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Products that do what A better Houston power outage map does

The official map is bloated, not mobile friendly, and uses a misleading color scheme. Here's a better one.

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   Maplist Beta▲282

   The reddit of maps

   2019

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   Urban Engines Map App▲93

   New maps product that also works offline and has cool x-ray

   2015

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   StatusPage▲102

   Better Server Status Communication

   2013

4. 4SU
   Serverless USGS historical topographic map tiles▲134

   2021 · kylebarron.dev

5. 5AS
   A status dashboard for the NYC power grid▲54

   2012 · nycpowerstatus.com

6. 6LM
   Live map of “good morning/night” tweets▲138

   2020 · wakingandsleeping-globe.glitch.me

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   Ventusky▲148

   Real-time weather mapping

   2016

8. 8RG
   Random Google Street View▲93

   I just redesigned an old (1 year) project and would appreciate any feedback. The site has no real purpose other than allowing you to explore the large amount of imagery gathered by Google. You can make it less random by choosing a country, or indeed any geographical area (cities etc.) http://www.mapcrunch.com Thanks

   2011

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   Shitty Listings▲125

   A list of distressed properties for house flippers.

   2015

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    Space Invaders + #drumpf 404 Page▲85

    Lazy Eight's 404 page is Space Invaders + #drumpf epicness.

    2016

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    Maps.me▲84

    Fast, detailed & completely offline maps for mobile devices.

    2015

12. 12OS
    Our Startup's 404 Page Currently Most Popular On Site (web only)▲51

    We built this as a bit of fun but it's been getting some great responses on Twitter

    2012 · workfu.com

13. 13MB
    Maps.black – Maybe the easiest way to use/host free and open maps▲7

    2025 · maps-black.github.io

14. 14SB
    Shiny Buildings – GitHub for Buildings▲43

    2021 · shinybuildings.com

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    Please review http://GetLocalNe.ws▲7

    Originally begun as a sort of 'weekend' project, it has been a bit of a struggle, but finally I think we've brought it to a state where I can request reviews, feedback etc.: http://GetLocalNe.ws Please feel free to report bugs/problems or post feedback/suggestions on any aspect of it. Geolocation accuracy (or inaccuracy) reports will be highly appreciated. Quality of data is being rigorously assessed now, but the current data should be at least reasonably okay. Please let me know otherwise. Work on identifying and integrating XML/RSS feeds from news sources is on now and this will be…

    2011

16. 16FW
    Free weather map with 25 model layers, live lightning and storm cells▲8

    Jul 2026 · wfy24.com

17. 17MX
    Map.XL – Online Maps in Excel▲21

    2016 · youtube.com

18. 18TM
    Tube Map Live for iOS▲25

    2013 · itunes.apple.com

19. 19DD
    Duramap – Disk-backed, thread-safe map in Go (built on bbolt)▲11

    2019 · github.com

20. 20RC
    Roadmap.com▲12

    2016 · roadmap.com

21. 21FO
    Free Online GIS Viewer and Format Converter▲8

    Jun 2026 · geodataviewer.com

22. 22LM
    Live MBTA Map (Boston T)▲5

    2021 · mbta.benburwell.com

23. 23ST
    SMS Travel Map▲11

    In Summer last year, I drove a car from London to Mongolia (and back). This is a map of my route: http://smstravelmap.com/map/0f0mvsnc I built a service to provide travel mapping for everyone, even where mobile data is impractical. http://smstravelmap.com/ Would love to hear what people think!

    2015

24. 24AG
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    Put this together this afternoon. I've been after something to quickly jot down the odd piece of information that I can access later in the day when browsing the web. Hopefully you find it useful. Criticism/thoughts/ideas greatly appreciated. I should add, since all the hard work here lies in the work of others here — garlic.js is a great plugin for handling localstorage. Cheers Jason

    2012 · a5.gg

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