Is Hormuz open yet?
Web and SaaS
maritime shipping status map
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10 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 12 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 3 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Prediction market section is a nice touch.
From 1 comment
preditction market section is a great touch, OP
BillionSatsPage on HN
Objections
Data lags about 4 days, making it less useful for current status.
From 2 comments
The data being ~4 days delayed does kind of make this less useful. It is a nice concept and cool to see the historical data though. Just think the domain and the large "NO"…
Jeremy1026 on HN4 day delay kinda kills the point of the map no?
davidguetta on HN
Polymarket integration is objectionable as it incentivises war-related betting.
From 1 comment
This is a nice overview, but please remove the PolyMarket indicator. It is an obscene prediction mechanism as it creates horrible financial incentives to a war situation. Its…
tomtomtom777 on HN
AIS-based data misses ships that switch off transponders.
From 1 comment
This will be inherently inaccurate because data was based on public AIS signal, but ships are turning off their AIS to avoid detection. > In an attempt to evade detection, many…
MiSeRyDeee on HN
Scraping MarineTraffic may violate its terms.
From 1 comment
You might want to rethink scraping marinetraffic before you get a call from their lawyers? https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/p/terms
4ndrewl on HN
Requests
Add live ship tracking data or an API key sponsor.
From 2 comments
So if it's under 25% of the prior year's crossing it goes to NO, otherwise it's counted as open. The update cadence kinda sucks because I didn't spring for the $200 a month live…
anonfunction on HNI think I was just spit-balling what would be possible, rather than what I intend to do. As mentioned elsewhere I'm hoping to get an API key from one the data providers, I even…
anonfunction on HN
Remove the Polymarket indicator.
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This is a nice overview, but please remove the PolyMarket indicator. It is an obscene prediction mechanism as it creates horrible financial incentives to a war situation. Its…
tomtomtom777 on HN
Show ship movements for the Red Sea too.
From 1 comment
Is it also possible to show similar movements for ships in the Red Sea, and make the types of ships colour coded?
iqbalabd on HN
Questions
Where does the crossing data come from?
From 1 comment
This is very cool, I just wonder where they get the crossing data!
anonfunction on HN
What is the threshold function and update cadence?
From 1 comment
Very cool, thanks for sharing! What's the threshold function? Do you have graduating `No --> Partially --> Mostly --> Open`? Also what's the update cadence?
fraywing on HN
Alternatives named
hormuzstraitmonitor.com
From 1 comment
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. There is also this one- https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/
gagzilla on HN
warescalation.com
From 1 comment
https://warescalation.com/ is also a good source of info.
frogperson on HN
insights.windward.ai
From 1 comment
This site has a lot of detailed data -- not sure what their sources are: https://insights.windward.ai Number of ship crossings is definitely trending upward as of today.
insane_dreamer on HN
vesselfinder.com
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Obviously the situation has significantly improved since then, your website is given outdated information. https://www.vesselfinder.com/?p=OMKHS001 (click on map, zoom out). At…
spwa4 on HN