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Comment by danellis | Hacker News Reader

I've no idea what this is doing on HN, but it's very nice, and I wish I'd seen it before I was there a few weeks ago. Beautiful city, far bigger and far more modern than I'd imagined, and full of lovely people.

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It's beautiful and a great piece of work - not only its intentions, but also the code behind it. From that perspective all the games posted on HN would be inappropriate..

I know some of the people who made it, and I assure you that they very much built this with a hacker spirit.

It´s a shame you missed our map danellis, pm me your address and I´ll gladly send you a hard copy if you want.

Wow, that's a really beautiful map. If possible, I'd love to purchase a hard copy as well! Not sure it's possible to PM on here, but if you email me at rgould@u2622.ca I can send my address.

Thank you, my wife and I would love that, especially as just on the edge of the map is the apartment we rented on AirBNB.

There's no PM facility on HN, but please do get in touch at dan@danellis.me for my address and let me know the best way to pay you.

True. It is quite beautiful, but not really the thing I would expect in hacker news to be honest.

Why? It's a great example of marketing and an innovative blend of a modern tiling map and an old school guide map.

This is exactly the sort of thing to expect on HN, especially at a weekend.

I completely agree.. HN is at it's best when it's inspiring, and this is a cool project that sheds light on a city that I'm guessing 95% of HN will never see. It's well done and highly interesting... I dig it.

We hereby dig you dude/dudeness

Sure, but the OP posted it without any kind of story or explanation. I'm glad the creator noticed it and was able to fill us in.

Just to satisfy my curiosity: what do you think should be on HN? What is it about this link that makes you think it's unexpected here?

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