https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=thosch0Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:12:15 +0000Question from an outsider: Who is paying for tools like this? The examples shown on the website (e.g. all streets in Nevada) look nice, but what are those analyses actually used for? I am pretty sure it is not only about having pretty maps but their has to be a business value I don’t see right now.

]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 11:18:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48830477thosch0https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48830477https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48830477I’d like to add Never Lost Again, which is the story of the team that eventually built Google Maps

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