu on the map.
- The satellite map no longer shows grey tiles when you zoom far in.
24 September 2026
- Sanctioned vessels. A new map layer that marks ships on the US sanctions list (OFAC), matched via the ship's IMO number. See the sources page for what the layer shows and does not show.
22 September 2026
- Buses and trams in Finland and the Netherlands get line numbers, the right symbols, routes and stops.
21 September 2026
- Public transport in Finland (the Helsinki region) and the Netherlands is shown on the map.
- Search for a line number, aircraft or ship. The results are highlighted on the map.
- The aircraft track is coloured by altitude.
- The aircraft panel shows how far the aircraft has flown, how far is left and the estimated time of arrival.
- Ship tracks show how far back in time the track goes, up to three days.
19 September 2026
- Guides to the data behind the map, and separate pages for About, Sources and Contact.
- The aircraft panel shows scheduled and actual departure and arrival times from Avinor.
18 September 2026
- The whole list of upcoming stops can be scrolled, not just the first few.
17 September 2026
- The bus's route line is drawn on the map and shrinks behind the bus as it drives.
- On mobile, the info panel sits as a sheet at the bottom, so the vehicle you are looking at is still visible.
12 September 2026
- Ocean buoys with wind, waves and sea temperature (NOAA), Argo floats and reservoir levels.
11 September 2026
- Fixed platforms on the continental shelf.
- Height and weight restrictions for heavy transport from NVDB.
9 September 2026
- Ship tracks: tap a ship and see where it has been.
8 September 2026
- Airports with departures and arrivals.
- Traffic and travel times on the roads from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration.