Show HN: My weekend project - NewsMap

[mehrshad]

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].

[mhlakhani]

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]

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...

[mhlakhani]

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

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

[bjornd]

The map just presents the state border including the water.

[kjhughes]

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

[benregn]

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

[anigbrowl]

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

[therandomguy]

That link triggered my anti-virus

[mhlakhani]

Hadn't heard of it. Thanks!

[jakejake]

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

[elliottcarlson]

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.

[mhlakhani]

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.

[mruflin]

Nice!

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

[kevinherron]

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.

[baddox]

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.

[mhlakhani]

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.

[knes]

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

[bjornd]

This is a part of France, French Polynesia.

[sharjeel]

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

[lajulajay]

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

[url2png]

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

[etrain]

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

[andye]

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

[dcesiel]

Someone deformed poor Michigan..

[zalew]

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