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James Killick
Personal blog · maphappenings.comdatabusiness
James Killick writes Map Happenings, a personal blog at maphappenings.com about data and business. Since 2022, 11 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “A curious phenomenon called 'Etak'”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-01-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for its post on the story of Etak, a curious navigation system from the thread title. The only comment is a bare link, so there is no judgement of the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Map Happenings is an industry blog about maps, mapping, location, geospatial technologies and GIS
Most-linked posts?
- A curious phenomenon called 'Etak'3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-04-16
What Hacker News says?
The fine article. In this case, https://maphappenings.com/2024/04/11/story-of-etak/
Comment linking /2024/04/11/story-of-etak/
on “A curious phenomenon called 'Etak'”Submitted A curious phenomenon called 'Etak' as a story · 982 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mapping Amazing: Bee Maps as a story · 64 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Insanely Amazing Apollo Missions: the tech, the landings and the expeditions as a story · 16 points
HN discussionSubmitted Before Google Maps another site dominated: MapQuest as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Place: Fueling Maps for the Rest of the World as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Next FedEx? 100% Zero Emissions Logistics-as-a-Service as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Insider History of MapQuest as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Rating Systems for Places and POIs Suck and a Possible Fix as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A curious phenomenon called 'Etak' (2024) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted History of Mapping as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Place: Fueling Maps for the Rest of the World as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Map Happenings That Rocked Our World: Part 8 – Map Happenings as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mappedin – Instant Indoor Maps as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Places on Google Maps. Can They Still Be Trusted? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Overture Maps Foundation: Yet Another Global Map. But Will It Fly? as a story · 1 points
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