The student-built campus map for Michigan
MGuide started in late 2024 because the official campus map is genuinely painful to use on a phone. I wanted to type a building code and get directions without zooming into a PDF. So I made my own.
It kept growing. Right now it covers 353+ buildings across UMich's Ann Arbor campuses, real-time bus tracking, dining hours, study spots, and schedules for 765+ classrooms. Free, works in your browser, works offline.
I'm Luna, an incoming PhD student at the University of Michigan School of Information. My research is in social computing and online communities. I've been building iOS apps and web projects for a while, and MGuide is the one that other people actually ended up using.
Building records come from the U-M Facilities API. Historical details (namesakes, construction dates, architectural styles) are checked against the Bentley Historical Library, SAH Archipedia, and Michigan Modern. Room schedules are from the Office of the Registrar. Transit data uses GTFS feeds from both UMich Blue Bus and TheRide city buses.
Building footprints and walkways come from OpenStreetMap. Photos are from Wikimedia Commons, credited individually.
Everything goes through an automated merge and validation pipeline. I also fact-checked 31 historical trivia claims by hand and corrected 8 of them. Official records get things wrong more often than you'd expect. The full dataset (353 buildings with coordinates, history, departments, accessibility) is released under Creative Commons BY 4.0.
I update data regularly and do a full audit each semester. If something is wrong, email [email protected] and I'll fix it.
For press inquiries: [email protected].
The building database is at mguide.app/llms-full.txt (Markdown) and mguide.app/data/buildings-meta.json (JSON), both under CC BY 4.0.
Last updated April 7, 2026. MGuide is an independent student project and is not affiliated with the University of Michigan.