A map of every lighthouse
Shares rank 22 of 26 interactive maps by recommenders
People like the idea and the lighthouse beams' look, but the map is hard to use: zooming and panning are broken and it includes buoys and misplaced lighthouses.
People like the idea and the lighthouse beams' look, but the map is hard to use: zooming and panning are broken and it includes buoys and misplaced lighthouses.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 15
- approval share
- 25%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good concept, neat idea
“great concept, needs filter for lighthouses vs buoys, perf code tweak / high lag”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” “Makes it very hard to use even if it's a neat idea.”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” Beams look good, not AI slop
“the AI slop aesthetic of this one”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” “cool! like how the beams look like they're ray traced.”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Zooming and panning broken or slow
“it was a bit jarring that panning with my finger took ages and then pinching to zoom insta-faceplanted me into the Labrador interior”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” “on iPhone can’t zoom with touchscreen, and can’t tap either to select a lighthouse”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” “It jumped around when I tried to use it on a mobile phone.”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” - Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse”
- Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse”
- Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse”
- Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse”
Inaccurate data, missing lighthouses
“the AI slop aesthetic of this one”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” “A lot of the lighthouses aren't in the correct locations and some or even missing.”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” “there are about 10x more lighthouses shown than really exist”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” Buoys shown as lighthouses
“great concept, needs filter for lighthouses vs buoys, perf code tweak / high lag”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” “it seems to mark all the navigation buoys as lighthouses as well”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” Sloppy AI-generated execution
“AI generated with all the attendant quality problems”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” “The idea is good, but the execution... is dismal”
Comment from 5 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse” “the AI slop aesthetic of this one”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “A map of every lighthouse”
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What people said
All 20 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The zooming is pretty bad: yanking and uncontrollable.”
“Zoom/scroll/pan is utterly broken.”
“great concept, needs filter for lighthouses vs buoys, perf code tweak / high lag”
“The idea is good, but the execution... is dismal”
“cool! like how the beams look like they're ray traced.”
“It also has some data-quality/completeness issues due to being based on OpenStreetMap data, but avoids the AI slop aesthetic of this one.”
“the AI slop aesthetic of this one”
“A lot of the lighthouses aren't in the correct locations and some or even missing.”
“AI generated with all the attendant quality problems”
“Pinch zoom is also broken on Safari on iOS.”
“This map has very annoying and weird spelling errors”
“it seems to mark all the navigation buoys as lighthouses as well”
“It jumped around when I tried to use it on a mobile phone.”
“there are about 10x more lighthouses shown than really exist”
“Looks like a bug with the view origin point being mis-matched with what the view's actually focused on”
“It's frustrating because this could have been amazing!”
“on iPhone can’t zoom with touchscreen, and can’t tap either to select a lighthouse”
“Makes it very hard to use even if it's a neat idea.”
“Even on desktop panning is remarkably slow.”
“it was a bit jarring that panning with my finger took ages and then pinching to zoom insta-faceplanted me into the Labrador interior”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.