Show HN: My weekend project - NewsMap

http://newsmap.mhlakhani.com/

by mhlakhani • 14 years ago

47 29 14 years ago

newsmap.mhlakhani.com

Looks nice - though I noticed one issue with my locality specifically; Staten Island seems to just be "New York (Staten" in the database, and the one entry is actually for Oneida NY, while the Staten Island Advance (silive.com) is missing.

mhlakhani6• 14 years ago

The data was extracted from various sources, I haven't had a chance to verify most of it since there's a lot to go through. I'll try fixing this entry though.

code177• 14 years ago

Would love to get some insight into how and where you did this, local news isolation has been a real pain-point for me. Brilliant project, by the way - very clean.

sharjeel• 14 years ago

Very Nice! Would love to see some news snippets from the sources within the page before landing on the actual site.

dcesiel• 14 years ago

Someone deformed poor Michigan..

zalew• 14 years ago

there are 2 Warsaws in Poland on your list: Warsaw and Warsaw-Varsovia

mehrshad• 14 years ago

First off, great concept. Always wanted to see a better version of http://www.world-newspapers.com to get a local perspective on international events.

However, I'm noticing some errors in matching sites to locales, e.g. US > CA > Fillmore (San Francisco Downtown) maps to the San Luis Obispo times.

Also, might want to consider tweaking the name to avoid confusion with the popular NewsMap [http://www.newsmap.jp].

mhlakhani6• 14 years ago

That was my intention, as far as the concept went. I'll look into the data issue as well, it was extracted from various places.

rmason• 14 years ago

Poorly drawn US map detracts greatly from your excellent effort.

For example here's how the state of Michigan should look:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NvbQgmBVvV4/TyGBIIw0a5I/AAAAAAAAA5...

mhlakhani6• 14 years ago

I was using the map from http://jvectormap.com/maps/countries/usa/

I'll look into the fix, however. Thanks!

vog• 14 years ago

I like the "Natural Earth" data sets very much, which I can really recommend:

http://www.naturalearthdata.com/

bjornd2• 14 years ago

The map just presents the state border including the water.

jakejake• 14 years ago

Cool! Great use of some client and server technologies. Makes me feel lazy for boozing all weekend!

anigbrowl• 14 years ago

Nice. You need a new name, though: http://newsmap.jp/

mhlakhani6• 14 years ago

Hadn't heard of it. Thanks!

therandomguy• 14 years ago

That link triggered my anti-virus

kevinherron• 14 years ago

It's got some incorrect data.

Sacramento's largest newspaper, the Sacramento Bee, is listed as a magazine. Sacramento Magazine, on the flip-side, is listed as a newspaper.

mhlakhani6• 14 years ago

Thanks, I'll try and put in a fix. I extracted the data from a few sources and didn't have time to verify all of it.

baddox• 14 years ago

Mexico, Missouri is listed as having a newspaper called the "Memphis Democrat," which links to http://www.monett-times.com/. Moberly, Missouri (interestingly, a nearby town) is listed as having Mexico's newspaper, the Mexico Ledger, but that links to http://www.monroecity.net/ (interestingly, another nearby town) which is a dead link.

lajulajay• 14 years ago

Great work. Clean UI. Would suggest a basic check on the news links ... I tried a bunch that didn't work.

etrain• 14 years ago

Very cool - where are you getting your data (links, location, language, etc.)?

url2png• 14 years ago

We'd love to hook you up with an account so you can integrate screenshots of these urls.

mruflin• 14 years ago

Nice!

Have you seen http://newspapermap.com/, which builds on http://www.google.com/fusiontables/Home/?

kjhughes• 14 years ago

Suggestion: Rather than a "Go" button column, turn the newspaper names into links to the newspaper sites.

benregn• 14 years ago

I agree with that. My first instinct was to click the newspaper names, then I noticed the 'Go' column.

andye• 14 years ago

nice work, clean ui, i am curious too about the data source. I also set up a news web app too, with a facebook timeline: http://www.popbuzz.me

knes• 14 years ago

Look, There's 2 France in your Map! :) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/149780/shared/2france.jpg

bjornd2• 14 years ago

This is a part of France, French Polynesia.

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