Realurls

MAPS.ME

Also known as maps, mapsme. Wikidata Q17280647. GitHub mapsme.

Official domains: maps.me

Identity anchored by wikidata:Q17280647/P856 wikidata:Q17280647/P2037. Display name from wikidata:Q17280647.

maps.me verified primary · confidence 0.67 · verified 2026-09-06

1 independent anchor(s) + 3 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A1 not counted GitHub verified this organization's domain (DNS-level check performed by GitHub)
org=mapsme org_verified=false blog=http://maps.me/
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A9 anchor App Store history: an established app by an Apple-verified company named like the entity, seller URL points here
app=MAPS.ME: Offline Maps, GPS Nav track_id=510623322 seller=Convexity Holdings AG artist=Convexity Holdings AG seller_url=https://maps.me released=2012-04-12 age_days=5259 ratings=78085 apps_for_domain=1 apps=[{"app":"MAPS.ME: Offline Maps, GPS Nav","seller":"Convexity Holdings AG","released":"2012-04-12","age_days":5259,"ratings":78085}]
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A4 not counted TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org= validation_type=DV issuer=Let's Encrypt san_count=31
 TLS handshake maps.me:443
B1 corroboration Wikidata official-website claim (P856) on the anchored item
qid=Q17280647 label=MAPS.ME kind=software site=https://maps.me/ sitelinks=17 competing_items=1
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B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=24179 source=top-1m list
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B4 corroboration Wayback Machine history
first_snapshot=2009-10-23 history_days=6162
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2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A1: GitHub organization has not verified this domain (is_verified != true)
  • A4: DV certificate carries no organization name (most modern tech companies use DV; this is expected)
Reproduce this yourself
# A1 — GitHub verified this org's domain
curl -s https://api.github.com/orgs/mapsme | jq '{name, blog, is_verified}'

# B1 — Wikidata P856
curl -s "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q17280647&property=P856&format=json"

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/maps.me

# B4 — first Wayback snapshot
curl -s "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=maps.me&limit=1&output=json"

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify maps.me

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