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These kind of world maps with 'live' data are some of the coolest things in the modern internet. This kind of electricity map, windy.com the weather site and ot

These kind of world maps with 'live' data are some of the coolest things in the modern internet. This kind of electricity map, windy.com the weather site and other sites linked when that came up on HN yesterday[1], https://www.lightningmaps.org/ https://www.lightningmaps.org/ and https://www.flightradar24.com/ https://www.flightradar24.com/ and https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ Is there a collection like an "awesome maps" list anywhere? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37187760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37187760

nighthawk454 3y ago
Here’s one for tracking satellites and debris: http://astria.tacc.utexas.edu/AstriaGraph/ http://astria.tacc.utexas.edu/AstriaGraph/
anonporridge 3y ago
A few more. Light Pollution - https://www.lightpollutionmap.info https://www.lightpollutionmap.info Fire and Smoke - https://fire.airnow.gov/ https://fire.airnow.gov/ (US) https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/ https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/ (Canada) Earthquakes - https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ Ship traffic - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/ https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/
thenewarrakis 3y ago
I fucking love maps. Open Infra Map; shows major electrical lines, power plants, gas & oil lines, and telecom/data centers. Gets its data from Open Street Map: https://openinframap.org/ https://openinframap.org/ Open Railway Map; shows railroad lines. Also gets its data from OSM: https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ Also Sentinel Hub has satellite imagery that although it has less resolution than ie Google Maps, it is updated daily: https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/ https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/
- twic 3y ago
  For railways, there is a genre of "track diagrams" which are more like circuit diagrams for the railway, showing lines, crossovers, platforms, etc. The best ones for the UK are perhaps the Quail maps, which include all sorts of gory details, but are commercial: https://www.trackmaps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Book5-MAP04.gif https://www.trackmaps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Book5... There are some pretty good open ones though: https://cartometro.com/cartes/metro-tram-london/index.php?station=stratford https://cartometro.com/cartes/metro-tram-london/index.php?st...
- tetris11 3y ago
  > Open Infra Map Wow. London is surprisingly neat compared to a place like Paris.
- jodrellblank 3y ago
  Open Infra Map is just the kind of thing I was hoping for! I'm interested/surprised at how many megawatt batteries there are in the UK, and how many 10MW+ solar farms and at all the names of the offshore wind farms and where they connect back to.
rootusrootus 3y ago
> These kind of world maps with 'live' data I agree. And I'm glad you put quotes around live. Much of the data for the US is estimated, not actually sourced from the grid operator. It'll be great when we have realtime data everywhere.
contingencies 3y ago
Flights @ http://globe.adsbexchange.com/ http://globe.adsbexchange.com/ Ships @ https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/embed/ https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/embed/
mrtksn 3y ago
True, unfortunately lightning maps doesn't seem to be accurate - at least I had 0 luck with it. On the other hands flightradar24 and similar are so fascinating if you are on a busy plane route. The observation time is so perfect to speculate over the plane and destinations, chat about interesting facts or recent developments at destinations. A few years ago I visited a small village where a relative of mine lives and happen to show a kid the app. Next year, I heard that the all the kids there made it a hobby to do plane spotting.
3abiton 3y ago
This thread already contains many candidates for the awesome map list! We just need a hero.
- jodrellblank 3y ago
  I DuckDuckWent it and it looks like there's a few heroes already: - https://github.com/drushadrusha/awesome-maps https://github.com/drushadrusha/awesome-maps - https://github.com/thedoubler/awesome-maps-data https://github.com/thedoubler/awesome-maps-data

nighthawk454 3y ago

Here’s one for tracking satellites and debris: http://astria.tacc.utexas.edu/AstriaGraph/ http://astria.tacc.utexas.edu/AstriaGraph/

anonporridge 3y ago

A few more. Light Pollution - https://www.lightpollutionmap.info https://www.lightpollutionmap.info Fire and Smoke - https://fire.airnow.gov/ https://fire.airnow.gov/ (US) https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/ https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/ (Canada) Earthquakes - https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ Ship traffic - https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/ https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/

thenewarrakis 3y ago

I fucking love maps. Open Infra Map; shows major electrical lines, power plants, gas & oil lines, and telecom/data centers. Gets its data from Open Street Map: https://openinframap.org/ https://openinframap.org/ Open Railway Map; shows railroad lines. Also gets its data from OSM: https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ Also Sentinel Hub has satellite imagery that although it has less resolution than ie Google Maps, it is updated daily: https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/ https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/sentinel-playground/

twic 3y ago
For railways, there is a genre of "track diagrams" which are more like circuit diagrams for the railway, showing lines, crossovers, platforms, etc. The best ones for the UK are perhaps the Quail maps, which include all sorts of gory details, but are commercial: https://www.trackmaps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Book5-MAP04.gif https://www.trackmaps.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Book5... There are some pretty good open ones though: https://cartometro.com/cartes/metro-tram-london/index.php?station=stratford https://cartometro.com/cartes/metro-tram-london/index.php?st...
tetris11 3y ago
> Open Infra Map Wow. London is surprisingly neat compared to a place like Paris.
jodrellblank 3y ago
Open Infra Map is just the kind of thing I was hoping for! I'm interested/surprised at how many megawatt batteries there are in the UK, and how many 10MW+ solar farms and at all the names of the offshore wind farms and where they connect back to.

rootusrootus 3y ago

> These kind of world maps with 'live' data I agree. And I'm glad you put quotes around live. Much of the data for the US is estimated, not actually sourced from the grid operator. It'll be great when we have realtime data everywhere.

contingencies 3y ago

Flights @ http://globe.adsbexchange.com/ http://globe.adsbexchange.com/ Ships @ https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/embed/ https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/embed/

mrtksn 3y ago

True, unfortunately lightning maps doesn't seem to be accurate - at least I had 0 luck with it. On the other hands flightradar24 and similar are so fascinating if you are on a busy plane route. The observation time is so perfect to speculate over the plane and destinations, chat about interesting facts or recent developments at destinations. A few years ago I visited a small village where a relative of mine lives and happen to show a kid the app. Next year, I heard that the all the kids there made it a hobby to do plane spotting.

3abiton 3y ago

This thread already contains many candidates for the awesome map list! We just need a hero.

jodrellblank 3y ago
I DuckDuckWent it and it looks like there's a few heroes already: - https://github.com/drushadrusha/awesome-maps https://github.com/drushadrusha/awesome-maps - https://github.com/thedoubler/awesome-maps-data https://github.com/thedoubler/awesome-maps-data