A slider allows users to compare current orthophotos with images from previous years (e.g., 2013, 2017, 2021). Environmentalists use this to track illegal logging or shoreline erosion. Citizens use it to prove that a neighbor’s new fence encroached on their land.
In Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, and other cities, the portal displays detailed zoning codes: maximum building height, permissible land use, protected zones. Architects, real estate developers, and ordinary homeowners can check whether a planned construction is legal—without visiting a single government office. maps gov ge
During the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Georgian officials discreetly used maps.gov.ge to verify that no shelling had landed on Georgian territory. International donor organizations (EU, World Bank, UNDP) now require their local partners to reference maps.gov.ge for any land-based project. Maps.gov.ge is not flashy. There are no 3D fly-throughs, no augmented reality gimmicks. What it offers is rarer and more valuable: trust . Every day, thousands of Georgians—farmers, lawyers, students, engineers, police officers—open their browsers and know that the lines on the screen match the ground beneath their feet. A slider allows users to compare current orthophotos