Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderAn interesting "red but no traffic" phenomenon is in Iceland, with roads which are next to scenery viewing points. The roads are mostly empty in this country, but everyone must've slowed down when they saw the breathtaking scenery, and would pull into the viewing point's parking spot to stop and take pictures. On Google Maps these areas were marked red. On another navigation related topic; I was using Waze in a high-traffic city, where even the alternate routes have a…
Around the time this fake traffic jam project was first performed, a friend of mine was working on a condo development that was just about ready to list for sale. They planned an open house. The property itself was very nice and successfully delivered. However, there was a problem. The property was very convenient to a local highway without being so close that it experienced noise/traffic/primary exposure to exhaust, etc. Google Maps would reliably take people on this highway and…
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1562
- Total comments
- 422
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-02 | Google Maps HacksFirst breakout · Best thread | rsj_hn | 1410 | 382 |
| 2022-02-17 | Google Maps Hacks, Performance, 2020 | chippy | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-03-22 | Google Maps Hacks (2020)Latest 20+ point return | MrNosy | 150 | 40 |