Hacker News with Generative AI: Maps

A Map of British Dialects (2023) (starkeycomics.com)
This map took me a long time to make, and is very detailed, but will always be incomplete and inaccurate due to the nature of language.

Linguistics, Maps, United Kingdom, Culture

220 points by gregorvand 7 days ago | 177 comments

Discover Great Britain in Minecraft V2 (2025) (ordnancesurvey.co.uk)
Ordnance Survey has brought Britain to life inside Minecraft! Gamers can explore parts of a hyper-realistic new world, built by an OS expert from OS data.

Minecraft, Gaming, Great Britain, Maps

18 points by defrost 14 days ago | 1 comments

An Interactive Explanation of GPS (2022) (ciechanow.ski)
Global Positioning System is, without a doubt, one of the most useful inventions of the late 20th century. It made it significantly easier for ships, airplanes, cars, and hikers to figure out where they are with high degree of accuracy.

Technology, GPS, Navigation, Maps

5 points by blobcode 14 days ago | 1 comments

The Wisconsin cartographer who mapped Tolkien's fantasy world (wpr.org)
If you’ve ever wanted to explore the world of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings,” the best place to start might be Oshkosh.

Fantasy Literature, Maps, Geography, Wisconsin

233 points by bookofjoe 15 days ago | 48 comments

Live Map of the London Underground (londonunderground.live)
Right click to orbit Zoom for buildings Hover for details

London Underground, Maps, Web Development

508 points by LourensT 15 days ago | 115 comments

A map of every road sign in the Netherlands (wegkenmerken.ndw.nu)

Netherlands, Maps, Data, Transportation, Road Signs

6 points by fanf2 21 days ago | 0 comments

NYC New Subway Map (nytimes.com)
When it comes to the New York City subway, what once was old is new again.

Transportation, Maps

52 points by bgschulman31 24 days ago | 46 comments

Globe Gores (blogs.loc.gov)
The Geography and Map Division holds a variety of printed globe gores in a variety of sizes and configurations ranging from some of the earliest examples in the 16th century to more modern examples in the 20th century.

Geography, History, Maps, Globes

35 points by bookofjoe 25 days ago | 3 comments

Mapy.com (mapy.cz)
Nově si můžete předplatné Mapy.cz Premium pořídit i na našem webu a využívat všechny prémiové funkce pohodlně na velké obrazovce.

Maps, Czech Republic, Subscriptions

13 points by Squarex 33 days ago | 5 comments

Can Large Vision Language Models Read Maps Like a Human? (arxiv.org)

Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Maps

9 points by thinkingemote 33 days ago | 1 comments

Google confirms it deleted Maps Timeline data for some (theverge.com)
Google Maps users have recently been complaining on places like Reddit that their Timeline data — the app’s historical record of where they’ve been — had disappeared. Now, Google has confirmed that it accidentally deleted the data and that anyone who wasn’t using Google’s cloud backups is out of luck.

Google, Maps, Data Privacy, Technology, User Experience

9 points by nini1294 33 days ago | 3 comments

Can Large Vision Language Models Read Maps Like a Human? (arxiv.org)
In this paper, we introduce MapBench-the first dataset specifically designed for human-readable, pixel-based map-based outdoor navigation, curated from complex path finding scenarios.

Generative AI, Computer Vision, Maps, Navigation, Artificial Intelligence

3 points by eamag 34 days ago | 0 comments

A map of torii around the world (google.com)
This map was created by a user. Learn how to create your own.

Maps, Japan, Culture, Travel

100 points by ilamont 63 days ago | 48 comments

MapQuest's 'Name Your Own Gulf' (mapquest.com)
Take the power of MapQuest with you wherever you go. Download our mobile apps for turn-by-turn navigation, live traffic updates, and more.

Maps, Mobile Apps, Navigation

123 points by dangle1 67 days ago | 25 comments

United States Power Outage Map (poweroutage.us)
PowerOutage.us is an ongoing project created to track, record, and aggregate power outages across the United States.

Power Outages, United States, Maps, Data Visualization

320 points by jonbaer 69 days ago | 151 comments

Spacetime maps: A map that warps to show travel time (vvolhejn.com)

Spacetime, Maps, Travel Time, Visualization

165 points by kevinsundar 72 days ago | 28 comments

Apple Is Renaming Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on Maps App (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. is renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its Maps app, following an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on his first day in office.

Apple, Maps, Geopolitics, Politics, United States

19 points by nickthegreek 73 days ago | 17 comments

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps (cnbc.com)

Google, Maps, Geography, Politics, USA

37 points by ceejayoz 88 days ago | 48 comments

Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the world (samlearner.com)

Weather, Data Visualization, Technology, Maps

172 points by kawera 90 days ago | 42 comments

Google Earth has begun updating images of Gaza (reddit.com)
Google Earth has begun updating images of Gaza (old.reddit.com)

Google Earth, Gaza, Satellite Imagery, Maps

10 points by mrcgnc 91 days ago | 0 comments

Mercator: Extreme (mrgris.com)
The Mercator projection is infamous for its distortion at high latitudes.

Maps, Geography, Data Visualization

218 points by bschne 95 days ago | 46 comments

Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien's Middle-Earth (nytimes.com)
In 1977, Karen Wynn Fonstad made a long shot cold call to J.R.R. Tolkien’s American publisher with the hope of landing a dream assignment: to create an exhaustive atlas of Middle-earth, the setting of the author’s widely popular “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

Fantasy Literature, Maps, Biography, J.R.R. Tolkien

27 points by indigoabstract 100 days ago | 4 comments

Map of California roads for cyclers (1895) (loc.gov)
Map of California roads for cyclers.

Maps, History, Cycling, California

117 points by grajaganDev 105 days ago | 68 comments

Streets GL – 3D OpenStreetMap (streets.gl)

3D, Maps, OpenStreetMap

240 points by faebi 109 days ago | 62 comments

Maps that show time instead of space (youtube.com)

Maps, Visualization, Time, Data

5 points by hydrolox 118 days ago | 1 comments

We Bought a (Map Store) – Andrew Middleton [video] (youtube.com)