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24 alternatives to Mapping Manhattan

Gorgeous maps through the eyes of 75 New Yorkers

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mapping Manhattan launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Humans of New York▲72

   Capture the heart of New York City

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Interactive WebGL visualization of all 47K buildings in Manhattan▲151

   An interactive 3D visualization of the all the buildings in Manhattan.

   2018 · tbaldw.in · its alternatives →

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   I mapped HN's favorite books with GPT-4o▲285

   Hey HN! I love finding new books to read on here. I wanted to gather the most mentioned books and recreate the serendipity of physical browsing. I scraped 20k comments from HN threads related to reading, extracted the references and opinions using GPT-4o mini, and visualised their embeddings as a map. - OpenAI's embeddings were processed using UMAP and HDBSCAN. A direct 2D projection from the text embeddings didn't yield visually interesting results. Instead, HDBSCAN is first applied on a high-dimensional projection. Those clusters tend to correspond to different genres. The genre…

   2024 · hnbooks.pieterma.es · its alternatives →

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   Mapped In NY▲84

   Visual map of all the #startups in NYC

   2014 · digital.nyc · its alternatives →

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   MapJam▲137

   Beautiful personalized map sharing

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Views▲118

   Discover spots by locals

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Mapillary▲69

   Crowd-sourced Street View

   2014 · mapillary.com · its alternatives →

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   Mapbox▲128

   Design and publish beautiful maps

   2014 · mapbox.com · its alternatives →

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   ManyMaps▲143

   Design your own map prints, in any style you want!

   2016 · its alternatives →

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    Awesome Maps▲98

    Putting the awesome back in maps

    2017 · awesome-maps.com · its alternatives →

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    1,053,713 buildings in New York City, shaded by year of construction▲96

    2013 · bdon.org · its alternatives →

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    Fantastic Cities▲61

    Coloring book of amazing places real and imagined

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    An interactive map of restaurants reviewed by the New Yorker▲49

    2015 · newforkermap.com · its alternatives →

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    The New York Public Library Digital Collections▲136

    67K+ tems digitized from The NY Public Library's collections

    2016 · digitalcollections.nypl.org · its alternatives →

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    Modern Atlas▲186

    Discover where to travel

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Statistical Atlas▲74

    Demographic charts and maps down to the city block

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Hundert - Startups of New York▲63

    A portrait of the New York Startup scene

    2016 · the-hundert.com · its alternatives →

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    What the Street▲61

    Visualize the distribution of mobility spaces in cities

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Urban Walks▲86

    A nicer way to explore New-York

    2015 · urban-walks.com · its alternatives →

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    Chronicle▲61

    Visualize historical word usage in The New York Times

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    OldNYC▲76

    Mapping historical photos from the NYPL

    2015 · oldnyc.org · its alternatives →

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    Explorer's Atlas▲67

    Beautiful wall map filled with fascinating world facts

    2016 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Apple Maps Connect▲84

    Crowdsourced local listings portal by Apple

    2014 · business.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Every Person in New York▲92

    Doodles of New Yorkers, from celebs to cab drivers

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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