This is a really fun use of cross-referencing datasets. Curious how you decided which Wikidata themes were worth including.

Interesting idea. 1,000 is too many to browse for fun. Maybe expend some human effort and pick a few more interesting ones to feature.

What I saw on the homepage made little sense: "We searched every named street in America for Communicators. 108 names turned up. A rare one we found is Big Bang Court in Washoe County, NV."

There are not 6875 roads named after Lana Del Rey. "Del Rey" means "of the king" in Spanish and is just a popular fancy-sounding name to use as a street name in subdivisions.

The Cheshire Cat example is more on target and was amusing to learn about.

My favorite juxtaposition of street names exists in Brooklyn, Indiana, a small town of ~2600 people.

On the south side you face a stark choice: when you leave Home Avenue, you can either head west to Church Street, or east to Hooker Street.

• shagie

  yesterday at 11:15 PM

  An intentional set that I'm amused by: https://maps.app.goo.gl/GQ5xKJwKtBqut7Cx9

  This Street, That Street, and The Other Street in Halifax.

The framing is a bit deceptive, saying that these roads are "named after" these things, despite the clarification in the about that they may have no relation. This whole thing is a bit busted, the about on each "chapter" only sort of describes what a category entails. Obscure shares the same about as famous.

This feels like a project that was done without much care for the details, considering how many themes are pure nonsense. No acknowledgement of AI in how this was done but it sure smells of it.

• RickHull

  yesterday at 10:10 PM

  Agreed. I chose Robot Names, and it gave me a Mars Orbital Mission for Mom Lane, and Cygnus was a Deke Slayton reference. It seemed more about space and satellites than robots with personalities. And the thumbnail number (over 9000!) did not match the clicked result. And the segmented sections were hard to follow and navigate.

  • duskwuff

    today at 7:22 AM

    For another example: one "theme" listed is "Walking Dead episodes". The streets which come up are ones with names like "Faith" or "Family", which happen to also be names of episodes of that show. There is clearly no actual connection here.

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