About

MappingGM is your gateway to comprehensive mapped data on Greater Manchester's housing, planning, infrastructure, socio-economic, and demographic landscape. Our platform will offer a suite of interactive maps designed to provide valuable insights for residents, businesses, academics, third sector organisations, and public sector professionals.

About MappingGM

This website is run by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. It was originally developed in 2014/15 to create a map of social and physical infrastructure across Greater Manchester, but has since expanded to focus on planning, housing, environmental, social, economic and demographic data.

In 2025, we made the biggest change to the website yet, with a switch to using ESRI's ArcGIS Online solution to create our interactive maps, and bringing the build and updating of the website back into the GMCA. This has given us the chance to review and update the information we held and presented on MappingGM, and the way that information is presented.

We are now redeveloping the website to meet user's needs and will add more data and maps in the near future. We will post more information about our updates here and via GMCA's social media.

At the GMCA, we are committed to promoting transparency and accessibility by providing open data that empowers users to make informed decisions and contribute to the region's development. Most of the datasets we use are freely available for download, reflecting our dedication to openness and community engagement. You can find information about the data we use on our interactive maps on our data page.

We currently host one map - ExploreGM - which contains information on planning, housing, population, water networks and other data. However, we are also exploring adding in the Greater Manchester Nature Network Map.

You can find more about our terms of use, privacy and cookie policy, and accessibility statement via the links above. You can also find out where and how to contact us.