Visualizing 443 Addresses Shouldn't Be This Hard

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lsroot · 13h ago

In this post, I share my chaotic journey of trying to visualize 443 addresses on a map. What started as a simple folium project quickly spiraled into API failures, mouse automation nightmares under Wayland, a reluctant two-hour switch to Windows, and a final unexpected solution involving scraping coordinates from a tiny website exposing Apple MapKit credentials. It’s a story of technical roadblocks, questionable workarounds, and the sheer stubbornness to make something work – no matter how many ethical grey areas I had to wade through.

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Visualizing 443 Addresses Shouldn't Be This Hard

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