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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.

1. 1
   Humans of New York▲72

   Capture the heart of New York City

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2IM
   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 →

3. 3
   Mapped In NY▲84

   Visual map of all the #startups in NYC

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4AM
   Artistic Maps of Over 4,000 U.S. Cities▲69

   2014 · projectjefferson.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   MapJam▲137

   Beautiful personalized map sharing

   2014 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Views▲118

   Discover spots by locals

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Maplist Beta▲282

   The reddit of maps

   2019 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Mapbox▲128

   Design and publish beautiful maps

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   ManyMaps▲143

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

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Awesome Maps▲98

    Putting the awesome back in maps

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Fantastic Cities▲61

    Coloring book of amazing places real and imagined

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The New York Public Library Digital Collections▲136

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

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Modern Atlas▲186

    Discover where to travel

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Mapme Stories▲329

    Tell stunning stories through maps

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15AI
    An interactive map of restaurants reviewed by the New Yorker▲49

    2015 · newforkermap.com · its alternatives →

16. 16MA
    MapHub – A Google My Maps Alternative, Based on OpenStreetMap Data▲244

    2016 · maphub.net · its alternatives →

17. 17
    The Hundert - Startups of New York▲63

    A portrait of the New York Startup scene

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    What the Street▲61

    Visualize the distribution of mobility spaces in cities

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19AW
    A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences▲321

    For the past few months, I've been working on a website that answers two different questions: - Where in my city have the best travel times to all the things and people I care about? - Given a listing, how far is it from all the things and people I care about? Personally this was fueled by my own frustrations when I was apartment hunting in NYC. I was frustrating to have to juggle so many Google Maps tabs when I was evaluating a listing, and it was also annoying to not have full confidence that I was even searching in the right places. I wanted to be close to work, a Trader Joe's, and a…

    2025 · theretowhere.com · its alternatives →

20. 20IE
    Interactively explore different map projections▲109

    2017 · mjmdavis.com · its alternatives →

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    Urban Walks▲86

    A nicer way to explore New-York

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22SC
    StatisticalAtlas.com: demographic charts and maps down to the city block▲51

    2015 · statisticalatlas.com · its alternatives →

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    Explorer's Atlas▲67

    Beautiful wall map filled with fascinating world facts

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Apple Maps Connect▲84

    Crowdsourced local listings portal by Apple

    2014 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →