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I saw the 'map of torii' post yesterday and thought y'all might like to see the small app I've been working on that uses HMDB.org data to map historical markers around the world. H…

Good shoutout - We partner with them to pull in HMDB data into the ExploreHere app We link back to them in the app too, at the bottom we show the 'source' of the info we pulled in.…

Thanks for sharing that! I haven't heard of Triposo before, so that was really helpful! I think these kind of 'passive' trip companions are difficult to sell as they inherently fad…

We haven't ever hired anyone; its just 2 of us, but I've shared on HN before, so maybe you saw it then?

We do! I'm in Japan right now, taking photos of as many markers as possible that I'll add into the app when I get back! We're also releasing a 'submission app' in early 2025 that w…

I built https://explorehere.app to help you learn about the history of the world around you by sending a push notification whenever you pass a new historical marker on your travels…

While traversing the US in my van, I often stopped at historical markers hoping to uncover fascinating stories and history. More often than not, I was met with dry or uninteresting…

Not yet :/ we’re wanting to validate the idea first.

I'm working on a driving audio-guide version of this called ExploreHere | Stories (iOS). We pull data together from a variety of sources and generate a story based on your location…

I'm working on a version of this now called ExploreHere | Stories. It's an iOS app where you drive around, and the app generates stories based on what's around you (data pulled fro…

I built ExploreHere | Markers App (iOS), two years ago to help fill some of the void that FieldTrip left. It has over 200k historical and interpretive markers so you can learn a bi…

We just launched our first web feature, City Search! This lets you find history around any US City - From there, you can explore historical markers on a map and have interpretive s…

You can build locally without ejecting; just throw the --local flag on the end of your eas build command This does what EAS would do, just on your local machine. If you remove the …

I've used Expo going on 3 years now, their development team is incredible. There are very few reasons to use base react-native over Expo anymore; They make upgrades to new RN versi…

SEEKING WORK - Remote or Raleigh, NC Recent graduate of CS from Texas A&M University. Focus in full stack web development with Ruby on Rails & Postgres as well as LEAN Startup busi…