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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20261,140 stories
StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time↗ streetcomplete.app · HN · 206 comments · 829 points · Jul 07, 2026
CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps↗ comaps.app · HN · 214 comments · 795 points · Jul 06, 2026
Organic Maps↗ organicmaps.app · HN · 364 comments · 1184 points · Jul 05, 2026
Show HN: isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC↗ cannoneyed.com · HN · 241 comments · 1325 points · Jan 22, 2026
Shipmap.org↗ shipmap.org · HN · 119 comments · 803 points · Jan 07, 2026
2025965 stories
QGIS is a free, open-source, cross platform geographical information system↗ github.com · HN · 127 comments · 573 points · Sep 12, 2025
OpenFreeMap survived 100k requests per second↗ blog.hyperknot.com · HN · 133 comments · 609 points · Aug 09, 2025
DuckDB is probably the most important geospatial software of the last decade↗ dbreunig.com · HN · 165 comments · 491 points · May 03, 2025
Live Map of the London Underground↗ londonunderground.live · HN · 115 comments · 508 points · Apr 11, 2025
Show HN: Atlas of Space↗ atlasof.space · HN · 124 comments · 770 points · Jan 08, 2025
2024953 stories
Timemap.org – Interactive Map of History↗ oldmapsonline.org · HN · 180 comments · 1306 points · Dec 12, 2024
OpenStreetMap's New Vector Tiles↗ tech.marksblogg.com · HN · 147 comments · 497 points · Nov 19, 2024
Show HN: OpenFreeMap – Open-Source Map Hosting↗ openfreemap.org · HN · 234 comments · 848 points · Sep 24, 2024
Show HN: Every mountain, building and tree shadow mapped for any date and time↗ shademap.app · HN · 183 comments · 685 points · May 30, 2024
Tiny World Map↗ github.com · HN · 91 comments · 530 points · Apr 21, 2024
2023936 stories
OsmAPP – A Universal OpenStreetMap App↗ osmapp.org · HN · 65 comments · 200 points · Dec 28, 2023
3D Map of Shinjuku Station in Three.js↗ satoshi7190.github.io · HN · 185 comments · 847 points · Dec 27, 2023
In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users↗ organicmaps.app · HN · 88 comments · 243 points · Dec 23, 2023
A cartographer drew a freehand map of North America (2019)↗ atlasobscura.com · HN · 46 comments · 111 points · Dec 22, 2023
Fantasy Map Brushes↗ kmalexander.com · HN · 44 comments · 448 points · Dec 21, 2023
2022826 stories
TomTom’s new mapping platform and ecosystem↗ tomtom.com · HN · 455 comments · 550 points · Nov 02, 2022
Maps.earth – free and open-source web maps↗ about.maps.earth · HN · 111 comments · 696 points · Aug 22, 2022
Map showing birthplaces of "notable people" around the world↗ tjukanovt.github.io · HN · 332 comments · 924 points · Jul 29, 2022
Map of Reddit↗ anvaka.github.io · HN · 119 comments · 729 points · May 12, 2022
Using QGIS to apply a 1777 style to today's OpenStreetMap data↗ manuelclaeysbouuaert.be · HN · 69 comments · 521 points · May 03, 2022
2021821 stories
Submarine cable map rendered onto a globe↗ globe.gl · HN · 163 comments · 684 points · Sep 24, 2021
Prettymaps: Small Python library to draw customized maps from OpenStreetMap data↗ github.com · HN · 74 comments · 982 points · Aug 25, 2021
Why is the Gaza Strip blurry on Google Maps?↗ bbc.com · HN · 637 comments · 1008 points · May 17, 2021
Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years↗ blog.google · HN · 415 comments · 1209 points · Apr 15, 2021
OpenStreetMap proven to be a highly accurate map in top US cities↗ eng.lyft.com · HN · 243 comments · 880 points · Feb 09, 2021
2020976 stories
Google Maps' Moat Is Evaporating↗ joemorrison.substack.com · HN · 427 comments · 628 points · Dec 29, 2020
Maps.me is gone, and we must bring it back↗ telegra.ph · HN · 239 comments · 548 points · Dec 23, 2020
The True Size Of Countries: Mercator projection↗ thetruesize.com · HN · 266 comments · 556 points · Nov 15, 2020
Google Maps Hacks↗ simonweckert.com · HN · 382 comments · 1410 points · Feb 02, 2020
City Roads – Draw all roads in a city at once↗ anvaka.github.io · HN · 143 comments · 668 points · Jan 22, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps↗ ahmedhossamdev.com · HN · 180 comments · 426 points · Sep 22, 2026
What is the size of Yemen? (2024)↗ theborys.substack.com · HN · 79 comments · 259 points · Sep 27, 2026
Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap↗ high5apps.github.io · HN · 150 comments · 623 points · Sep 12, 2026
37,500 border drawings: a map of the world as people remember it↗ habibicode.org · HN · 31 comments · 145 points · Sep 28, 2026
EuroBirdPortal – Live bird movements across Europe↗ eurobirdportal.org · HN · 64 comments · 229 points · Sep 14, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap↗ high5apps.github.io · HN · 150 comments · 623 points · Sep 12, 2026
My weird new hobby: Wandering around Tokyo on Google Maps↗ ahmedhossamdev.com · HN · 180 comments · 426 points · Sep 22, 2026
Atlas: A World Model for Spatial Intelligence↗ worldlabs.ai · HN · 59 comments · 271 points · Sep 01, 2026
What is the size of Yemen? (2024)↗ theborys.substack.com · HN · 79 comments · 259 points · Sep 27, 2026
EuroBirdPortal – Live bird movements across Europe↗ eurobirdportal.org · HN · 64 comments · 229 points · Sep 14, 2026
Live map of public transport in Belgium↗ openbaarvervoerbelgie.be · HN · 79 comments · 198 points · Sep 07, 2026
37,500 border drawings: a map of the world as people remember it↗ habibicode.org · HN · 31 comments · 145 points · Sep 28, 2026
The UN challenges five centuries of cartography↗ not-ship.com · HN · 312 comments · 134 points · Sep 09, 2026
Topologist's Map of the World↗ futilitycloset.com · HN · 42 comments · 134 points · Sep 01, 2026
Thanks to Lake Ontario, MapQuest is popular all over again↗ washingtonpost.com · HN · 81 comments · 122 points · Sep 01, 2026

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