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Show HN: MapScroll – Map a story from one prompt (mapscroll.ai)

10 points by shekharupadhaya ↗ HN
Hi HN,

I built this after getting frustrated trying to map out things like “Ancient mayan ruins” or “James Bond movie locations” on Google "My" Maps. You basically have to drop pins manually, hunt down photos, copy links, it’s slow and never feels like an actual story.

With MapScroll, you just type something like “Marco Polo’s route” or “forgotten WWII sites in France”, and it geocodes, grabs images + articles, and plots everything into a shareable story map. Each marker comes with a little gallery and sources tied to your prompt. You can also refine the first draft which AI creates before sharing, because good maps are all about precision

I’m still tweaking things. Happy to hear edge cases or annoyances.

Give it a try: https://mapscroll.ai/

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rco8786
It's a neat idea, but having a hard time getting useful results (the forever plight of AI). I asked about a road trip from Atlanta to Houston with 3-5 interesting stops along the way. First it sent me to south Georgia, then to northern Alabama, then finally going west. I asked it to refine and it sent me east to Augusta and then 500+ miles past Houston to a steakhouse.
ibdf
As a person who loves to research where I am going and what's on the way there.. this could save me a lot of time. It's not 100% accurate, but good enough for researching a trip, or locating places mentioned in an article.
yamatokaneko
I tried your example prompt with “Create a 1-week itinerary for XX trip” and was really happy with the results!

It mapped out which day to visit where, which is usually the hardest part to visualize when planning.

It reminded me of the first time I played around with Airbnb’s map + search UI.