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I have a stupid dream. I really want a news application that is rendered visually as the Globe. Then a user can drag, zoom, and pan around the world, similar

I have a stupid dream. I really want a news application that is rendered visually as the Globe. Then a user can drag, zoom, and pan around the world, similar to Google Earth. The difference being, this news app overlays current trending news stories on the physical location of where it is happening in the world. Maybe I can manage this idea with this underneath?

nickster 3y ago
The wii news channel did this! It was a cool way to learn the control and interact with the news.
danielvaughn 3y ago
Facebook Live used to have a global view, where you could drag around on a Google-earth-style map, and each dot would be a live stream. It was amazing. Unfortunately there were crimes committed on stream, notably a mass shooting in New Zealand. They shut down the map view soon after that. A news broadcast would be feasible, because presumably the streamers would be verified reporters. Really cool idea. I love it.
_sam_ 3y ago
I've actually been making exactly what you describe as a side-project - and am very close to launch-ready. I was looking for the same thing and decided it would be fun to build it myself. It's good to hear (at least one) other persons might be interested in such an app.
- pkage 3y ago
  I'd also be interested—is there anywhere we can take a look?
- aqw137 3y ago
  me too. where could I find this?
amadeuspagel 3y ago
Does this idea need a globe? Wouldn't it work with a map?
- janfb 3y ago
  Built https://global-conflicts.com https://global-conflicts.com for this
  - amadeuspagel 3y ago
    Nice. It took me some time to realize that you have to scroll to see the icons on the map. Maybe you can run the function you run on scroll also on load. I see that you posted a Show HN 2 years ago, maybe you can post another one.
moandcompany 3y ago
Somewhat Related - You may like the GDELT Project: https://www.gdeltproject.org/ https://www.gdeltproject.org/ https://blog.gdeltproject.org/an-interactive-realtime-map-of-the-worlds-news/ https://blog.gdeltproject.org/an-interactive-realtime-map-of...
- guwop 3y ago
  this is so cool! you just know that it's real shit when the website looks like that. i wonder if this is gonna be the new "quality" stamp - a website not looking like the generic react tailwind app but rather stuff like this?!
ughitsaaron 3y ago
This is a cool idea. I think this is achievable with APIs/scraping of news sites, some machine learning/LLM (to assign locations to news stories), and an open source library like Leaflet.
- jamilton 3y ago
  A prototype could use manually sourced news sites that consistently use datelines that are easy to parse. It could be hard to scale that up, especially for languages-you-don't-read, but could still be interesting. Could also have a global weather data layer/view, since that'll be relevant for extreme weather events.
spacebacon 3y ago
Nice dream, go build it how you want it.
0xFF0123 3y ago
I have the same dream, but have not built it. Would be cool indeed. It does remind me a bit of Snapchat's location stories on the map / I think other social media platforms have similar previously.
Geezus_42 3y ago
I read Snowcrash too.;D
nullhole 3y ago
Chrome only, and terrestrial radio, not news, but: https://radio.garden/ https://radio.garden/
tmcw 3y ago
Development Seed did this a long long time ago in Drupal: https://web.archive.org/web/20130430031803/http://managingnews.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130430031803/http://managingne... https://www.drupal.org/project/managingnews https://www.drupal.org/project/managingnews
somishere 3y ago
Awesome dream. I've pitched / currently attempting to pull it off for an Australian news org (scoped to their stories). But a radio.garden x gdelt is where it's at!
deputy 3y ago
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nickster 3y ago

The wii news channel did this! It was a cool way to learn the control and interact with the news.

danielvaughn 3y ago

Facebook Live used to have a global view, where you could drag around on a Google-earth-style map, and each dot would be a live stream. It was amazing. Unfortunately there were crimes committed on stream, notably a mass shooting in New Zealand. They shut down the map view soon after that. A news broadcast would be feasible, because presumably the streamers would be verified reporters. Really cool idea. I love it.

_sam_ 3y ago

I've actually been making exactly what you describe as a side-project - and am very close to launch-ready. I was looking for the same thing and decided it would be fun to build it myself. It's good to hear (at least one) other persons might be interested in such an app.

pkage 3y ago
I'd also be interested—is there anywhere we can take a look?
aqw137 3y ago
me too. where could I find this?

amadeuspagel 3y ago

Does this idea need a globe? Wouldn't it work with a map?

janfb 3y ago
Built https://global-conflicts.com https://global-conflicts.com for this
- amadeuspagel 3y ago
  Nice. It took me some time to realize that you have to scroll to see the icons on the map. Maybe you can run the function you run on scroll also on load. I see that you posted a Show HN 2 years ago, maybe you can post another one.

moandcompany 3y ago

Somewhat Related - You may like the GDELT Project: https://www.gdeltproject.org/ https://www.gdeltproject.org/ https://blog.gdeltproject.org/an-interactive-realtime-map-of-the-worlds-news/ https://blog.gdeltproject.org/an-interactive-realtime-map-of...

guwop 3y ago
this is so cool! you just know that it's real shit when the website looks like that. i wonder if this is gonna be the new "quality" stamp - a website not looking like the generic react tailwind app but rather stuff like this?!

ughitsaaron 3y ago

This is a cool idea. I think this is achievable with APIs/scraping of news sites, some machine learning/LLM (to assign locations to news stories), and an open source library like Leaflet.

jamilton 3y ago
A prototype could use manually sourced news sites that consistently use datelines that are easy to parse. It could be hard to scale that up, especially for languages-you-don't-read, but could still be interesting. Could also have a global weather data layer/view, since that'll be relevant for extreme weather events.

spacebacon 3y ago

Nice dream, go build it how you want it.

0xFF0123 3y ago

I have the same dream, but have not built it. Would be cool indeed. It does remind me a bit of Snapchat's location stories on the map / I think other social media platforms have similar previously.

Geezus_42 3y ago

I read Snowcrash too.;D

nullhole 3y ago

Chrome only, and terrestrial radio, not news, but: https://radio.garden/ https://radio.garden/

tmcw 3y ago

Development Seed did this a long long time ago in Drupal: https://web.archive.org/web/20130430031803/http://managingnews.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130430031803/http://managingne... https://www.drupal.org/project/managingnews https://www.drupal.org/project/managingnews

somishere 3y ago

Awesome dream. I've pitched / currently attempting to pull it off for an Australian news org (scoped to their stories). But a radio.garden x gdelt is where it's at!

deputy 3y ago

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