The giveaway
We give the software away.
Built with AI. Runs without it. Every tool here runs on your own hardware, in Canada, with no model in the loop while you use it. Released tools carry the Apache-2.0 licence; the rest are on their way, and the screenshots are the real thing.
In map.caApache-2.0 planned
Local Atlas
Every street in Canada, rendered on your own machine. No tiles, no API, no key.
The atlas is built from Statistics Canada boundaries, Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap detail for all 293 census divisions. The whole country renders locally and offline. This is the base every VoteMap ballot sits on: the vote lives where the issue lives.
In map.caData: open licences, code: Apache-2.0 planned
Business layer
2.4 million Canadian businesses, searchable, all unclaimed until the owner claims them.
Open Database of Businesses, Corporations Canada and OpenStreetMap points, geocoded and served from Canadian hardware. A business claims its pin once and owns its record. Every claimed pin can carry a service ballot.
Live at mikeseiler.caCC BY 4.0 content, Apache-2.0 code planned
Plan reader
A 626,000-word municipal business plan as a page anyone can read, hear, and vote on, in English and French.
Every section carries independent model reviews, pre-recorded audio, a question bank answered without any model running while you browse, and an advisory vote box. The vote box is a VoteMap ballot.
PrototypeApache-2.0 planned
Photo to pin
Take a photo, get a verified pin. Bearing, field of view and address sign, reconciled against an owner-confirmed anchor.
The map stops guessing when an owner confirms ground truth on site. Conflicts between captures are flagged, not averaged. This is how a petition gets a place: the crosswalk is a pin first.
Live at mikeseiler.caApache-2.0 planned
Responses register
Questions in, answers out, on the public record, with a review gate before anything goes live.
An inquiry register where the public asks and the owner answers in plain language. Three taps and a code open the review view so the owner can push to live and still review. The same gate pattern protects VoteMap's member surfaces.
In map.caApache-2.0 planned
Member sites
A business takes over its region of the map with its own tabs, hours and verification.
Data-only takeovers: one JSON record becomes a full site on the map.ca frame with a Verify tab that shows what the owner has confirmed. Ballots attach to the same record.
PublicApache-2.0
LifeOS
Your data, your machine. A single-file, offline-first personal dashboard that runs on your own hardware, in Canada.
No cloud, no account. Mail, notes, maps and the local models that read them all stay on the device. The repository is public today.
github.com/HelpMap-ca/lifeosPublicApache-2.0
downlow.ca
Free, accessible AI tools you own. Get a model once, then add verified tool packages.
Tool packages that run against a local model. Built with AI, runs without it: the doctrine every VoteMap page follows too. No model runs while you vote.
github.com/HelpMap-ca/downlowHow to get it
Public repositories are linked above. Tools marked "planned" are being cut out of map.ca one at a time, each with its own screenshot set and a one-page run sheet. When the VoteMap ballot engine is released it lands here first: five append-only tables, a static status renderer, and a hash-chained snapshot log.
VoteMap runs community votes, petitions and advisory ballots. It does not run official government elections, and never claims to.