Mapping DNS
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I learned about LOC records some time around the start of the year from a post here on hackernews, and I've been slightly obsessed with the idea of mapping them ever since - and now I've finally done so! There ended up being a few more than I expected, but still very much within reasonable bounds.
HN · launched Dec 3, 2025 · 5 upvotes (top 90%) · 0 views
Niche: interactive mapping platforms · 191 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes Querying public DNS records for LOC types and rendering the resulting coordinate markers on a map using Leaflet or Mapbox is a standard, straightforward project.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 88 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #84 of 89 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 34 days after the earliest competitor.
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- dnsdon · ph · 2026-10-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
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