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An interactive map of Tolkien’s Middle-earth, with events from across the legendarium plotted as markers. I have been commuting a fair bit between the East and West coast, and thanks to American Airlines' free onboard WiFi, I was able to vibe-code a full interactive map of Middle-earth right from my economy seat at the back of the bus. It's rather amazing how much an LLM knows about Tolkien's work, and it was fun to delve into many of the nooks and crannies of Tolkien's lore. Some features: - Plot on the map the journey of the main characters in both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. -…
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Apr 2026 · intofarlands.com
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2016 · mewo2.com
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Hey HN! Pilots everywhere are required to keep a logbook of all their flying hours, aircraft, airports, and so on. Since I track everything digitally (some people still just use paper logbooks!), I put together some data visualizations and a few 3D globes to show my flying history. This globe is probably my favourite so far: https://jameshard.ing/pilot/globes/all If you’ve got ideas for other graphs or ways to show this kind of data, I’d love to hear them!
2025 · jameshard.ing
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2018 · oalley.net
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2014 · realms.io
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2017 · mjmdavis.com
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Inspired by The Infinite Conversation (https://infiniteconversation.com/), I built a site where J.R.R. Tolkien endlessly describes the landscapes of Middle-earth — trees, hills, rivers, ruins, dawns — one scene at a time, forever. If you've read Tolkien, you know the man could spend an entire page describing a single tree. My friends and I always joked about it. When I saw the concept of an infinite AI conversation, the connection was immediate: what if Tolkien never stopped describing things? It's a satirical/art project, not a serious product. The voice cloning is…
Apr 2026 · infinitetolkien.com
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2020 · dungeonmapdoodler.com
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This is a D&D map making tool I've been working on for a while now, but I just added some new features to the beta that I think HN users might find neat. When building a world map, you can use "Dynamic Brushes" to draw organic looking terrain. This is achieved entirely with svg filters and javascript canvas, no fancy libraries or anything. This came with a pretty large rewrite of some of the underlying code, so I'm sure there's a number of bugs I haven't come across, but I'd love to hear your opinions on it!
2023 · dungeonmapdoodler.com
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The concept for metiq.space came after playing Global Magnates with friends and realizing how fragmented live global data is. ships, aircraft, satellites, ports, weather, hazards, infrastructure, cyber, and public datasets all exist, but they usually live in separate tools and maps. The goal was to build one interactive 3D globe where live public data could be visualized by latitude, longitude, and altitude. Surface data stays on the globe, while aircraft, satellites, and other above surface things can be represented in actual 3D space instead of being flattened onto a map. The outcome is an…
Jun 2026 · metiq.space
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We’ve updated Map for Game of Thrones with a lot of features since its launch, 2 years ago. In addition to the app’s staple feature, TV show recap, the user can now also review all 5 books in a similar, interactive manner. You can now step through all the scenes/chapters of any TV episode or book and enjoy: - a short summary of the scene/chapter - full description or synopsis - list of characters in the respective scene/chapter - the location on the interactive map - the full transcript (for episodes) The app is also a handy Game of Thrones lore companion. You can search and…
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2021 · interactive-history.app
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