An online map indicating the status of all open and closed international borders
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- Aparna Patel
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- 21 Jul, 2023
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I’ve made a map of all border crossings in Asia (excluding the Middle East) which you can find here: https://toptravelstories.com/border-crossings/
I might add other continents in the future but it’s a ridiculous amount of work. Updates and/or corrections are always welcome.
For Africa, the Africa Border Monitor is a non profit group tracking all the border statuses of African countries.
They have a map indicating open, mostly open or closed border statuses.
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For the Western Europe to East Asia part of the trip, start on this page on my website.
It has all border crossings updated on a Google Map in Central Asia.
So I was wondering what you exactly meant by planning a route. Like do you take a map and say I’m gonna go from this country to the next, or do you say I’m gonna take this exact road, and you expect that if you cross the border 10 km further it’d be easier?
The problem for such a tool mostly comes from data aggregation, there is little data and it would expire very fast anyway.
But I found a resource you might like, even though it doesn’t quite match your idea. So the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs published an app (for Android) to give advice for travellers (Conseils aux Voyageurs). It particularly includes information about security, with a color-coded map for most countries showing how dangerous an area is. Most information (except the map) is available offline. The given information is also available on their website.
The problem, you would say, is it’s in French. I didn’t find an equivalent in English though. To get to this map, you should navigate to “Pays” (countries), then pick the one you’re interested in, then you select the “Sécurité” tab. You’ll find the map, with in red the places that are strongly recommended to avoid, in orange the places that are to be avoided unless really needed, and in yellow, no uncommon risk for the country.
It is quite unprecise if you are expecting maps of pretty specific areas, but the good thing is it’s quality content, and you can access it on a mobile device.
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