[HN Gopher] Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth
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       Show HN: An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth
        
       An interactive map of Tolkien's Middle-earth, with events from
       across the legendarium plotted as markers.  I have been commuting a
       fair bit between the East and West coast, and thanks to American
       Airlines' free onboard WiFi, I was able to vibe-code a full
       interactive map of Middle-earth right from my economy seat at the
       back of the bus.  It's rather amazing how much an LLM knows about
       Tolkien's work, and it was fun to delve into many of the nooks and
       crannies of Tolkien's lore.  Some features: - Plot on the map the
       journey of the main characters in both The Hobbit and The Lord of
       the Rings. - Follow a list of events in the chronological Timeline
       - Zoom in on the high-def map and explore many of the off-the-main-
       plotline places - Use the 'measure distances' feature to see how
       far apart things are.  I also had a lot of fun learning about
       tiling to allow for efficient zooming.  If you are anything like
       me, this should provide a fun companion to reading the books or
       watching the movies (note that on this site, I followed the book
       narrative, and did not include Peter Jackson's many departures)  If
       you get the chance to check it out, I would love more feedback, and
       if there is demand, I might do the same for Game of Thrones.
        
       Author : frasermarlow
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2026-04-07 20:42 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (middle-earth-interactive-map.web.app)
 (TXT) w3m dump (middle-earth-interactive-map.web.app)
        
       | bananaflag wrote:
       | I notice the map is the one from the movies (it shows the
       | Orocarni a bit too close, but it's nice they appear on the map).
       | 
       | Maybe when describing historical events you should also put the
       | year (it is given only for some of them).
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       | Anyway, very nice work! I think it's appropriate especially for
       | casual fans (especially movie fans) to delve (sorry) deeper into
       | the lore.
        
       | twostorytower wrote:
       | This is awesome! Can you make the zoom in and out smoother? I
       | have to pinch every single time to get to the next zoom level
       | instead of continuously zooming as I pinch.
        
       | shdh wrote:
       | Using a tile server for this feels hilarious
        
       | topherjaynes wrote:
       | One doesn't simply vibe code into Mordor!(but seriously love
       | this)
        
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