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24 alternatives to What country you would hit if you went straight where you're pointing
This app was designed to answer my wife’s question “what country would we hit if we went straight” (generally posed while pointing her phone) But with two additional twists: 1. It loads up historical maps from different years (right now 1 BC, 700 AD, 1000 AD, 1300 AD, 1800 AD, 1900 AD) so you can see what you would hit if you had a time machine AND you went in the direction your phone is pointing 2. Tap a country/territory for an (AI-generated) blurb on what you are pointing at How it works: Starting from your phone’s bearing, we trace the great-circle in 200 km steps, prefilter…
This app answers the question "what country would you hit if you went straight in the direction you're pointing?" by using a phone's compass to trace a great-circle path across a map. It includes historical maps from 1… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN! I love imagining the past, so I made Time Portal, a game where you are dropped into a historical event and see AI video footage from that moment. You have to guess where you are in time and on the map. It’s like GeoGuessr (and heavily inspired by it!) but for historical events. The videos are all created with AI. It’s a pipeline of Flux (images), Kling (video), and mmaudio (audio). The videos aren’t always historically accurate to the last detail. They might incorporate elements of folklore or have details from popular beliefs about the way things looked rather than the latest…
2025 · eggnog.ai · its alternatives →
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The quickest and easiest territory mapping software that you ever used. Trusted by more than 1000 customers for data-driven decisions
2018 · oalley.net · its alternatives →
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A compass that shows landmarks, sunrise/sunset + golden hour
Jan 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Earth looked very different long ago. Search for addresses across 750 million years of Earth
2018 · dinosaurpictures.org · its alternatives →
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Ask Maps questions, drive with immersive navigation.
Mar 2026 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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TimeMap▲325Interactive Map of History: millions of people, events, maps
2024 · oldmapsonline.org · its alternatives →
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Rethinking maps based on time to travel
2017 · labs.mapbox.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I made a web game to practice country locations a while ago and HN liked it, so I thought I'd post my updated version as well. As for how the game works and feels, I'd really recommend you checking it out for yourself, it's free, no signup, no ads. The tech stack is Vue + ts + Tailwind/Daisy for the looks. The learning algorithm is a slight modification of the ts version of FSRS. If you have anything to add, it's open source as well (https://github.com/koljapluemer/learn-worldmap), although not well documented yet. In the end it's just a little sideproject,…
2025 · map.koljapluemer.com · its alternatives →
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It’s never been easier to refresh your geography skills
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Google Maps 4.0▲270New material design brings bold graphics and fluid motion
2014 · google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built a little tool to help me get better at remembering country locations on the map: https://learn-worldmap.netlify.app/ It's made from plain HTML/CSS/JS, and not intended to make any money or anything. Just thought that maybe someone else may enjoy it. Also of course happy about any feedback! Cheerz.
2023 · learn-worldmap.netlify.app · its alternatives →
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MapScroll▲109Hi HN, I built this after getting frustrated trying to map out things like “Ancient mayan ruins” or “James Bond movie locations” on Google "My" Maps. You basically have to drop pins manually, hunt down photos, copy links, it’s slow and never feels like an actual story. With MapScroll, you just type something like “Marco Polo’s route” or “forgotten WWII sites in France”, and it geocodes, grabs images + articles, and plots everything into a shareable story map. Each marker comes with a little gallery and sources tied to your prompt. You can also refine the first draft which AI creates before…
2025 · mapscroll.ai · its alternatives →
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App for learning geography in a playful way for whole family
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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A trivia game about maps and countries
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Online Compass▲106Use an online compass to instantly find true north and live direction in seconds. Fast, no app needed - turn your phone into a real compass.
2024 · onlinecompass.io · its alternatives →
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Stuntmark▲92We use AI sentiment analysis for location based content
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I find myself often texting people, "where are you?" so I wrote this little iPhone app that lets me text them a special link. When they click the link, it uses the HTML5 geolocation API to report their location and shows it on a map. http://whru.at/ It's only as accurate as the HTML5 geolocation API, but I've been finding it pretty useful. What do you think?
2012 · whru.at · its alternatives →
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Get shown a place and try to guess where it is on the map
2024 · guesswhereyouare.com · its alternatives →
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Travlr▲109Where have you been? Personal scratch map, and bucket list.
2019 · travlr.landen.co · its alternatives →
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Point your phone at the world. How close can you get?
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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FieldTripper▲68Location-based Historical Events Discovery App
2015 · explore.scopely.com · its alternatives →
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The location-based history app - explore the world's history
Jun 2026 · locopast.com · its alternatives →
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