Travel, maps & local

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• Someone should build

  “map map” to map out all the maps

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  Someone should make a “map map” to map out all the maps.

  closingreunion · Aug 20, 2026in “Pressed Penny Machine Map”

• Wish it existed

  way to see it in a clear map

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  Fair criticism, this is based on EPA Level III/IV Ecoregions (cited in https://github.com/olivierlacan/indigene/blob/main/DATA_SOURCES.md) but I agree there should be a way to see it in a clear map.

  olivierlacan · Aug 6, 2026in “Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't”

• Wish it existed

  standard format / specification for agent transcripts and logs (similar to ACP for runtime events)

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  Building this made it obvious that there should be a standard format / specification for agent transcripts and logs (similar to ACP for runtime events).

  luca-ctx · Jul 2, 2026in “Show HN: ctx – Search the coding agent history already on your machine”

• Looking for

  getting more up to date satellite images that can be used with other software, such as a tile server, vector map, or similar

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  Does anyone know of a good service for getting more up to date satellite images that can be used with other software, such as a tile server, vector map, or similar?

  rurp · May 18, 2026in “Why is Google Maps back to showing old satellite images of Altadena?”

• Wish it existed

  better ways to do things that other apps have features for (like indicate a hazard or road closure), but I have never had a good experience with Google Maps

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  I have had the odd issue with Apple Maps, and I wish there were better ways to do things that other apps have features for (like indicate a hazard or road closure), but I have never had a good experience with Google Maps.

  lifehasleft · Apr 30, 2026in “John Ternus to become Apple CEO”

• Wish it existed

  toggle control near the navigation buttons that toggles between document mode and app mode

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  There should be a toggle control near the navigation buttons that toggles between document mode and app mode.

  joquarky · Apr 14, 2026in “A new spam policy for “back button hijacking””

• Wish it existed

  saying like "A tool is not the task" similar to "A map is not the land

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  There should be a saying like "A tool is not the task" similar to "A map is not the land." As professional tool makers it can be easy to replace the task with a tool in theory, but that's not reality.

  dexwiz · Apr 7, 2026in “How to get better at guitar”

• Wish it existed

  standard protocol for consuming event logs, and that all the client side tooling for processing them didn't care what server was there

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  I wish there was a standard protocol for consuming event logs, and that all the client side tooling for processing them didn't care what server was there.

  dagss · Jan 13, 2026in “Show HN: Ayder – HTTP-native durable event log written in C (curl as client)”

• Wish it existed

  corresponding map for the US, of Americans protesting their dictatorship

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  I wish there were a corresponding map for the US, of Americans protesting their dictatorship.

  stavros · Jan 9, 2026in “Iran Protest Map”