Drop a raindrop anywhere in the world and watch where it ends up
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HN comment orderHey everyone, glad you all are enjoying the project! To address some of the points I'm seeing, it's not perfect right now, which is why we've considered this a beta release. In particular, there are some issues around name coverage abroad and around engineered features (dams, canals, etc.). A lot of known issues are documented at the top of this page: https://ksonda.github.io/global-river-runner/. Ultimately, we made as much progress as we could, including a lot of manual name suggestions before launching…
The animation is cool but I'd like a way to disable it and just be able to see the path on the globe, then tap to another place and see that other path too. It would be OK to reload the page to clean all paths. No need to have a way to share them if there are more than one path.
Big in 2022 (790 points, 115 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29841737 2021 (887 points, 128 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27297689
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 969
- Total comments
- 159
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-05 | River Runner Global | sebg | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-01-07 | Drop a raindrop anywhere in the world and watch where it ends upFirst breakout · Best thread | slowhand09 | 790 | 115 |
| 2023-11-09 | Drop a raindrop anywhere in the world and follow its course to the ocean | micrum | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-10-05 | Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the world | kawera | 2 | 2 |
| 2025-01-26 | Watch the path of a raindrop from anywhere in the worldHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | kawera | 172 | 42 |