Show HN: Mines.fyi – all the mines in the US in a leaflet visualization

Post by vscode-rest » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC

phillipseamore wrote: post #30

pimlottc wrote: post #26

Please reduce the aggregation of map markers. It's not helpful to group every mine in southwest US in a single point in California that makes it look like they are none in any other state. I see this all the time on maps and it's really frustrating. Aggregate markers are helpful when the individual points are actually overlapping on the map, otherwise they obscure location data.

True. Clustering on a map is usually a sign that a map was setup by someone that doesn't use it or has no interest in the data.

Post by Firehawke » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC

pimlottc wrote: post #26

Please reduce the aggregation of map markers. It's not helpful to group every mine in southwest US in a single point in California that makes it look like they are none in any other state. I see this all the time on maps and it's really frustrating. Aggregate markers are helpful when the individual points are actually overlapping on the map, otherwise they obscure location data.

Post by doe88 » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 10:25 AM UTC

Post by andrew_mason1 » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 1:10 PM UTC

koshergweilo wrote: post #15

I 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

Post by pimlottc » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 2:55 PM UTC

charv wrote: post #42

pimlottc wrote: post #26

Please reduce the aggregation of map markers. It's not helpful to group every mine in southwest US in a single point in California that makes it look like they are none in any other state. I see this all the time on maps and it's really frustrating. Aggregate markers are helpful when the individual points are actually overlapping on the map, otherwise they obscure location data.

Strong disagree — aggregate markers were super useful when browsing the map on mobile! Maybe need to add a flag for mobile vs. desktop, but the experience would be a lot worse on mobile without them.