BUSES
The likely time, not the printed one
Kiwimap learns from the live feed how each route actually runs, then shows when your bus will most likely get to your stop, plus your walk.
WHAT'S IN THE APP
One map for getting around Auckland
Everything moves on the map from live data: live transport feeds and live aircraft feeds. The 3D city is built from public LiDAR, so the buildings are where they really are.
FERRIES
Every ferry on the harbour
Departures from Downtown, and each boat on the water with where it's heading and when it gets in.
PLANES
What's flying over you
Airliners into Auckland Airport, helicopters, and the training flights circling Ardmore. Tap one to see what it is.
SURF
Free surf forecast
141 beaches on both islands, each rated on one scale from the swell, its period and the wind. Now in the app.
Freeon iPhone, no sign-up
6languages in the app
141surf beaches in the app
Aucklandfirst. Other cities later.
WHO MADE THIS
Built by Antony Ross
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Antony RossFormer commercial pilot. CEO of a hotel chain. Now building with applied AI.
I flew as a commercial pilot for three years and I'm CEO of a hotel chain in Cyprus. I've also run event companies across Europe, and these days I build with applied AI.
Kiwimap is a one-person project. I designed it and built it end to end with AI coding agents: I scope each job, check what comes back, test it on the street on my own phone, and I run the whole thing.
Flying is why the planes and ferries had to move the way they really do. Years in hotels are why every screen starts with what the person at the bus stop needs, and AI is how one person ships all of it.
Tools I use every day, including Claude Code, ChatGPT and Codex, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, Cursor, and open-weight models run locally with Ollama.
01Bus times learned from the live feedThe app records where every bus actually is against the timetable and learns how late each route runs at each stop and time of day. Every change is scored against real arrivals (how long people wait, how often they'd miss the bus) before it ships.
02A live 3D city on a phoneAuckland's buildings are built from public LiDAR. Buses, ferries and planes are drawn on top in real time, and ferries follow hand-drawn routes into each berth so they don't sail through wharves.
03More than one AI checks the workEvery bus and ferry fix goes into a written register. Two different AI models review it independently, it runs on a preview server first, and then I test it on a real bus before anyone else sees it.
04Live on the App StoreSince 4 October 2026, in six languages, used by riders and visitors in Auckland.
Also built: a hotel management system for a group of five hotels, covering bookings, rates, housekeeping and reporting.
QUESTIONS
Good to know
Is Kiwimap free?
Yes. Kiwimap is free on the App Store.
Is there an Android app?
Not yet. On Android, open the live map in Chrome at kiwimap.com/live.
Where does the data come from?
Live transport data for buses and ferries, live aircraft position feeds, LINZ maps and LiDAR for the 3D city. The surf forecast uses marine forecast data. Full credits are on the credits page.
Which cities does it cover?
Auckland for buses and ferries. Planes cover the North Island, and surf forecasts cover 141 beaches around New Zealand. Other cities are coming.