Site Analysis: Top 7 Free Websites
Still doing site analysis by stitching screenshots together and guessing wind directions? There’s a better way.
In this video, we break down 7 completely FREE websites that help architects and designers run faster, clearer, and more defensible site analysis — perfect for concept design, early feasibility, and urban context studies.
No paid GIS.
No complicated setup.
Just tools that actually work.
🔍 Tools Covered in This Video:
⏱️ Ventusky — Wind patterns, climate data, and weather visualization
🗺️ OpenStreetMap — Free, editable urban context for CAD & diagrams
🎨 Snazzy Maps — Presentation-ready site analysis diagrams
📐 Cadmapper — Free CAD data for instant site models
🤖 Aino World — AI-powered site analysis (sun, wind, terrain, demographics)
☀️ Shadowmap.org — Real-time sun, shadow & irradiance studies
🏙️ Luminocity3D / Global Building Atlas — Density & urban growth visualization
Stack these together and you can build a complete site analysis workflow in under an hour.
👉 Want to speed things up even more inside Revit?
Check out our video: Top 5 Revit Plug-Ins Every Architect Should Use (linked on the channel).