Open Railway Map

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grimgrin

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The Open Railway Map, a project based on OpenStreetMap data, provides a detailed view of global railway infrastructure, with the HN community showing interest in its utility and potential applications.

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grimgrinAuthor

4 months ago

Since google maps doesn't have a layer to simply show all the tracks (does it?), I landed on this:

https://openrailwaymap.org/

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