Show HN: Hormuzopen.com – The Strait of Hormuz before the headlines

Category: other

Tags: data-visualization, maritime, geopolitical

Score: 3.7/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 3, Documentation: 3, Utility: 4)

This project is a simple web dashboard that visualizes daily ship traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, using data from IMF PortWatch. It's interesting because it provides a real-time, public-facing view of a critical global trade chokepoint before news headlines interpret the data.

Target audience: data journalists, analysts, general public

Repository: https://hormuzopen.com/

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