GoldScout
Gold prospecting maps with LiDAR and mining claims
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GoldScout is a gold prospecting app: LiDAR, topo and satellite maps, land status and BLM mining claims, 84,406 USGS gold mines, sample assays, drill holes, a River Gold Tracker that shows where gold drops out, live GPS tracker, Gold Log and gold calculators. 6-day free trial, then $2 the first month. Web, Android and Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NWBLNLS9791
PH · launched Nov 10, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: interactive mapping platforms · 191 launches, 16 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Vertical SaaS
- B2B
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- Maps
- Outdoors
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More like this: all 191 launches in interactive mapping platforms →
Could you build this?
Partial The map and app shell are buildable from public data, but the curated 84k-mine dataset, claims data merging and the geological River Gold Tracker need GIS and geology expertise.
What it would actually take: A mobile app with a map SDK (Mapbox or MapLibre) over USGS 3DEP LiDAR tiles, BLM land-status and claims data, and the USGS mineral-deposit database, all cleaned and spatially indexed in PostGIS. The River Gold Tracker needs hydrology and geology modelling of where placer gold deposits, which requires a geologist and GIS analyst. Accurate claim status also depends on keeping up with BLM records.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 116 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #45 of 117 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 313 days after the earliest competitor.
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- GoldTrack · ph · 2026-11-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
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