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How HN took it
12 positive, 46 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 16 critical, out of 77 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Idea: 6 for, 2 againstExecution: 3 for, 5 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful tool for finding land next to public land
From 3 comments
I appreciate this OP As somebody who is constantly looking for property adjacent to BLM this is a really good resource. Edit: as of 1200ET the OP responding to me nicely is…
AndrewKemendo on HNThis is super cool. I love this use of public data to do something cool. The page seems like it's biggest value is to help potential property buyers find property they wouldn't…
ltsSmitty on HNIt's blowing mind a bit that you made this and released it because I was on the verge of doing it myself. Very nice work. Really curious about your data sources. Where are you…
noman-land on HN
Objections
Listing data errors such as wrong acreage on condos and land
From 2 comments
This is super unreliable. I clicked through a few of the listings and none of them were what this site seemed to think they were. In one case it said a unit had 50 acres of land,…
windowshopping on HNIt seems to not find quite a few properties that border public land. For example, if I scroll around Zillow to find stuff that borders the Gifford Pinchot national forest, I can…
ggreer on HN
Bordering public land may bring trespass, hunting pressure and fence upkeep problems
From 2 comments
First, this is cool! Well done. I live next to a State Park. It sounded really cool when I bought the house. No neighbors! Privacy! There is a trail accessible from my properly…
snide on HNThis is cool, but isn't owning property bordering public land undesirable? Sure, there's the ability to hike directly from your home, but I imagine you'll regularly have people…
bko on HN
Requests
Price and acreage filters on ZIP and state pages
From 2 comments
This is super cool. I love this use of public data to do something cool. The page seems like it's biggest value is to help potential property buyers find property they wouldn't…
ltsSmitty on HNThanks, and agreed, that's the main use case. The map view (unfenced.land/map) already has min/max price and acreage filters, plus property type, shared-boundary length,…
otherwatersflow on HN
Distance to healthcare, groceries, airports, power and other amenities
From 2 comments
This is interesting though not really for me. I know that without trails, I won't be walking past the end of my property onto other property. I've probably spent a year of my…
hasbot on HNGreat list, and it's pretty much what serious land buyers end up checking by hand. A few are already there: elevation, whether a mapped road reaches the parcel, FEMA flood zone…
otherwatersflow on HN
Wetlands data
From 1 comment
Good one. Wetlands are a gap right now. The closest thing the site shows is the FEMA flood zone for each parcel, which catches some wet ground but not a hidden pond or swamp like…
otherwatersflow on HN
Questions
Where the data sources come from
From 1 comment
It's blowing mind a bit that you made this and released it because I was on the verge of doing it myself. Very nice work. Really curious about your data sources. Where are you…
noman-land on HN
Whether NPS land is included
From 1 comment
Did you exclude NPS units intentionally?
rafram on HN
Alternatives named
Zillow
From 1 comment
It seems to not find quite a few properties that border public land. For example, if I scroll around Zillow to find stuff that borders the Gifford Pinchot national forest, I can…
ggreer on HN
OnX
From 1 comment
That matches my experience next to state game lands in PA. There's a few hunters in season who know where the lines, especially with OnX, Mostly quiet the rest of the year.
otherwatersflow on HN