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Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
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Re: Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
#12TIL there's a mine within San Francisco city limits! https://mines.fyi/mine/0405261
(I guess technically a "surface mine" for "Construction Sand and Gravel".)
Re: Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
#13TIL there's a mine within San Francisco city limits! https://mines.fyi/mine/0405261 (I guess technically a "surface mine" for "Construction Sand and Gravel".)
Once you learn how to spot these you'll see them everywhere on road trips and such.
Re: Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
#14Can't see a thing. Dark on dark in Safari 26.3.
Re: Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
#15I don't know why, but when I read the title I assumed the map was about landmines.
No, these are the cool ones that take stuff out of the ground, not the ones that destroy everything above them
Re: Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
#16I don't know why, but when I read the title I assumed the map was about landmines. No, these are the cool ones that take stuff out of the ground, not the ones that destroy everything above them
I had exactly the same thought, and was quite intrigued. Very disappointed actually, it would be cool if there was open data about land mines.
Re: Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
#17I saw your title and my first thought was "Why are there landmines in the US?" lol.
Apparently there are in fact, 0. Publicly, at least.
Re: Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
#18I don't know why, but when I read the title I assumed the map was about landmines. No, these are the cool ones that take stuff out of the ground, not the ones that destroy everything above them
Oh! I thought it was landmines too and was very confused + concerned when I saw dots near where I live.
Re: Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
#19I don't know why, but when I read the title I assumed the map was about landmines. No, these are the cool ones that take stuff out of the ground, not the ones that destroy everything above them
Same! And then I saw three near my house and thought "if they know where they are, why haven't they been removed???"
Then I clicked on one and saw it was the name of our local rock quarry. :)
Re: Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization
#20USGS MRDATA has a lot more mines. Their data is also freely available for download. I use their datasets and base maps for my personal GIS projects.