Sightline – Shodan-style search for real-world infra using OSM Data
Hi HN, I built *Sightline*, a Shodan-style search engine for *physical-world infrastructure*. Shodan makes it easy to explore exposed internet services. Sightline applies the same idea to the real world, using OpenStreetMap as the data source. You can search things like: * “telecom towers in karnataka” * “power plants near mumbai” * “data centers in paris france” or use structured queries: * `type:telecom operator:airtel region:karnataka` * `type:data_center operator:google` Sightline: * uses Overpass API for querying OSM features * uses Nominatim for resolving countries, regions, and cities…
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Sightline is a search engine for real-world infrastructure that works like Shodan but for physical locations. Built on OpenStreetMap data, it lets users find telecom towers, power plants, data centers, and other facilities by location or using structured queries with type and operator filters. It uses the Overpass API for querying and Nominatim for geographic resolution, with deterministic parsing rather than AI inference.
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Hi HN, I built *Sightline*, a Shodan-style search engine for *physical-world infrastructure*. Shodan makes it easy to explore exposed internet services. Sightline applies the same idea to the real world, using OpenStreetMap as the data source. You can search things like: * “telecom towers in karnataka” * “power plants near mumbai” * “data centers in paris france” or use structured queries: * `type:telecom operator:airtel region:karnataka` * `type:data_center operator:google` Sightline: * uses Overpass API for querying OSM features * uses Nominatim for resolving countries, regions, and cities * avoids hardcoded geography * uses deterministic, rule-based parsing (no AI inference) Repo: https://github.com/ni5arga/sightline Try it out: https://sightline-maps.vercel.app
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